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When Political Collaborators Met Their Nemesis
And Thugs Met Nemesis ZGM In our childhood there were lots of political thugs in the city- perhaps villages also had their bit. For enjoying the patronage of a Caesar of hubris in power this lawless band of political hoodlums could be compared to the black hand of early twentieth century America, except they did not operate in secret but with the full knowledge of cops- including the super cop. This criminal syndicate indulging in cheating, extortion … Read entire article »
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National Conference Demands Plebiscite?
Inconsistency’ we paid for and we continue to pay for it even now PUNCHLINE Z.G. MUHAMMAD Thank you Sheikh Nazir Ahmed. Thanks for your January 7, 2013 address to the National Conference workers refreshing their memory and reminding them of November 18, 1947, when outside the Palladium cinema hundreds of them had gathered to greet first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru. The Palladium cinema then functioned as emergency office of the National Conference – where summary trials of political adversaries were carried out with impunity – I may not recount enactment of those chilling dramas. It was nice of you to remind your workers about the pledge made to the people of the state by Pandit Ji– as the NC workers in Kashmir popularly called him. Standing on a table with Sheikh … Read entire article »
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Is Accepting Political Defeat A Way Out?
Gimmickry and diplomacy are not and cannot be synonymous. Past week Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was in New Delhi. He had a luncheon meeting with Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. Ostensibly, it was a “private visit” but after Dr. Manmohan Singh invited him for a one to one meeting and sumptuous luncheon in Mogul, tradition it turned into what was described as an ‘accidental summit’. There was a lot of euphoria in a section … Read entire article »
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Learning Kashmir History in an Open University
It was the other day, when heavy rainfall had turned the sluggish Jhelum into a raging torrent; I was one amongst a hundred and odd people who had waded their way to sparkling white hall of a local hotel. The occasion was release of a book on chief minister, Omar Abdullah by a young journalist Arjmand Hussein Talib. Sitting in the hall, waiting for the VIP to unwrap the book on a scion of Abdullah family, I was reminded of learning my first lessons on Kashmir politics. I don’t think, in my school days I have read any book on Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah. There was no book on him in our school library. There was no book on the shelves of bookseller in our mohalla. I remember there was a book … Read entire article »
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