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Rumours in Kashmir

January 23, 2016 Editor

It takes just a rumour for the entire Kashmir to turn mad Javaid Malik Rumours, rumours, and rumours; that’s what Kashmir is for the past many years, especially during the past 25-years of turmoil. When the armed rebellion broke out in Kashmir in late eighties, rumours used to spread like wildfire even in the absence of mobile phones and technology. When turmoil was its peak rumours about what is going to happen next used to be the favourite pastime for the people as they had no other option, other than…

BJP on a sticky wicket

January 16, 2016 Editor

Sheikh Shabir Sudden death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is an irreparable loss to his party PDP. Since his demise, PDP has been in a fix over continuing the government with the erstwhile partner BJP. In fact Sayeed’s departure is no little loss to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had entered into an alliance with PDP and formed the government in March 2015. By winning 25 seats in 2014 assembly polls, BJP had not only silenced its critics but also set the cat among the pigeons of the other…

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…