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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Kashmir save your youth” advice by Yasser Arafat on December 26, 2018In early 1990s former High Commissioner in London Syed Wajid Shams ul Hassan, invited me and Dr. Ayub Thakur to meet Yasser Arafat Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization in London. It was an exclusive and a private meeting. Towards the end I asked Yasser Arafat, “Chairman, when we leave this room, what advice do […]