Why keep white elephants?
Like a proverbial ‘Andher Nagri’, nothing seems to work here in this God-forsaken land. Each field and every sphere of human activity here is corrupted with so many vices that one really wonders about the possibility of things changing for any good. Making the matters worst for the common masses is the fact that those […]
Correct systemic wrongs
As the autumn sets in here in the Valley, people are made to believe that the administration and its machinery are geared up to face the coming winter. But come winter, everything goes haywire. This is what has been happening in the past and this season too things seem no different. So far this winter […]
Trapped!
In a 1970 publication – ‘The Great Conspiracy Trial’ – author Jason Epstein records an anecdote about the trial of the Chicago Seven: Over the weekend some 150 lawyers from all across USA, had gathered in Chicago to picket the Federal Building in protest against Judge Hoffman’s [arrest of] the four lawyers. The delegation, supported […]
Official language
Urdu, the official language of Jammu and Kashmir, is being treated so badly by the system here that its official status is just confined to the official records only. Such is the miserable plight of Urdu here that many a legislators have in the past confessed even on the floor of the Assembly that state […]
Alternative to shutdowns
Growing no bones in expressing resentment at regular strikes and shutdowns here, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) other day urged the separatists to think of and evolve with an alternative to this tactic of putting brakes on the trade and business here every now and then. In a very guarded manner, the […]
City of official neglect!
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard of their own interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity, but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantage.” This complex truth of […]
Help yourself!
If the devastating ethnography of the raw realities of life and history in Jammu and Kashmir are looked into, it goes without saying that the most vital chunk of the society – our youth – are not only a disarrayed and disturbed lot but they are also exhausted in terms of their hope for a […]
Carelessness
Nineteenth century is remembered as the century of Darwin in much the same way as the twentieth century is remembered as the one belonging to Einstein. The humankind’s burgeoning understanding about the biological sciences along with their co-relation with other spheres of physics and allied sciences have altered the landscape of human perceptions so drastically […]
Grow up please!
“India cannot have talks with Pakistan unless it stops cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.” This is a line that India has repeated without miss for the past many years. Past week too in the wake of agreement to put through Kartarpur Corridor, India spurned Pakistan’s latest offer for talks with the same line — […]
Why this discrimination?
With each passing day the situation in Kashmir seems to be going from bad to worse. The public anger is touching unprecedented levels and it continues to spill over on the roads and streets every now and then over slightest of pretexts. All that the people of Kashmir have got so far is just promises […]
