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Munshi Ishaq- A Freedom Fighter Tells his Story
A freedom fighter’s perspective on resistance movement of Kashmir Saturday, 18 April 2015 0:05 By Dr. Abdul Ahad While carrying forward the Kashmir resistance movement the freedom fighters set aside almost everything to erect solicitously and inexorably the edifice of resistance. They remained industriously and relentlessly so preoccupied with it that they hardly had any leisure time to embark on writing venture to explain what inspired people to join their cause and make immense sacrifices for … Read entire article »
Filed under: Kashmir-Talk
The Ghetoo Politics A Dangerous Game Plan
Punchline Dangerous Game Plan Z.G. Muhammad New Delhi’s proposed plan for creating ‘ghettos’ for migrant ‘Kashmir Pandits has drawn flaks across the political divide in Jammu and Kashmir and harsher reaction even from some Indian newspapers. Leading and prestigious newspaper the Hindu in its editorial on April 10, (Friday) wrote “the proposal to create enclaves for them in the Valley is a misconceived element of tokenism that would do great harm and no good….. Without ensuring a … Read entire article »
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Boobytrap For Kashmir “Leaders”
Z. G. MUHAMMAD Smaller Default Larger ‘There’s only one way into this fortress, and that’s to scale the walls.’ This dialogue from famous Hollywood blockbuster movie of early Seventies, ‘Where Eagles Dare”, with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in lead roles resonated in my mind on seeing a spate of statements from the ‘resistance’ and ostensibly ‘dissenting’ leadership on the Governor N.N. Vohra’s address to the joint session of the Assembly on Wednesday. For any student of contemporary Kashmir politics, the interest exhibited by the ‘dissenting’ important leaders at the address is a sort of making history. These leaders for past two decades either have been ignoring such addresses or dismissing them to the trashcan. Is it subtle expression of change of mind-set, a paradigm shift or a display of misplaced understanding? This … Read entire article »
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Story of “Slave Kings’ and Lollypop Leaders
PUNCHLINE The Expression of Mistrust Z.G. Muhammad So far, I have no reason to believe that it is ‘a good cop bad cop’ strategy towards attaining a bigger ‘political goal’- ‘extinguishing the lost flicker of the resistance’ by playing ‘reconciliation card’. Those who subscribe to this idea, may have some valid points grounded in history to strengthen their arguments or may even have some inside knowledge about the new arrangement that has been put in place … Read entire article »
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When Waters Turned Furious- Story on Celloulid
Kashmir: Into the Murky Waters’ A film that intensely captures the agony of September 2014 PUNCHLINE Z.G. MUHAMMAD Smaller Default Larger ‘Politics have no relation to morals,’ said Noccolo Machiavelli, sixteenth century historian politician and author of famous political treatise the Prince. Let me add, in our case, politics has no respect for human agonies and pain and politicians have mastered art of exploiting the sufferings of people and fattening on the same. Our history, is replete with instances of … Read entire article »
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Story of Musical Chairs
Punchline Z.G. MUHAMMAD Power politics in the state has been and continues to be game of musical chairs. It has been, so since Kashmir lost its independence, and surrogates, from Delhi, Kabul and Punjab ruled the ‘country’. During twenty seven years of the Sikh Rule (1819-1846), over a dozen of governors were appointed by the rulers in Punjab for sucking people dry. Eight of them eventually became ‘extremely wealthy by fattening on people miseries. In the post … Read entire article »
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PDP-BJP Coalation and Controvesies- Abdul Majid Zargar
Guest Column COALITION & CONTROVERSIES By Abdul Majid Zargar So the BJP-PDP coalition is a fait-accompli now. Mufti Mohammad Syed has assumed the reins of coalition Govt. on the assurance of a full six year term as Chief Minster. The oath of office was administered by Governor Vohra on 1st March 2015. A galaxy of leaders from BJP were present on the dais. Congress & NC boycotted the function. Politics make strange bedfellows, as we all know, and … Read entire article »
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