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Kashmir: Imran Khan’s Litmus Test
PUNCHLINE Kashmir: Imran Khan’s Litmus Test By Z.G. Muhammad On Saturday, August 18, 2018, four days after the Independence Day of the country there was a change of guard in Pakistan. This was not a simply passing baton from one political party to another. It was a paradigm shift inasmuch as it brought to end rotating leadership between the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and the Pakistan People’s Party after decades. In fact, transferred power from the fiefdom of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Editor's Take, Kashmir-Talk
Zanapan-e- Kihaar- These lowly paid animated the life in the night
Nostalgia Zanapan-e- Kihaar By ZGM Like a ‘hypnotic gem,’ our birthplace was mesmerizing. It had many facets, with every facet having its own shade and color, the life here opened like into a kaleidoscopic- with its variety of colors continually changing. For diversity of its characters, with children of less god immensely contributing to the landscape of the Downtown, it reads like a Dickensian novel. In the wee morning hours, it would be goatherds, dressed like Hebrew in the … Read entire article »
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Ambassador Yusuf Buch: As I See Him
Yusuf Buch, as I see him In search of a genuine intellectual voice PUNCHLINE by ZG Muhammad Some time back, I had written there was no Edward Said on our side. My lament was more out of concern rather than critique. I believe that an intellectually stimulating discourse on Kashmir was missing and so far it had been pathetically routine and blatantly ‘de- intellectualized’ projection of the Kashmir case that had vexed it thus far. I had written … Read entire article »
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On Kashmir Dispute Vajpayee Puts Nehru in The Dock
PUNCHLINE Vajpayee Was Different From Nehru? Z.G. Muhammad In all literature; history, memoirs, and travelogues, Kashmir is described as a country. Notwithstanding, being ruled by Moguls, Durranis, and Sikhs through their governors for exacting taxes to the extent of famishing people, it continued to be known as a country. It retained, this title even after India and Pakistan were born as an independent dominions. For the first time, it lost this title on 27 October … Read entire article »
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Mashal-e-khu’er – the children of lesser god but part of pageantry
Nostalgia ‘Mashal-e-khu’er The Luxury of time was the beauty of our childhood. We were not couch potatoes, but free as birds having liberty to perch on high or low branch and sing our songs like a nightingale. We had freedom of Iqbal’s hawk to fly unimpeded high in skies at our sweet will. ‘To have a happy childhood is the luckiest thing that can happen in one’s life. That way our whole generation despite being … Read entire article »
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On Article 35-A ……….. and the ‘Violence of Interpretations’
PUNCHLINE Article 35A And ‘Violence of Interpretations’ By Z. G. Muhammad We have a story, with a beginning, middle and end- but it is the end that is confounded by “the others,” who have their ‘meal tickets in the pursuit.’ For confusing the end, they not only collaborate with the coercive forces in strengthening the ‘hegemonic discourse’ but also indulge in what academic’ describe as the ‘violence of hermeneutics.’ The ‘others’ that is the tribe of political … Read entire article »
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Bridegroom on A Colt: Only Rich And Influential Could Afford White Stallion
Nostalgia Bridegroom on A Colt ZGM I have an unbreakable bond with my childhood. That perhaps holds true about everyone. Often on festive, even not-that-jovial occasions, I instantaneously get connected to my childhood. ‘Childhood memories’ as someone has rightly said ‘come crashing like a wave, and one reaches to them with arms out to grab them, to catch them, hold them close,’ and I take great pleasure in sharing them with my friends; young and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Editor's Take, Kashmir-Talk