The Straight Curve

Arshid Malik The Drama: Kashmiri – on a person-based sociological pivot- is perhaps another word for a slicklyconservative. My widespread discussions/interactions with the public in general...

W e have come a long way. The internet, the mobile telephony and all have carried us ahead in time as far as communication is...

Arshid Malik The Fight: To be or not to be is no longer the question, not for Kashmir and its people. We have been fighting...

Arshid MalikNeon winds blow through the maze of my mind as speeding cars screech to a halt. And I know it is the postman’s...

Arshid Malik “Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen...

Arshid MalikSuccess is a monolithic word with a multitude of strings attached. What is success and who is successful is subject to a variety...

Arshid Malik Vision is a blessing. Yes, I am talking about the vision we have been bestowed upon by the Almighty Allah. If we did...

Arshid Malik What’s the rush? This is one question that always jumps to my mind whenever I see an impatient person driving a vehicle trying...

Arshid Malik “Kashmir Imbroglio”, “Kashmir Issue”, The Kashmir Problem”, “Conflict in Kashmir”, “Kashmir Insurgency”, “Militancy in Kashmir”, “The Plebiscite Issue of Kashmir” – Kashmir has...

Arshid Malik It was always hard to cope with, the incessant angst that enveloped my soul as I lurched forward in the darkness of a...

Arshid Malik Kashmir, as of now, belongs to India through the sole act of brutal force while the “slogans of freedom” of Kashmiris sound hoarse...

Arshid Malik “Crackdowns” were phenomenally common in the post 89 chapter in Kashmir. Free word associations I can draw at the very mention of...

Arshid Malik The Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 and Rules/Regulation 2011, has been implemented in Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 5th August 2011...

Arshid Malik  Barely five minutes after the Supreme Court of India had dismissed Yaqoob Memon’s final petition and had stuck with the verdict of “hanging...