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Kashmir no more enjoys dry drab lectures
By Gowhar Geelani There was a time when one of the senior most leaders of the pro-freedom alliance, All Parties Hurriyat Conference [APHC], had remarked in his passion arousing speech in a mosque in Srinagar, during the early 1990s, that “the dawn of freedom has arrived” and that “only the formal announcement was to be [...]
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Becoming
By Adil Langoo If God is deciphered, he holds power that too Omni, and If Olympus is thought of, each god retains Omni power in a definite space. Both, one in relative and other absolute, can reconstruct and deconstruct creation. However If poly is subordinated to mono then ‘God’ is all pervasive. This God inflicts [...]
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Interview | Parvaiz Bukhari, by David Barsamian
Parvaiz Bukhari is an independent Kashmir-based journalist whose articles appear in major South Asian newspapers, journals and magazines. He was interviewed by David Barsamian in which he talks about Kashmir and many other related issues. Give a sense of what life is like in Kashmir, day-to-day interactions that average Kashmiris would have with one of [...]
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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 [...]
Story of a miracle
By Dr. Zamir Afsar You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Is it so hard to believe that every living thing on this [...]
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O My Endless Friend
Street O street, I walk through my day to you. With my sorrows clichéd, tied to yours. Step by step I meet your friends of dissemblance. Cause of peace lost in dust of your hair. Smooth desires of roughness on your skin. Joined with the promenade soul who desires not. I desire to be with [...]
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Repeal PSA, amendments not enough: Amnesty International
This is the statement issued by the Amnesty International. Amnesty International reiterates its call on the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to end the persistent practice of administrative detentions in the state, and repeal the Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA). A legal team, deputed by Amnesty International to review progress since its March 2011 [...]
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Pathribal ruling a setback for justice in Jammu and Kashmir: Amnesty International
This is the statement issued by the Amnesty International. Special powers that allow India’s armed forces suspected of involvement in extra-judicial killings to sidestep the civilian courts have been reinforced in a disappointing court ruling over the notorious killings of five Kashmiri civilians 12 years ago. India’s Supreme Court has contradicted a reported statement by [...]
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I was asked to name the admins of Aalaw: Swiss woman
As the state police started a crackdown on the social media activists of Kashmir when five of the 35 administrators of Facebook pages identified by it as “anti-India” were summoned. A national newspaper reported that police is also monitoring a Swiss woman who has been “coordinating the activities of such administrators” in Kashmir. “Police say [...]
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The ghost journalists of Kashmir
By Ishfaq Ahmad Shah News is an obtainable version of truth and as a student of journalism I learnt that it is a crime if we, intentionally or unintentionally, hide the truth or a part of the obtained truth. A good journalist will try to highlight all the versions of an issue that concerns a [...]
jehlum \ Kashmir \ kashmir poetry
The Jhelum snakes its way
The Jhelum snakes its way. Silent, silent, ever so silent, through a city cold and beautiful- so red, so red, ever so red. A city so red from the blood of kin. A city so red from the anger within. A city so red from the love in hearts. A city so red from [...]
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Debate on Kashmir journalism after senior journalist’s views
“Young journalists should fight for their rights” As long as sub-editors cum government servants continue to rule Kashmir journalism, we will continue to lose promising journalists to the government. By Naseer Ganai Response to the above article (via The Hoot) I believe there is a mafia wearing the robes of journalists and editors who want [...]
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