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Indian Prime Ministers: Hurriyat Is Credible Party?
New Delhi and the Hurriyat The relationship has got more complicated than ever Z. G. Muhammad New Delhi’s present attitude towards the Hurriyat, particularly after 2016 has been unjust. (In this column, the Hurriyat clubs all the resistance organisation that in 1993 where its constituents). In 24 years history of relations between the Hurriyat and New Delhi, it has not always been so. The two have had a love hate relationships. Let me use a more appropriate phrase; … Read entire article »
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Not Cult-Leaders But People Are Heroes Of Kashmir Struggle
Punchline People: The Real Heroes Of Kashmir Resistance BY Z. G. Muhammad In our case, it is the people who have been protagonists of the resistance movement- the real heroes. It is they who have perpetuated the resistance narrative. It is they who have defeated machinations of the ‘hegemonic powers’ conjuring alternative narratives for subverting the peoples’ movements for their rights. In stating this, I don’t intend to demean the ideologues who at different junctures of our history … Read entire article »
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Farooq Abdullah’s One-Time Truth – New Delhi Should Heed To It
Punchline Farooq Abdullah’s One-Time Truth By Z.G. Muhammad For his failure to identify with the popular sentiment- the sentiment of the overwhelming majority, like many others in the “power politics” of Jammu and Kashmir there is more than one reason to distrust Farooq Abdullah’s words. Nevertheless, wisdom lies in giving credit to what is good in any action of a disagreeable or disliked person. Known for making outlandish and weird statements, senior scion of the Abdullah family on … Read entire article »
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Kashmir in Sino-India Standoff
Punchline Sino-India War- Kashmir Angle Z.G. Muhammad A couple of days before the military standoff between India and China made shrieking headlines in newspapers and dominated the 9 PM war rooms; I had started reading ‘Choices- Inside Making of India’s Foreign Policy’ by Shivshankar Menon. The former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India and Foreign Secretary of India in the book sounds optimistic about relations between the two countries because China is the biggest … Read entire article »
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Abdul Majid Zargar Dissects GST Presidential Order
GST Presidential Order It”s a sham aimed at misleading the people of J&K BY Abdul Majid Zargar Goods & Services Tax Act has finally been applied on the State of Jammu & Kahmir. After receiving concurrence from the State Government, the president of India has issued an order under Section 370(1). The constitutional (Application to J&K) Amendment order 2017 paves way for application of GST to State The application of GST Act was preceded by introduction of a resolution in … Read entire article »
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With the GST Job done- Is change of guard in state on cards
Punchline The GST Job Done- and now contemplate a change of guard Z. G. Muhammad Seventy years is a long time for “governments” to master the art of creating proxies for foisting their will on dissenting population. In dealing with Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi has phenomenally mastered this art. It has used power as bait to see the state fully integrated into the Union of India in contravention to the temporary ‘Instrument of Accession, ” and conditions … Read entire article »
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Hoax Kashmir Committee ?
PUNCHLINE Salahuddin and Beyond By Z.G. Muhammad On Saturday morning, the moment I sat at my desk to write my weekly column the news alert on a corner of the computer read: “No change in Kashmir policy, says the US.” The news item, with Washington dateline, read that the US State Department has stated that the designation of Hizbul Mujahedeen leader Syed Salahuddin as a “global terrorist” does not reflect a change in the US policy on Kashmir which it sees a disputed territory. The State Department has designated Salahuddin a “global terrorist” for some of his statement in 2016 in which he had allegedly “vowed to block any peaceful resolution to the Kashmir conflict etc.” Many analysts failed to mark two important points in the US statement. One it has described … Read entire article »
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