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Riyaz Wani

Are hartals the way ahead

AHMAD RIYAZ   
Are hartals - and their frequent weeklong extensions - necessary for taking separatist struggle forward? The question has perturbed  people in Valley ever since the first outbreak of  ongoing Azadi campaign in Valley two decades ago. But so far this  is an argument that has been only resolved in separatists’ favour.

Picking up Kashmir pieces

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Getting Engaged Again

After a two year freeze Indo-Pak talks are back with foreign ministers slated to formalise the process in June. And now New Delhi is talking of dialogue with separatists again. Ahmad Riyaz analyses the prospects and the challenges. 

Reliving The Story

It may yet to have come of age, but journalism in Kashmir has grown beyond anybody’s imagination over the past two decades - its...