Of Marriages and More
by Arshad Malik
The other day I was at a marriage ceremony. It was an average function by Kashmiri standards but for me it was...
Hot heads & cold hearts
Tarique A Bhat No recent or ongoing unrest in North, South and Central Kashmir has received much attention in the media outside Kashmir. Why...
Gandhi’s Only Kashmir Visit
by O P Sharma
Mahatma Gandhi, a symbol of non-violence, truth and moral values paid a 4-day historical visit to strategic and sensitive Jammu and...
Why Babri Beoul Symbolises Kashmir Ramzan?
by M J Aslam
Kashmiris have a rich tradition of ending their daily fast at sunset in the holy month of Ramdhan with a sweet...
All Politics Is Local
Sameer YasirThomas PO’neill, the famous American law maker once famously remarked that, “All politics is local”. After almost thirty years, it still is, almost...
India’s Muslims and the Allegations of Terrorism
Irfan AhmadAccording to the Indian government and media, many Muslim groups have recently been involved in terrorism-Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), formed in...
Celebrate Your Shahids
Fayaz Ahmad DarI was so pleased recently when an undergraduate student at a US University commented on a couplet I mentioned fromFarewell, one of...
A Curfew Visit
ABDUL WAJID
It was Sunday evening Feb 10th, I was caged at home like my brethren in Kashmir following the undeclared execution of Afzal Guru,...
Punitive Retrieval
by Shahnawaz Khan
Do the rule makers know that someone can lose a document, like a degree certificate or a passport, in an accident or...
Banning Reader
by Masood Hussain
For a greenhorn reporter, it was quite an excitement to sit on a protest in September 1989 outside the main gate of...
