A Welcome Change
SRINAGAR DESERVES BETTER
Count them in
EXPLOIT THE TALENT
Immunity from state
Human rights and civil liberties groups, separatist, even some pro-India political parties, have been demanding, for quite some time now, the revocation of laws providing immunity to army and paramilitaries operating in Kashmir
UNITY OF PURPOSE
Devouring children
He considered suicide as the only option available to him. For the last time he fed his ailing grandfather, and then hanged himself. In another case, a boy talked to his mother for the last time. And then he just wrote a suicide note before hanging himself.
HANDLE WITH CARE
MESS OF A MESSAGE
Reality of reservations
In the last few months, central and state legislators have passed some important legislations regarding reservation of seats in educational institutions and government employment sector for various groups and communities in the country.
KASHMIR COMPROMISED
State legislature managed the passage of a bill that banned inter-district recruitments on district cadre posts; an issue gradually snowballed into a crisis. On the last day of the budget session, it happened at the peak of bedlam, damage to furniture and tearing apart the business sheets of the day. State’s principal opposition PDP said it was not even permitted to speak on the subject.
Uncivil behaviour
Shazia Khan
With deterioration in literature and fine arts, the self esteem of a society takes a hit. Then many half truths and myths are associated with them. Other people with more self-righteous notions, even when misplaced, feel free to degrade such people and societies. An actress who, flashes her body and an anorexic figure to earn a living can’t be an exception. Prikanya Chopra after enjoying hospitality and warmth of people here, on her last day in Srinagar tweeted, “Shooting in Kashmir has been insanely tiring… last day in Srinagar… off to Delhi this afternoon! Phew… will b (sic) back to civilization soon…”
GORE AND PAIN
Culture of Trade
Beyond boycott
As parliament elections begins this week, the separatists camp seems to have been caught off guard, with the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference discussing until the last moment whether to go for boycott or not. Barring Syed Ali Geelani, who seems to have no confusion, whatsoever about his strategy, irrespective of its utility or futility, the separatist camp in general is clueless about the way ahead. A boycott call, as called by Geelani, sounds good and genuine, but the question remains, what is the fun of the call for boycott, when it has brought embarrassment just a few months back, at a time when the whole world was looking towards Kashmir.
