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The 100 day’s “Message”!

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The longest mass uprising in Kashmir has conveyed a definite “Message” to New Delhi and to the World at large! M.Ashraf The mass uprising which was triggered by the killing of Burhan Wani has already crossed 100 days. The uprising had resulted in total shutdown throughout the valley with massive protest marches. To prevent the marches and public meetings for “Azadi”, the government came down harshly on the marchers resulting in clashes all over the valley. Most brutal and harsh methods were used to quell the marches. Pellet guns, tear…

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Is there a Government in Kashmir now?

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Professor Rattan Lal Hangloo When day in day out the story of contemporary Kashmir is displayed by electronic and print media to the rest of the world, one is bound to ask oneself if there is any state or government functioning in Kashmir region. In mainland India democracy, global networks, world economy and above all digital world is talk of the day yet there is a region so neglected from all these things for past few months. Imagine life without emails and mobile connectivity in the main land India but…

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How Kashmir has risen up against the state in one of its most intense uprisings

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Fahad Shah After a long day of strict curfew on 15 August, Independence Day, 15-year old Yasir Salaam Sheikh walked out of his dense neighborhood in Srinagar’s Batmaloo area towards the main road, only to find a group of youth demonstrating against India. Within half an hour, the demonstration was countered by government forces, who fired tear gas shells, pellets and bullets. Sheikh was shot in the chest. He died, while his father Abdul Salaam Sheikh, 52, was told that his son was injured by pellets. It was only when…

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Kashmir’s High Price for Demanding Independence

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Tariq Mir At his home in Baramulla, in Indian-administered Kashmir, my father tuned his old Philips radio to Radio Pakistan. The people of Kashmir turn to the station in moments of despair or distress, of which there is no shortage. It was early July, and a gentle voice came on: the crescent moon had been seen and therefore the festival of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, would be celebrated in Pakistan on Wednesday, July 6. Across the eastern border in India, no one had caught sight of the…

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Kashmir Issue and Relevance of UNO

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UN has failed to play a constructive role in pushing for a peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue Samir Ahmad Thus began the modern epoch, almost hundred years ago. The valiant upsurge which characterized the so-called civilized era in 20th century in the shape of World War I and II, and unsatiated thirst for the world gains even at the cost of human lives is still looming large over the mankind. It was death and destruction, psychological and emotional disintegration and the shaky human psyche which the World War I and…

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Kashmir’s Political Vultures!

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Mohammad Ashraf A general observation made by most of the Kashmir watchers is that there has so far been no sincere and upright leader who could lead the people to salvation. Since 1586 the country of Kashmir has been under the occupation of outsiders who took turns in capturing it one after the other. After Mughals came the Afghans. Then came the Sikhs and finally, the Dogras purchased it from the British for a paltry sum of rupees seventy five lakhs along with its inhabitants. All the foreign rulers oppressed…

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The Curfewed Eid of Kashmir

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Putting the entire valley of Kashmir under curfew on the most important Muslim religious festival of Eid-ul-Adha is the first event of its kind in the entire recorded history of Kashmir! M Ashraf Eid-ul-Adah is the most pious and revered festival in the Muslim world. It is in remembrance to the symbolic sacrifice which God asked Prophet Ibrahim to offer. Well, Kashmiris too have offered a similar symbolic sacrifice for their cause on this occasion. Kashmir has seen many periods of extreme suppression during its history of last four centuries.…

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Shah-E-Hamdan: Kashmir’s Benefactor

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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…

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

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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…

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Curfew completes 60 days, longest ever in history

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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…

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