‘Freedom is more precious’
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani refuses to budge from his stand and asks the government of India to ‘accept the ground reality of Kashmir’. Khurshid Wani talks to the octogenarian leader.
THE MAN
Born in 1929, Syed Ali Geelani was a schoolteacher for ten years till he resigned in 1959 to join Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) as a fulltime worker. A fire brand orator he represented Sopore in the state legislative assembly thrice in 1972, 1977 and 1987
Ineffective Inquest
As a commission of Inquiry gets ready to probe the 17 cases of civilian killings since June 11, Kashmir Life takes a look at...
CHOKED VOICES, STIFLING PEACE
The governments in Srinagar and New Delhi have used stone pelting to justify police action on Kashmiri protestors. While many here say the force...
FIGHTING PEOPLE
Kashmir is going through a crisis which the government is trying to define and tackle in a manner that tends to aggravate it. Kashmir...
FIRST PERSON
Kashmir Life photographer Bilal Bhadur was covering the funeral procession of two youth on Tuesday July 6, 2010. The procession on its way to Eidgah was stopped by police and paramilitary near Tengpora with teargas and baton charge. The paramilitary also charged upon the photojournalists injuring at least 12 of them including Bilal.
VICIOUS CYCLE
Kashmir is caught in the grip of a vicious cycle of killings and protests, with state enforcing a curfew to break the cycle. Khursheed...
The $ 3000000000 Gamble
India and Pakistan are racing to outdo each other in completing power projects on either side of the LoC on the same river. Finishing...
Wullar Barrage: An Unresolved ‘Question’
construction of a 440-feet long structure with a navigation lock, at the mouth of the Wullar Lake near Ningli in Sopore started in 1984...
IWT: Crisis Management System
Notwithstanding occasional calls for its abrogation, the Indus Water Treaty that governs water sharing system of the Indus basin rivers between India and Pakistan...
Baglihar: Third Umpire’s Way Out
The World Bank appointed Swiss Federal Institute of Technology expert Professor Raymond Lafitte as the neutral expert who heard the two sides over their...
TOO MANY COINCIDENCES
As one more young life was lost to a police tear gas shell, adding to the burgeoning list of youth killed by government’s crowd control measures, Khursheed Wani delves into the phenomenon called stone pelting.
Between devil and deep sea
is hardly any Kashmir photojournalist who has not been injured during stone-pelting or its aftermath. The overkill of the phenomenon has, off late, arisen...
Who are stone-throwers?
The government has a firm belief that stone-throwing is run by a syndicate with political backing. The separatists are largely purported to be the...
AGENT OF CHANGE
In the five years at helm, Haseeb Drabu has brought up J&K Bank’s credit base in the state, brought down expenses and expanded the...
