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Shah-E-Hamdan: Kashmir’s Benefactor

September 9, 2016 Editor

Dr. Nazir Ahmad Dhar Ameer Kabeer Meer Syed Ali Hamdani was a great saint, scholar, and a religious leader of the 8th century Hijri. He was also a philosopher, writer and traveller. An intellectual of repute, he was never hesitant to exchange social and religious views with other scholars irrespective of their race, creed and caste of all the countries he visited to. He enlightened the masses about the universal brotherhood, equality and brought them to the path of spiritualism. Raised their social and economical standard. This is particularly true…

In Death, a Kashmir Rebel Becomes What India Has Long Feared

September 7, 2016September 7, 2016 Editor

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHAAR-I-SHALLI, India — Go to the villages of south Kashmir and they’ll tell you stories about Burhan Wani, the militant commander shot by security forces as he tried to escape through the back door of an isolated hideout. They say Wani would slip out of the forests sometimes just to visit, a 22-year-old with an AK-47 and an easy way of talking that made him so different from earlier generations of Kashmir’s insurgents. They say he’d play cricket with village boys, and visit orphanages. They say…

Curfew completes 60 days, longest ever in history

September 7, 2016 Editor

Add to this e-curfew: Prof Noor Baba Kashmir is witnessing longest ever curfew of history with not a single day since July 9 when there is no curfew in many or all areas of the region housing about 8 million people. Curfew was clamped in entire Kashmir on July 9 following violence in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. So far 73 civilians have been killed and about 11000 injured in police, paramilitary and army action. Two cops have also died…

Why President Obama Ignores Human Rights in Kashmir

September 6, 2016 Editor

Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai September 5, 2016 Since the current uprising in Kashmir began with the killing of Burhan Wani on July 8, the unjustifiable and violent attack with bullets, birdshot from pump-action shotguns and extreme cane beatings by Indian military forces upon many of some 200,000 mourners who attended his funeral, who were in technical violation of a rigid curfew that was established by the police and armed forces, has provoked numerous demonstrations and violent clashes between residents. Demonstrations have occurred across the globe by non-resident Kashmiris and other human…

Too many mistakes – What the rest of India owes Kashmir and Kashmiris

September 4, 2016 Editor

Ramachandra Guha In the late summer and early autumn of 2010, the valley of Kashmir was gripped with protest, discontent, violence and suffering, just as it is now. In August 2010, when the troubles had entered their third month and the death toll had reached 70, the experienced journalist and Kashmir watcher, Siddharth Varadarajan, wrote a piece in The Hindu urging the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to take “bold steps to demonstrate his willingness to address the grievances of ordinary Kashmiris”. Dr Singh, wrote Varadarajan, should not insult Kashmiri sentiments…

In Kashmir, Conspiracies Fester Under Internet Censorship

September 2, 2016 Editor

Kashmir’s “forgotten war” is misunderstood and badly reported as a direct result of government censorship on media outlets and private internet service providers By Naheed Mustafa There is a video on YouTube that shakes and hiccups through 11-and-a-half minutes of the last rites for Burhan Muzaffar Wani. Thousands of men and women stand in a clearing surrounded by trees, straining for a final glimpse, a chance for a picture, a last opportunity to touch the face of Wani, a 21-year-old militant shot dead by Indian forces on July 8, 2016…

Kashmir: A story of defiance amid grief

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 Editor

People in Indian-administered Kashmir aim their anger against security forces as death toll and eye injuries mount. by Elizabeth Puranam For Abdul Rehman Mir, the grief over the death of his son has turned to anger. He is sitting on the living room floor of his small family home in the Tengpora neighbourhood of Kashmir’s summer capital, Srinagar, surrounded by nearly 30 neighbours. His son Shabir, 24, was killed by police on July 10 – two days into the mass protests against the Indian security forces’ killing of Kashmiri rebel commander…

The Rise of more Burhans

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016 Editor

Killing of the Hizbul commander in Kashmir is radicalising youth But what has become worrisome for the security establishment is the growing support for militants in the valley. Adnan Bhat At a large rally in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, a dozen kids holding toy guns and replicas of AK-47’s made out of bare wood carefully listen to sermons of Azadi being delivered from the podium. They are well aware of the situation right now in Kashmir. Some of them say they want to be like “Burhan Bhai”. Scenes like these…

Kashmir and Palestine: The story of two occupations

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 Editor

The growing pockets of solidarity expressed for Kashmiris are heartening, as is the solidarity for Palestinian struggle. By : Goldie Osuri The India and Israel alliance has been described as a full-blown romance, but the ongoing siege of Kashmir makes this a bloody affair – covert for years. India has bought arms from Israel since the 1960s. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to visit Israel in 2017, marking the 25th anniversary of full diplomatic relations. The two nations are passionate about their brutal occupations of Kashmir and Palestine. India…