Home » Posts tagged with » BJP

\ \ \ \ \ \

Mr. Omar Abdullah, I have a small request

By Syed Asim Ali It is one of the very rare occasions where I like to agree with you. I would like to support you for condemning the attack on separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani. I would further like to cut-copy-paste your recent tweets. “The heckling of separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Delhi [...]

\ \

Patriarchal Ideology and Political Culture

By Kavita Krishnan As soon as women step beyond the bounds of traditional roles and especially if they enter public life and politics, patriarchal interests feel threatened and deploy their usual repertoire of demeaning tactics and abuses. These tactics seek to brand their women targets as sexually loose; as lacking in ‘feminine’ attributes; as puppets [...]

\ \ \

Ghanta Ghar: From Clocks To Flags

By Fahad Shah A concrete clock tower stands still in this nippy winter of Kashmir. Ghanta Ghar has become a political crag which many political climbers want to ascent. Some energetic but anti-India youth succeeded last summer. They left a coloured tower like a blind dresses a doll. Different shades of political symbols; in which [...]

\ \ \ \ \

Politics Over Flag In Indian Kashmir

By Fahad Shah Expressing his resentment against a political party’s decision of hoisting Indian flag in Kashmir on Republic day, the Jammu and Kashmir state chief minister, Omar Abdullah introduce us towards something which has been often avoided. Why hoisting Tri-colour at Lal Chowk creates such a polemical and indignant atmosphere while every year same [...]