Sleeping With the Enemy
Arshid Malik
I am not a political analyst, but I have my view about politics and when it comes to Kashmir I figure I have...
Cry Baby Cry
Arshid Malik
Ex-Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is doing a good job sitting in the opposition while creating a ruckus over almost every move...
After-oath Politics
Arshid Malik
After facing a lot of debilitating diatribe and inertial delay the new government led by Mufti Mohammad Syeed is in place and rolling...
A Linguistically-Infused Cultural Neurosis
Arshid Malik
I wonder as to why my only child, around 10 years old, speaks in Urdu or rather a Bollywoodish mix of Urdu and...
Mall-deficiencies
Arshid Malik
Introspectively, I have come to conclude that shopping mall culture is just not for Kashmir. We have seen so many shopping malls built...
Recollected reconnaissance
Arshid Malik
I am a skeptic by all standards and I guess it is the meanness of the “world” that has turned me into a...
A different story
Arshid Malik
Politics and politicians are game these days. With the elections over and a hung Assembly, speculations are rife as to who is going...
Matters that matter
Arshid Malik
Have you ever wondered how un-democratic our educational systems are while we are a “democratic” nation, believing in and swearing by the ideals...
A Tiny Tin Heart
A story of despair, love and all that is least needed
Arshid Malik
There is a near-dead lock over government formation in the state of Jammu...
What’s the rush?
Arshid Malik
What’s the rush? This is one question that always jumps to my mind whenever I see an impatient person driving a vehicle trying...
Control units and boats
Arshid Malik
Surprisingly, I am writing again. Not that I doubted that I would be able to write anymore but somehow the metaphysical quintessence of...
Conflicting Connections
Arshid Malik
The conflict in Kashmir while providing an excuse for people to work lazily - and I am speaking particularly in context of people...
Free
Arshid Malik
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our...
From Palestine to Kashmir
Arshid Malik
Palestine. Oh! Palestine.
Blood, tears and sweat mixed into one intangible mix drips down the face of the earth accumulating in a blotch at...
From an Empath to Psychopath
Arshid Malik
It was always hard to cope with, the incessant angst that enveloped my soul as I lurched forward in the darkness of a...