Problem of beggary
Come summers, Valley witnesses an unprecedented surge in the problem of beggary. Though a social evil, but here in the Valley the mendicancy has been flourishing with more and more people including small children joining the ranks of beggars to swell their number to teasing levels. There is hardly any nook or corner where there […]
Stop these senseless killings!
Kashmir has turned into a killing field. Everyday there is news about somebody getting killed, either from the security forces, from militant ranks or civilians. Killing of any human being is condemnable however when it comes to combatants – be those from security forces or from militant groups – they are the ones who have […]
Corruption, all over!
The latest cabinet reshuffle, among other things, has also brought into focus again the issue of corruption in the Jammu and Kashmir state with political circles abuzz with the rumours that two of the ministers, from PDP and BJP shown door, had serious allegations of corruption against them. If the buzz holds some water then […]
Hopeless impasse
With New Delhi constantly and squarely insisting that the trouble in Kashmir is just “cross-border manipulation by Pakistan”, and refusing to look at it also as a manifestation of people’s anger and alienation, the conflict here is clearly stalemated. What is really disconcerting is that even as the ongoing impasse is hurting all the concerned […]
Lack of resolve
On the occasion of the final demobilization of El Salvador’s FMLN in December 1992, then UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said: “The transition from war to peace does not come spontaneously or easily… years of strife inevitably leave deep scars, bitter memories and rancour. Peace is won only by effort and resolve. There must therefore be […]
Confusion unlimited!
“There is a place under the sun for every citizen of this world.” If only this statement were true, then the world would have been a better place – free from strife and war. However, the world, as it has always existed, remains not how philosophers and thinkers have idealized it to be. It is […]
Progress invisible!
Not a day passes off without some or the other minister claiming that “the state is progressing by leaps and bounds owing to the massive funds pumped in by the central government.” Ever-grateful as the minister is, and will always remain, for the Centre may have ensured his personal and that of his colleagues’ progress […]
‘Medical corruption’
On Monday the Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed the government to properly monitor the private health establishments, particularly the diagnostic centres in the state so that their unfair practices including the over-charging are curbed. The court also directed the government to publicise the costs of coronary stents available in the hospitals of the state […]
Prioritizing Kashmir
At present some three dozen active conflicts are underway and raging with much ferocity. As for the tragedy and destruction caused by these, for instance, those of the last years of twentieth century alone are estimated to have taken in excess of six million lives, displaced more than thirty-five million people from their homes and […]
Minding protests
Protesting against human rights violations or for that matter any genuine cause or concern is ok, but then one also needs to be careful about other people’s rights and sensibilities. One cannot go on protesting lack of certain rights and liberties of some people by undermining the rights and snatching away the liberties of other […]
