Simrit Kahlon <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1916" title="Road to Amarnath" src="http://www.defenceinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Road-to-Amarnath1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /> The visit of mega-star Shahrukh Khan to the valley of Kashmir on a shooting stint was a piece of news carried by almost all national … [Read more...] about The road to Amarnath: rhetoric versus reality
Geelani’s damaging edicts and policies
Simrit Kahlon <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1822" title="Syed Geelani" src="http://www.defenceinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Syed-Geelani.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="189" />The dilemma of being Syed Ali Shah Geelani lies in constantly having to raise and keep alive an issue that has the capacity of derailing the process of … [Read more...] about Geelani’s damaging edicts and policies
Good security is propelling tourism in Kashmir
Simrit Kahlon I was headed towards the valley after almost three decades for purely sentimental reasons I chose to travel by road. The little I saw of Jammu city conformed to the image I had of it in my mind. Once a laid back quasi cantonment, its landscape dotted with temples, it was now criss-crossed with flyovers under one of which I alighted from my bus to get into a cab … [Read more...] about Good security is propelling tourism in Kashmir
The interlocutors need to reappraise their report
Simrit Kahlon The interlocutors, in their report submitted to the Parliament regarding the turmoil ridden state of Jammu and Kashmir have been very emphatic in reporting a feeling of victimhood that, they feel, is rampant amongst the people residing in the Kashmir valley. Not surprisingly then, the main focus of their report has been on the enumeration of measures that may be … [Read more...] about The interlocutors need to reappraise their report
Illegal rehabilitation will have frightening security implications
Simrit Kahlon The place of our birth, the place where we have spent our formative years leaves a deep and abiding imprint on our psyches. Such a place is associated with those years of our life when everything seems possible to achieve and everything is either black or white. Such a place also bears witness to our earliest dreams and ambitions, our first associations as well … [Read more...] about Illegal rehabilitation will have frightening security implications