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Autobiographical: Meeting Nehru’s Top Propaganda Man
Nostalgia Meeting ‘Garam Coat’ Man- Rajinder Singh Bedi ZGM I loved cinema. That, I believe was true about our whole generation which as children had looked upon the bioscope as ultimate entertainment. In the sixties, when first cinema was built in our locality, for my mates- even the most bookish in the class playing truant and skipping practical classes for watching a matinee show had become a pastime. Tickets for matinee shows cost less than the normal … Read entire article »
Filed under: Editor's Take
Gateway To City of “C”- Suffering People and Sinking Economy
Punchline Gateway To The City of “C” Z. G. Muhammad Sometimes, the debates on the social media are quite informative and challenging inasmuch as they call for a serious thinking. The past week a young architect posted a picture of a newly constructed gateway to the downtown Srinagar. Many say after the three gateways to the Mogul garrison city Naagar Nagari, it is first gateway that has been constructed in the city. For Kashmiri nationalists, … Read entire article »
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Autobiographical: Khawaja Ahmad Abbas and Kashmir
Nostalgia Meeting K. A. Abbas ZGM In the city of seven islands, every Sunday had its beauty for me; it always had a new thrill and excitement. To enjoy the poetic beauty of the city in all its aesthetics, I more than often boarded a red double-decked bus at the bus stand outside my home in Colaba. Those days at the bus stands, elevators, and escalators the city was also magnificent for its discipline. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Editor's Take, Kashmir-Talk, Perspectives
António Guterres Wake UP – It can turn into a nuclear war
PUNCHLINE António Guterres Wake UP – It can turn into a nuclear war By Z.G. Muhammad Some days back, I found a passionately written petition in my mail box appealing for ending tension on the line vivisecting Jammu and Kashmir (LOC). The petition from a journalist friend from Jammu was addressed to Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan. The appeal on behalf of the citizen of Jammu and Kashmir rightly ‘apprehend that the growing tension will intensify … Read entire article »
Filed under: Editor's Take, Kashmir-Talk
António Guterres Wake UP Before It Turns Into A Nuclear War
PUNCHLINE António Guterres Wake UP – It can turn into a nuclear war Z. G. Muhammad Some days back, I found a passionately written petition in my mail box appealing for ending tension on the line vivisecting Jammu and Kashmir (LOC). The petition from a journalist friend from Jammu was addressed to Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan. The appeal on behalf of the citizen of Jammu and Kashmir rightly ‘apprehend that the growing tension … Read entire article »
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Autobiographical Notes 3: My Days in Bombay
Nostalgia Meeting the Arzoo Man ZGM It was a dreamland. For many of many of my friends, it was a fabulous city that neither they nor their fathers had ever visited but only heard about it from those few in our Mohalla who visited this city of seven islands for selling silver trinkets, carved and embroidered crafts. Their fathers, grandfathers had shared with them lots of stories about Lahore- the city of splendor and culture. But, after having … Read entire article »
Filed under: Kashmir-Talk
Ominous Shadows in Jammu- Leaders Rise To Occasion
Punchline The Ominous Shadows In Jammu and Kashmir It presages something cataclysmic is in the offing that has the potential of tearing apart the social and political fabric of the state beyond repair. It should send alarm bells ringing across the divide. Moreover, it calls for serious attention, far beyond a tweet or a post on the social media or a statement in the newspaper. In fact, the case of rape and murder of the eight-year-old … Read entire article »
Filed under: Kashmir-Talk