Archive for January, 2011
October-December 2010 Issue
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS Oct.1:Â 8 Terrorists and a cop were killed as Army foiled intrusion bids in the valley. Seven person including two video-journalists were injured in violence even though curfew was clamped in view of court verdict on Ayodhya. Oct. 2: Two HUJI terrorists were arrested in D
Separatists misusing …
Separatists misusing freedom of Expression-PK (Text of the statement issued during media interaction addressed jointly by Dr. Ajay Chrungoo, Dr. M.K. Teng and Sh. O.N.Trisal on 29th Nov, 2010 at Jammu) Panun Kashmir takes seriously the campaign started by the separatist forces of Jammu and
Homeland Day
Pandits Commemorate Homeland Day K.S. Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 28: Panun Kashmir held a massive ‘Scooter-Car Rally’ to commemorate the HOMELAND DAY. The Rally that started from the PK office culminated at the Press Club, Jammu. It was on this day in1991 that Kashmiri Pandits passed the his
Cholistan – The Inside Story
By Sanjay Godbole January 2011 Bahawalpur is a city in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. This city is situated at a distance of 90 k.m. from Multan and 420 km. from Lahore. One comes across a desert, called ‘Cholistan’ at a distance of 30 km. from Bahawalpur. In the past, an ancie
Philosophy-A synoptic view
By Prof. M.L. Koul January 2011 Be it said in all fairness that philosophy in India did not begin as an independent segment of human investigation. It actually overlapped with religion which to a large extent concealed it under a covering of myths & credos but never hampered it from
Revisit Policy
Revisit Policy vis-a-vis Kashmiri Pandits By S.M. Pandit January 2011 There have been three significant judgments or interventions by three different courts vis-Ã -vis Kashmiri migrants recently. The first judgment was delivered by The Delhi High Court. The judgment was delivered on a bun
Making Sense
Making Sense of What is Happening in Jammu and Kashmir KS Correspondent January 2011 NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Addressing the theme "Making sense of what is happening in Kashmir", Panun Kashmir organized a seminar on 26 Dec, 2010, at India International Centre in New Delhi. The Seminar was at
The tragedy of being a Kashmiri Pandit
By Amit Bamzai January 2011 Even now I remember the day vividly it was an hot and sultry April afternoon, the ringing school bell indicated that it was time to pack your bags and leave towards the amniotic safety of a heaven called Home. As I stepped out of the mammoth black gate of my schoo
The Right to Define our Place
By Dileep Kumar Kaul January 2011 We have the habit of taking public space for granted as if it has continuously been there. Yet public space is always the expression of the intentions of some person or institution. Purposes are given to a place by a person or institution and it is put forwa
Pak- Kashmir Separatists’ axis
Is Pak- Kashmir Separatists’ axis coming un struck? By M.M. Khajooria January 2011 Unfamiliar voices were being heard from familiar personages in Kashmir separatist front. Skeletons were tumbling out of closets kept securely locked till the other day. Forbidden words borderi
Return of displaced Hindus …
Return of displaced Hindus to Kashmir the only problem Prof. Hari Om January 2011 New Delhi has wasted enough of its time in Kashmir and achieved nothing whatsoever. Kashmir continues to simmer and pose a grave challenge to the national unity and the very idea of India. In fact, the
Plebiscite
Geelani is playing ‘fraud’ with Kashmiri youth By J N Raina January 2011 There is no dearth of fusspots in Kashmir. Wrinkled with age, Syed Ali Geelani, leading a hard-line faction of the Hurriyat Conference, has been treating India as a banana republic. In an attempt to tyrannize
Introspection or Political Positioning
January 2011 In subversive political cultures the political class excels in competitive deception. Mortal adversaries can live comfortably as friends for years and friends can do a volte face in no time and turn into enemies. The politics practised in such a culture has circles within the circles
Return Policy
Don't touch them for the time being Dr Ajay Chrungoo January 2011 On December 5, 2010, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, formally issued the recruitment orders for the displaced Kashmiri Hindu youth, selected as per the Prime Minister's Package for relief and rehabil
The Tradition of Lalla Ded
By Prof. M.L. Koul November 2010 'Lalla-Ded wrote her poetry with fury and passion and even with intellectual arrogance. Her poetry came to her in a fit of emotio
Martyr’s Day
Panun Kashmir holds Massive Protest Rally KS Correspondent November 2010 JAMMU, Sep 14: Panun Kashmir organised a massive protest rally at Press Club, Jammu to observe the Martyrs' Day. The rally was organised to pay tributes to the martyrs and register protest against the failure of the
August-September 2010 Issue
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS Aug 1: Seven people were killed and many injured as violence continued in Valley; a tehsil office, a police post and govt. vehicles were set albaze as protesters continued to damage public property. Two OGWs were nabbed in Doda. Appealing for peace, Omar Abdullah said tha
Mohan Raina
Mohan Raina - designer of the State Emblem By Mohan Kishen Tiku November 2010 Mohan Raina was born in Srinagar in the year 1928 in the house of Pandit Shiv Raina. Shiv had a good reputation as a drawing-teacher. His son Mohan Raina learned A.B.C. of art and drawing from his father. He wor
Accession Day celebrated
KS Correspondent November 2010 JAMMU, Oct 26: The Accession Day-26th October, 2010 was a different experience for Jammu people as the day was celebrated as a national festival this year. People were wonderstruck to witness the celebrations like of a Republic or Independence Day as Jammu
Sakshaatkaar
Sakshaatkaar Evokes Unprecedented Response By S.M. Pandit November 2010 Sakshaatkaar-An Encounter with Truth- Photo Exhibition evoked unprecedented response as thousands of people witnessed it at the two venues in Jammu. The Photo-Exhibition was organised by Panun Kashmir at Invitation Ba
Omar’s Statement
A historical distortion, India should call a bluff-PK KS Correspondent November 2010 JAMMU, Oct 9: Panun Kashmir has strongly condemned the recent statement of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah vis-a-vis accession in the Legislative Assembly and termed it a historical distortion to re-open the
Undermining Accession
‘Undermining Accession is Undermining Unity of Nation’-Panelists KS Correspondent November 2010 JAMMU, Oct 17: Taking serious view of Omar Abdullah's recent statement in the Legislative Assembly regarding accession followed by SM Krishna’s irresponsible statement Panelists termed â€
The Assault from Within
November 2010 In a nation, when the leadership at the helms loses the sense of what is sacrosanct about the nation, the governance becomes weird. We have been witnessing this phenomenon in Jammu and Kashmir for quite some time. The way the newly appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir cond
Omar’s Tantrums
Remedy lies in Kashmir’s merger with India By J N Raina November 2010 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s disparaging statement about the state’s accession with India is ill-advised. It cannot be taken lightly. His churlish and sensational observation—that too on the
Kashmir: The Hindu Claim
By Dr. M.K. Teng January 2011 The so-called composite dialogue between India and Pakistan, aimed to find a settlement on the dispute over Jammu and Kashmir, has so far revolved round two main presump
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