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Mehbooba’s hesitation in assuming power in Jammu Kashmir!

January 16, 2016 Editor

-Dr. Abdul Ruff Jammu Kashmir, already troubled, is now without a government for days as the CM designate Mehbooba Mufti, daughter of former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who passed away last week, is not showing any inclination to hurriedly assume chief ministership in Srinagar. She is mourning the death of her father cum political mentor. Since then, the future of the BJP-PDP alliance has been under a cloud with Mehbooba Mufti maintaining an uneasy silence over the fate of the coalition government. It is certain that the PDP has lost…

With PDP-BJP 2.0 loading, Kashmir braces for yet another experiment

January 16, 2016 Editor

Suhail Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir has seen many political experiments with the latest in the list being the 2014 PDP-BJP alliance. At the end of these experiments, the political players often feign regret and even do a review exercise to see what went wrong. The latest we have heard is the PDP’s review of its coalition with BJP. Last year, they took almost two months to announce their alliance. And here we are again, PDP and BJP playing mind games ahead of government formation. It looks like a repeat telecast…

Kashmir for the Solo Female Traveler

January 15, 2016 Editor

By Shally Kashmir? Alone? Its not safe. You’ll get bored? What if something bad happens? There are terrorists in Kashmir. What if you got kidnapped?” These were responses not from my parents, but from people my own age. In this post I’d like to address these very legitimate concerns. Media has portrayed Kashmir as a war zone for so many years , So of course when I was about to embark on my solo trip to Kashmir I was nervous as hell. But from fellow travelers I had heard that it was very…

My Name is Mehbooba and I am not the CM

January 15, 2016 Editor

Just like you, my name is also Mehbooba. Just like you, I am also a daughter of Jammu & Kashmir living in the incomparable city of Srinagar. And just like you, I have also spent my life living in the shadow of men in this manly world of men. To the naked eye, those are the similarities we both share. Unlike you, I am a commoner. Someone, who has accepted to bow to practicalities and realities, which – unfortunately for you and me – have become too common. Unlike you,…

Kashmir, a rudderless ship!

January 14, 2016 Editor

M. Ashraf It is not for the first time that there is an uncertainty about not only the ultimate fate of this land but even about its day to day governance. This always happens when a ship is set on an uncharted course without any definite goal. Unfortunately, the leaders of all the streams do not outline a definite and a practically achievable goal. It is like a ship sailing from a port to port without an ultimate destination. Probably, the main problem in putting the ship on a definite…

Come Winter, Come Diabetes

January 13, 2016 Editor

Diabetes is like a fruit that grows bitter in Winter Kashmir valley becomes a beautiful painting of white snow and light shades of green in the winters, as compared to the famous canopy greens and the tulips of summer and spring. It’s a lovely sight in its own right. But looking at it from the medical perspective, it has now become clear that the winter with its core – the ‘ chillae kalaan’- is the breeding ground of metabolic diseases, like increased cholesterol, and the metabolic menace called diabetes. Thus,…

Open letter to Mehbooba Mufti

January 13, 2016 Editor

Prof. M Y Ganai Respected Mehboobaji Assalam-u-Aliakum From the core of my heart, I offer condolence to you on the sad demise of your beloved father. May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul. I do realize that it is not the proper time to write an open letter to you. But, being the son of the soil I consider it my moral obligation to make a sincere suggestion to you. The main purpose is that if you want your organization should live long and should address the people’s…

Kashmiri Mehman-Navazi : An Intrinsic Beauty

January 12, 2016 Editor

“Gar Bar-ru-e-Zamin Ast; Hamin Ast, Hamin Ast Hamin Ast”. Nidhi Soni In the north of the Kashmir, an immense stretch of mountain ranges of the Himalayas-Karakoram, Zaskar and Pir Panjal, running from northwest to northeast makes it part of the world’s one of the most beautiful places. These snow capped ranges makes Kashmir look like the “paradise on earth” or jannat. Dazzling and mesmerizing rivers, serene lakes, splendiferous gardens, flowering and peerless meadows, etc are some other fascinating magnificent features of the landscape of the Kashmir valley. The breathtaking beauty…

Demystify Kashmir

January 12, 2016 Editor

Show them the reality and let them judge Z. G. Muhammad In India’s 1.25 billion population not even .0005 percent people are familiar with the story of the Kashmir Dispute. ‘India’s middle class according to Global Wealth Report 2015 stands at 2 to 3 percent of the adult or total population when measured by wealth or income. The definition of middle class here is income between 10 to 20 dollars a day adjusted for purchasing power parity.’ That indicates ninety-seven percent Indians are poor of which about thirty percent live…

Modern Kashmiri Poetry and Mysticism

January 11, 2016 Editor

Rediscovering Rashid Nazki Sufi Showkat The tradition of Kashmiri poetry lies deep into the realms of Mysticism. If one accounts the beginning of Kashmiri poetry then we come across the unique way of expression of Shuti Kanth, Lal Ded, and Sheikh Noor-u-Din (RA), followed by a galaxy of poets and saint poets and consequently a unique tradition of poetry mingled with Mysticism. One cannot think Kashmiri poetry without the amalgamation of Mysticism. Even the most (may be the only) Romantic poet of Kashmir Rasool Mir could not resist giving his…