The Straight Curve

Arshid Malik People have complained about it, people have written about it, people talk about it, people are involved in it, people are disturbed by...

Arshid Malik I am utterly traumatized and trivialized as a person by the “work culture” of the people of Kashmir. First of all I am...

Arshid Malik I am genetically averse to the idea of mass modernization. I prefer traditional approaches to living which I figure contribute positively and genuinely...

Arshid Malik Please do understand that while referring to the situation in Kashmir in the course of this piece of writing I am only referring...

Arshid Malik When we were kids we used to be such gluttons that our parents would more than often upset with us for we would...

Arshid Malik The Camera: Kashmir is quite picturesque. The landscapes here are such that sometimes while looking through a clear glass window one feels as...

Arshid Malik “You are digitally almost invisible,” a very close acquaintance of mine informed a week ago. I was absolutely startled by this promulgation of...

Arshid Malik “Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen...

Arshid Malik I was on my way back to Kashmir and the anticipation of a valley laced by snow hung to my senses like a...

Arshid Malik The Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and Rules/Regulation 2011, has been implemented in Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 5th August 2011...

Arshid Malik I  would like to introduce you to a very special person today. But instead of writing about him I think it is better...

Arshid Malik Laughter is the best medicine and I agree cent percent. And who doesn’t. I have always alleviated my pain by means of laughter...

Arshid Malik Kashmir is a very conservative society – I am forced to say that since I have minutely observed its structure and constituents. I...

Arshid Malik I was a fitness freak “once upon a time”. I would go to the gym regularly, watch my diet and work really hard...

Arshid Malik Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance - Confucius. Humankind’s quest for knowledge is like a bottomless pit – there is...