Would the Indian government ban Hurriyat? on March 7, 2019The Indian government has banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (Indian-administered) for five years. This socio-religious organisation has been banned athird time by New Delhi. The JI was first banned in 1975 during the emergency for opposing the Indira-Abdullah accord and second time in 1990. The second ban was revoked in 1993 by the P.V. Narasimha Rao headed the Congress government. JI … [Read more...] about Would the Indian government ban Hurriyat?
India without make up and tale of two notifications on March 4, 2019Way back during my college days I read a book titled "India without make up". Over the years I have forgotten the name of the author, who compared Indian society to an onion. According to the author, there is a peel underneath a peel. The book points to the fact that India has a complex societal make up. One of the best examples of Indian guile and deceit is seen through how India has handled … [Read more...] about India without make up and tale of two notifications
Merits of the Indian argument on Kashmir on February 26, 2019The government in New Delhi has a strong contingent of Hindu Mahasabha members. This militant Hindu outfit organised a Martyrs' Day on August 30, 1947, in Delhi. A leaflet of the organisation titled Remember the 30th of August 1947, advised its members as follows: "When you have to observe 'Martyrs' Day', the day should begin with the mass murder of Muslims, children and women alike. Forcible … [Read more...] about Merits of the Indian argument on Kashmir
General Dhillon’s threat to Kashmiri mothers on February 21, 2019Pakistan is a nuclear state. It has cancelled out the threat of India's size, military might and nuclear reach once for all. Unless Indian leaders decide to consign their cities and people to history books, there will be no war. The Indian Government is engaged in a war with the people of Indian administered Valley for the last 27 years. During these years these forces have killed a generation of … [Read more...] about General Dhillon’s threat to Kashmiri mothers
Kashmir — Use of violence begets violence on February 17, 2019The first ever suicide attack on a CRPF convoy on Thursday February 14, on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora in Indian held Kashmir, killing a large number of CRPF personnel was unfortunate. It has many lessons for both sides, the common citizens in Kashmir and the armed men from India. Death in Kashmir at the hands of Indian security forces, is a regular feature of life. These forces have … [Read more...] about Kashmir — Use of violence begets violence
Kashmir — from ‘engineering revolt to sponsoring terrorism’ a tale of Indian slander on January 30, 2019Kashmiris and their sympathisers all around the world have just finished with their massive protest against India on the Republic Day of India - the 26th January. My grandmother in Kashmir would look at the sky and in a grim, punctuated voice would say, "The sky is deep red. Someone has been murdered, somewhere". If we use the measure of olden times to confirm a murder and how it upset the people, … [Read more...] about Kashmir — from ‘engineering revolt to sponsoring terrorism’ a tale of Indian slander
Kashmir – Merits of bilateral dialogue after general elections in India on January 15, 2019The new government in Pakistan has tried to make up with India. It has offered an olive branch to restructure good neighbourly relations. There are eight outstanding issues to be resolved by the two countries. Kashmir, does not stand on its own as the core issue, after 23 June 1997, a joint statement was issued in Islamabad. It was included in the list of eight unresolved issues. At a time when … [Read more...] about Kashmir – Merits of bilateral dialogue after general elections in India
Kashmir — Shireen Mazari VS Lord Nazir Ahmad on January 8, 2019Lord Nazir Ahmad in British Parliament and Dr. Shireen Mazari minister for Human Rights in the present government of Pakistan, have pushed each other into a public debate, around their respective statements on Kashmir. There is a debate on the social media about the rights and wrongs of the two positions. We have people of Pakistani and Kashmiri origin as members of British Parliament. The second … [Read more...] about Kashmir — Shireen Mazari VS Lord Nazir Ahmad
The Modi Doctrine and its Discontents on January 2, 2019This piece is my first contribution in the New Year. It would be proper to wish peace, honour and dignity to all in the world. People living in the Valley of Kashmir, have very little to celebrate. Every tool is used by Modi government to humble, dishonour and control them against their free will. We on the Pakistani side of the ceasefire line don't have much to offer them, except the opportunity … [Read more...] about The Modi Doctrine and its Discontents
Kashmir — “A new law would be made to hang BJP leaders involved in killings” on December 29, 2018Bharatiya Janata Party made a maiden entry in the state government of Indian controlled (occupied) part of Kashmir in March 2015, when it struck an Alliance with PDP. On 20 June 2018 BJP decided to pull out of the Alliance and the State was placed under Governor’s rule with immediate effect. This was the fourth time in the last 10 years that a Governor’s rule was imposed in Jammu and … [Read more...] about Kashmir — “A new law would be made to hang BJP leaders involved in killings”
