Telegraphic Past
Even as telegram was consigned to history after 160 years, historian Ashiq Hussain Bhat says there are numerous telegrams that are fundamental to the...
July 13 Carnage: When Shimla Erupted in Support of Kashmir
When Dogra forces opened fire on unarmed protesters in Srinagar killing 21 of them on spot, known poets from India including Alama Iqbal assembled...
History in Floating Water!
Moored on the western shores of Dal Lake away from noisy Boulevard, Clermont houseboats have earned a name for themselves in the annals of...
A Sangh Doctor’s Mission Article 370
Founder of Jana Sangh Dr Syama Prasad Mookerji was the first fighter against Article 370. Historian Ashiq Hussain Bhat revisits the tumultuous 1952-53 to...
Autonomous Autism
As L K Advani wished for abrogation of Article 370, Omar Abdullah threatened it can only happen on our dead bodies. The ‘article of...
Towards Appreciating Mehjoor
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh flew to Srinagar to launch a postal stamp in memory of Mehjoor, Kashmir’s national poet, 60 years after his...
Jinnah’s Kashmir Controversy II
In the concluding part of his response to the ragging controversy over Lord Mountbatten’s reported November 1, 1947 proposal for resolving Kashmir dispute, historian...
Indira, India and Sheikh
When Pandit Nehru sacked Sheikh Abdullah in 1953 and sent him to jail, the heir apparent Indira Gandhi was desperate to visit him in...
The League Mitosis
Peoples League is one of the few parties that claim to be the front runners in Kashmir’s resistance. The emergence of a new faction...
Jinnah’s Kashmir Controversy (I)
Noted Kashmir expert, commentator and author, AG Noorani’s utterance that Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah rejected Lord Mountbatten’s proposal on November 01, 1947 and...
Writing For The Divided People
Pushed to the sidelines, the history of the erstwhile principality of Poonch has been largely ignored in understanding the Kashmir conflict. While the region...
Broken Empire
At the peak of its mortal existence, British Empire evoked awe among its colonies which consisted of almost one-fifth of the world’s population. However,...
The Saga of Salaam Peer
An administrator under Dogra regime, Salaam Peer’s actions at the time of ‘the great famine’ in Kashmir is still counted as one of his...
Prison Dairies
Former inmates who served in various jails across Jammu and Kashmir, and the lawyers who visited them, reveal an awful tale of official apathy...
The Kot Bhalwal Keepsaker
As India and Pakistan debate security in jails after the murder of Sarabjit Singh and Sanaullah Ranjay, Shams Irfan meets some of the families...
