Of Introspection and Criticism
The recent government order directing all the government and semi-government offices to replace incandescent bulbs by compact fluorescent lamps (CFLS) is a sensitive and...
Sounds of Pain
TARIQUE A BHAT
What just happened? Who saw what? Was it really not what it looked like? What was it like? Some emotions are just...
Juvenile Injustice
In November, 2011, the Asian Centre for Human Rights released a report titled “Juveniles of Jammu and Kashmir: Unequal Before the Law & Denied...
Islam and Modernism
Modern approaches to study the religious legacies has had an adverse impact upon Muslim intellectuals since 1860 AD. This influence is evident and could...
Blood on the Bridge
It was cold as stone in Srinagar. January is a numbing period in the hills. Kids often get frostbites. Many grown-up men and women...
Of Patriarchy & Intolerance
Self-exoneration is a psychological process by which a criminal or a person at fault externalizes the fault and in turn blames the victim for...
Lost Political Activism
Tarique A Bhat
Mujahid Manzil reverberated with the slogans for plebiscite. It was a meeting of the front workers. Shouted a political worker: ‘Rai shumari’....
Of Submission & Defiance
As we begin a New Year, it is time for us to think where our loyalties lie. I say this because as a people,...
New Way Forward
The epoch of 20th century has ended with new-fangled dynamism in Islamic intellectualism. The imprint of its impact could be seen even in the...
Suicides Among Armed Forces IN J&K
Suicide refers to a conscious act by an individual to kill and end his or her life. It is essentially a social act and...
We, the 93 Percent
In many’s looks, the false heart’s historyIs writ in moods, and frowns, and wrinkles strange
Sonnet 93,
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 93 is one of Shakespeare’s famed sonnets...
A Theatre of Absurd
by Shujaat Bukhari
At a time when Pakistan continues to grapple with the challenge of maintaining internal stability, leaders of a faction of Hurriyat Conference...
A New ‘Messiah’
SHEIKH QAYOOM
The union home minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde’s statement that he would try and understand the real problem of Kashmir before inviting the separatist...
The Lost Legacy
Moderate Hurriyat leader, Molvi Abbas Ansari’s recent plea that he must be allowed to contest elections must be seen in the larger context of...
A Game of Perceptions
The summer agitation of 2008 over the transfer of 99 acre of forest land around the Amarnath cave to SASB to set up temporary...
