TURNS, TWISTS AND TURBULENCE
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us”
Juries and...
What will be the self of Self-Rule?
Parvaiz BukhariThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is mobilizing public opinion in Jammu and Kashmir around its theory of Self-Rule and is seeking wider participation...
Quite Dialogue
New Delhi has ordered a ban on prepaid mobile telephony in Jammu and Kashmir citing “serious security concerns”. This comes just after the announcements...
Stalking Death
For the last many weeks now, the doctors at Jammu and Kashmir are on strike and if the Friday press conference of a senior...
Shhhhhh! Quiet talks are about to start
Arshid MalikIn 1865 German chemist Friedrich August Kekul? suggested that the structure of Benzene contained a six-membered ring of carbon atoms with alternating single...
Don’t Ignore valley-based KPs
Dr. Bashir A DablaWhen majority of Kashmiri Pandits migrated to different places outside the valley from 1990, many of them stayed put in...
Talk purposefully
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram’s recent Kashmir visit has proved to be very significant. His visit gave peace-building a new chance and a new direction...
Heading nowhere
Riyaz AhmadOver the past one month, moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar has launched an exuberant campaign for the resumption of dialogue on Kashmir. He...
Start Pre-Talk Process First
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s impending Srinagar visit has triggered expectations everywhere. Indications emanating from the ‘moderate’ Hurriyat suggest Dr Singh’s visit will mark...
Fabrication of Evidence
Prof. SM Afzal QadriThe recent developments in the Shopian murder and rape case have once again exposed the affairs and the wrong working of...
Institutional Credibility
Announcing a judicial probe in Shopian case on June 01, chief minister Omar Abdullah made an honest admission. He said the trust in the...
CEMENTING THE DIVIDE
Not withstanding the occasional upsurge in violence, the situation has gradually been improving across J&K for a decade. Though it is yet to fetch...
Fight discrimination
Hamidulah DarThe last two decades have witnessed serious misfortunes for the Kashmiris. Earlier the naked dance of the death left tens of thousands dead...
Spare the Land
For the last many years now, the occupation of land by various security agencies across J&K is in sharp focus. Authorities are right in...
Social impact of militarization
Dr. Bashir A. DablaIt was reported in 1990 that there were about 1,50,000 soldiers stationed in Kashmir, i.e. about 17 soldiers per square mile...
