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Panun Kashmir, Place and Oppositionism

Panun Kashmir, Place and Oppositionism

THE PLACE VALUE Panun Kashmir, Place and Oppositionism By  Dileep Kumar Kaul June 2012 Human beings do not get angry with others only. They get angry with their own selves as well. Courage is given to others and to one’s own self also. Compromises are made with ones own self and almo

Interactional Potential of a Place

Interactional Potential of a Place

By  Dileep Kumar Kaul January 2012 A site attains meaning and becomes a place when people become emotionally attached with it. Such emotional ties are cause primarily through past experiences or memories that are associated with a site. When we talk about a place many memories and emotions ar

An interview with Prof. Dr. Rattan Lal Shant

November 2011 (Prof. (Dr) Rattan Lal Shant is a Kashmiri Short Story Writer, Dramatist, Hindi Poet, Translator, Editor, Researcher and Critic. Besides receiving many awards, he got the Sahitya Academy Award in the year 2007 for his book of Kashmiri Short Stories “ TSHEN” (RUPTURE). Raje

Noor Ki Shaadi

Noor Ki Shaadi

By  Sanjay Godbole         June 2011 The Pakistani media from the beginning has adopted  the policy of giving publicity to  those news pertaining to India, which create a negative picture about the life style over there. Whether it is child marriage or Naxalite issue or Maoist issue

PC's 'Indian' Geelani

PC’s ‘Indian’ Geelani

TUMULTUOUS VALLEY PC's 'Indian' Geelani: the insider story By Capt. S.K. Tikoo June 2011 Soon after P Chidambaram took over as the Union Home Minister, a senior Congress party leader and an ex-minister of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state sought an appointment with him, to apprise him of

Are “Radicalized Hindus” more dangerous than LeT?

Are “Radicalized Hindus” more dangerous than LeT?

By J N Raina June 2011 This is no baby talk. These words of ‘wisdom’ that “Hindu terror groups could pose a bigger threat to India than Muslim militant groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)” are coming from the mouth of Rahul Gandhi, the icon of the Indian National Congress (INC). Grea

Instrument of merger

Instrument of merger

‘Instrument of merger’ was not must for Kashmir By J N Raina April 2011 While epoch-making changes come about globally, an environment of negativity continues to prevail in Kashmir, denying its denizens a decent and unfettered life. Some diehard elements, feigning as well-wishers of

The tragedy of being a Kashmiri Pandit

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

Plebiscite

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

Omar's Tantrums

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

Pakistan’s underhand tactics will never pay

Pakistan’s underhand tactics will never pay

By J N Raina August 2010 Given the effervescence of Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, it is doubtful whether Islamabad is keen for resumption of harmonious relations with India. The ongoing acrimonious peace process, which was set about after a lot of preparedness, has recei

For peace, Pakistan ...

For peace, Pakistan …

For peace, Pakistan must decry terrorism By JN Raina July 2010 Permanent peace in the subcontinent is nigh impossible, till Pakistan remains paranoid about India. Peace will remain a pipe dream, until Pakistan sheds antipathy towards India and gives up state-sponsorship of terrorism. What 26\11

India under Siege

India under Siege

India under Siege – from within By Nancy Kaul November 2010 Islamic terrorism and terrorists, separatists and secessionists, and soft-peddling politicians, are outdoing each other to prove they share the same mindset and agenda in Jammu & Kashmir. They have another equally committed p

Water woes

Water woes

Can India counter Pakistan’s bellicosity? By J N Raina May 2010 The ‘devil’ is in deep distress. Now it is Kashmir plus water woes. The path of conflict-resolution between India and Pakistan is shadowy. Our neighbour is distrustful. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has exhibited his wil