TRAVELING ON AN ELECTION DAY!
By: BILAL AHMAD NAIK It was Sunday evening. KP road was packed with vehicles and pedestrians and Anantnag looked bright and amusing. But the three-way junction near Degree College Anantnag, that marks the end of the town and is just two kilometers away from the first village of Kulgam district, presented a crowded yet gloomy […]
WHEN HATRED AND COMMUNAL POLITICS IS MAINSTREAMED, REASON TAKES A BACKSEAT
By: BILAL AHMAD NAIK In the same newspaper on December 13, 2018 I wrote that, “December 11 results have ensured that every rise has a fall and the fall of communal politics has just begun. Now the elections will be fought on the basis of real issues and concerns of the people. It marks a […]
Sri Lanka Carnage: An unending saga of pain!
The Sri Lankan government has shown great maturity in dealing with a catastrophic situation that shamed the entire humanity. The government of Sri Lanka didn’t blame any specific cast, colour or religion for the heinous acts of crime. The country officially said that though it had inputs regarding the perpetrators of this violence but naming […]
THE SHEEP AND THE WOLVES!
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free: J W V Goethe
By: BILAL AHMAD NAIK They would literally feed on them by deriving the power to do so from no one else but them. It sounds astonishing, but it is a bitter reality that the authority that subjugates people is mostly derived from the subjects themselves. The wolves that feed on the blood and flesh of […]
Deconstructing the Kashmir Issue: A path away from both the arch rival nations!
BY: Zahid Sultan and Irshad Ahmad Bhat The political turmoil of 2010 and 2016 in Kashmir has made the smokescreen that existed since 1947 to fade away slowly. The alienation of people of Kashmir with the rest of India is a reality now. The majority of the population wants an end to the day to […]
Highway Ban in Kashmir: The Horrors of Democracy!
BY: Mir Abass The government of the India issued a dictate restricting civilian traffic on the national highway in orde to provide safe passage to the army convoys. The ban shall remain in force till May 31st and two days in each week (from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m) i.e Sunday’s and Wednesday’s shall be […]
Is another escalation between India and Pakistan on cards?
By: Dr Ishfaq Jamal In a press conference held at Multan on 7th of AprilPakistan’s foreign minister shah Mehmood Qureshi made some startling statements that India was planning more aggression and attacks on Pakistan in the 3rd week of April. Qureshi stressed that there is strong evidence that India was planning a new wave of […]
The Historical discriminations!
By: TAWFEEQ IRSHAD MIR Leave aside the privileges sprouting from Article 370, our state lacks even those powers which are available to other states of the union of India. For instance, it has become an unwritten rule here that senior IAS, IPS officers and bureaucrats are usually drawn from outside the state when it comes […]
How Kashmir politicians orchestrate their political configurations!
By: Tawfeeq Irshad Mir The huge voter turnout in Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency has stunned the political observers. The players on the battle ground were many, but the eyes were on just a few. In this mega quadrant fight between prominent parties like National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, People’s Conference and the firebrand politician and […]
How about blocking all roads!
By: Mir Abass A dictate was issued by the government of Jammu and Kashmir stating that civilian traffic on the highway would be banned from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Sunday and Wednesday until May 31. This is to allow smoothand exclusive movement of security convoys on the highway no matter how many people […]
