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Agha Shahid Ali \ India \ Kashmir
Editorial: For Agha Shahid Ali, and forever
Tomorrow is December 8, 2012. Eleven years ago on the same day one of the finest English poets, Agha Shahid Ali passed away. Shahid was a Kashmiri-American poet. He wrote, “[...] and I follow him through blood on the road and hundreds of pairs of shoes the mourners left behind, as they ran from the [...]
Amarnath Land Row \ amarnath yatra \ faizan sofi \ India \ jammu and kashmir \ Kashmir \ minor in jail \ public safety act
Form of dissent changes with time
On September 4, a separatist group called for a strike against the construction of concrete road for Amarnath pilgrims, which goes to the holy cave of Hindus. The strike was called “against the politicization of Amarnath Yatra”. In 2008, it was the same pilgrimage which sparked the mass protests in valley after a piece of [...]
jk govt \ Kashmir \ minors arrested in kashmir \ orma abdullah \ public safety act \ Srinagar
PSA: Ready-to-put-in-jail command
It has been two years since the mass protests of 2010, during which more than 120 people; mostly teenagers were killed by government forces. Apart from killings and fatal injuries to people, the continuous arrests never stopped. Thousands of people, which include minors, were arrested by state police every now and then. The ready-to-put-in-jail command, [...]
Facebook \ freedom of expression \ freedom of speech \ India \ Kashmir \ Media \ SMS
Editorial: Trampling the public voice
Freedom of speech always comes under the pressure of the rulers. In conflict places like Kashmir, being one of the world’s long standing conflict, restrictions on mediums of communication are a daily exercise. In 2008, when the Amarnath Land Row started in summer there were number of local cable television news channels in Valley. Channels [...]
India \ Indian Army \ Kashmir \ pathribal case \ Supreme Court
Editorial: Another tragedy of justice
The Indian Supreme Court decision, last week, which gives the Army privilege to choose the form of trial- whether military court martial or civilian courts- for the gruesome murders it committed 12 years ago, has strengthened army claims and impunity to them under Armed Forces Special Powers act (AFSPA). The decision, however, did expose the [...]
afghanistan \ China \ India \ jammu and kashmir \ Kashmir \ Pakistan \ politics in south asia
Editorial: The question remains unanswered
For decades Indian-held-Kashmir has been going through a turbulent time. Once people were fighting the Dogra rulers for their rights and then after the partition of British India people had to live in an atmosphere where they had no power over their land. The princely state Jammu and Kashmir shared borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan [...]
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