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Kashmir lost in Bollywood Masala

August 18, 2015 Editor

Bollywood directors should stop selling and romanticising this political laboratory Aamir Qayoom I could see some of the Kashmiri discussing the Bajrangi (film) twist while munching the rolls and dipping the tea bags in one of the central university, I happened to visit recently. All that I could make out from their dhabha debate was the fact that Kashmir has got lost in the Bollywood hungama. This concern for the paradise connects us with the knotty and tricky representation of Kashmir in contemporary Bollywood films. While ‘Haider’ as a movie…

Why do Kashmiris Observe August 15th as Black Day?

August 18, 2015 Editor

The people of Jammu & Kashmir on both sides of the Cease-fire line and worldwide observed the 69th anniversary of India’s Independence Day as a black day because of India’s failure to honor its pledges that it has given to the people of Jammu & Kashmir at the United Nations. This year, the Kashmiri leadership had summoned all Kashmiris all over the world to demonstrate on August 15th, as a symbol of their unity and harmony. Their unity in mourning demonstrated their will to resist India’s illegal occupation and defiance…

Tackling the Technology Addiction

August 17, 2015 Editor

By Lalit Anjum “Technology is a queer thing. It brings you gifts with one hand, and stabs you in the back with the other.” ― C.P. Snow, English chemist and novelist Above quote is in sync with the impact of modern technology on each and every aspect of human lives. Advancement in digital technology has made our life much better than the past. However this in turn has made us addicted to digital technology as never before. Nowadays we are dependent on sophisticated technology even for our mundane tasks. Thousands…

Why Kashmir’s Lal Chowk is an eyewitness to wretched political history since 1947

August 14, 2015 Editor

The Ghanta Ghar located in the city centre is also a witness to a lot of bloodshed and violence for the past 26 years. Many historians agree that Kashmir’s Lal Chowk (Red Square) was named after the renowned Red Square of Moscow by a Sikh leftist intellectual BPL Bedi, the author of Naya Kashmir. Bedi, father of famous Indian film actor Kabir Bedi, was Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s close confidant. And Naya Kashmir was an important constitutional framework for Jammu and Kashmir under autocratic Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh’s rule. Those days,…

Article 35A is beyond challenge

August 14, 2015 Editor

Article 371A of the Constitution of India clearly says: “ Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, – ( a) no Act of Parliament in respect of – ( i) religion or social practices of the Nagas, ( ii) Naga customary law and procedure, ( iii) administration of civil and criminal justice involving decisions according to Naga customary law, ( iv) ownership and transfer of land and its resources, shall apply to the State of Nagaland unless the legislative Assembly of Nagaland by a resolution so decides.” This provision inserted in 1962…

Qureshi has congratulates people of India, Pakistan on their day of freedom

August 13, 2015 Editor

‘If Kashmiris have to observe any day as black day that should be October 22 and October 27’ In view of August 14 (Pakistan’s Independence Day) and August 15(India’s Independence Hashim Qureshi has congratulates people of India, Pakistan on their day of freedom ‘If Kashmiris have to observe any day as black day, that should be October 22 and October 27’ Srinagar, August 12: In view of August 14 (Pakistan’s Independence Day) and August 15(India’s Independence Day), Chairman of Democratic Liberation Party Hashim Qureshi has congratulated the people of both…

Orphans of Conflict: Forgotten by Society and the State

August 12, 2015 Editor

DR MUDASIR FIRDOSI Kashmir valley had just one orphanage in 1986, now there are more than 700. An estimate by a UK based charity Save the Children; Kashmir valley has 215,000 orphans out of which more than 37% have lost one or both parents to the prevailing conflict. More than 15% of these children live in orphanages. Before 1990 most orphans were rehabilitated within extended families and adopted by relatives without any financial help from the State. Due to the ongoing conflict, the number of orphans increased exponentially and families…

Does schooling matter?

August 11, 2015 Editor

Admission in any premier private school doesn’t necessarily guarantee children a bright future Dr. Zubair Ahmad War Recently, one of the premier private schools of Valley conducted the admission process for nursery classes. Right from the day of form submission, the parents were worried, desperate and on their toes in order to seek admission for their wards. Amusingly, seeing the seriousness of the parents’ vis-à-vis the interview, it appeared as if their wards were to face the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) panel. Interestingly, most of the children didn’t realise the gravity…

Hartal: The unofficial holiday

August 11, 2015 Editor

I still remember the day when I was selected for cabin crew in an airline. I had to show them my qualification documents. As one knows, in Kashmir no government office rightly guides you about your documentation, so I spent three to four days to get my documents from different schools and on one Friday I had to collect my last document that is the final year marks card from college. An officer in college told me to visit University of Kashmir (KU) as they (college) had not received my…

Kashmir – The land of Wisdom

August 8, 2015 Editor

Adam and Eve would have felt it hard to leave from heaven, so had Ibn Battuta, the greatest traveller of Muslim world, when he left his home. His initial writing dipicts how much he was attached to his land and home. “It weighed grievously upon me to part with them, and both they and I were afflicted with sorrow” were his words when he left his home, Tangier. No doubt, all over the world men/women are emotionally attached to their land, people, habits and culture. Even the Bedouins will find…