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Geelani, Abdullah and Bakshi- Right To Dissent
Has Dissent Place in Kashmir Z. G. MUHAMMAD Long before. Almost a century back our forefathers had started struggle for right to dissent and free speech. The then feudal rulers who had purchased the land and people as merchandise from the British for making a booty and sharing the same with their lords had denied all freedom to the people of the land. Most disadvantageously placed was the overwhelming Muslim population. ‘There was no touch between the government and the people, no suitable opportunity for representing the grievances..The rulers had no sympathy for people’s wants and grievances. There was no space for public opinion and press was non-existent’. This dismal situation had not only caused our elders to rise in revolt but also even made an important Christen Minister of Maharaja Albion Bannerji … Read entire article »
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Kashmir Story –
It has been an enigmatic story that of birth with a bang and death with a whimper. In our state political organizations wither away much before they realize their political objectives but irrespective of their melting down political sentiments that these organizations articulate survives… The melting starts as and when the political organizations fail to synchronize their political stand with that of the popular political sentiment. My belief is grounded in the seventy-one year political history of the state. The cause for the phenomenon of wilting and dying of political organizations in the state engaging my attention has been recent political postures and statements by one of the premier political organization. For the past nineteen years, the organization has been on scene. Its history has not been different from other political … Read entire article »
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Looking at 2014 From Kashmir Perspective
It is not going to be same. TIt is not going to be same. Two crucial years are ahead, not for Kashmir only but for the entire Southwest Asian region. True, Washington and its NATO allies have envisioned their future in the region after 2014, but it would be too early to predict with absolute authority about the shape of thing to come. Ostensibly, the emerging scenario holds less of promise and more of peril. There are more of questions than answers about the climax. One of the important questions that have been bothering experts in the region is that if South Asia was not once again slipping into the cold war and New Delhi was not becoming its front- ranked ally of US in the region. This South Asian concern … Read entire article »
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THU’NAY- YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
I believed it. I think so did you? There was no reason not believing it. It was the buzz word: Behind the scene some resolution of Kashmir dispute had been reached’. Syed Ali Geelani with all eloquence at his command opposed it. He called it betraying the cherished ideal of right to self-determination. He saw it as betraying the commitments of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the largest republic in the world. He saw … Read entire article »
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Women of Kashmir
Women empowerment in Kashmir – A historical perspective Zahid G Muhammad To talk about women’s lib and in South Asia is a fad, a fashion and a craze with many Western intellectuals. The Western scholars and writers have been looking at the status of women in the Indian Sub-Continent through coloured glasses. There is no denying that the women in some of the States in the Indian sub-continent have suffered in the past and continue to live in a state of deprivation but historically the situation in Kashmir has been different than many other states bordering it. Many a neo-elites with out having a brace from support in their blind aping have also started talking about the women’s lib or gender equality in Kashmir. Many NGO’s from outsides who draw their sustenance from different … Read entire article »
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