Jaibans Singh There is a lot of talk about widespread dissatisfaction within the state of Jammu and Kashmir, especially tin he Kashmir Valley, with regard to the reorganisation of the state into two manageable Union Territories and the modification of Article 370 that has been carried out with the intention of mainstreaming the region in line with the rest of the country. … [Read more...] about Kashmir: Time to smell the coffee
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With the myth broken, Kashmiri separatism is in doldrums
Jasbir Sarai The moment the word “separatist” is used in India, it conjures the image of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and their colleagues of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in Kashmir, who subscribe to this ideology. Use of the ideology of separatism as a political tool in Kashmir, however, goes as far back as 1931 when some Muslim pressure groups … [Read more...] about With the myth broken, Kashmiri separatism is in doldrums
Pakistan’s heart continues to bleed for Hafiz Saeed and his ilk
Vikas Khanna Advocacy of human rights with a carefully cultivated “holier than thou” persona has become the focus for Prime Minister Imran Khan. Amidst ranting of a nuclear holocaust his heart bleeds constantly for the “atrocities being committed by the Fascist Indian state” on the people of Kashmir. While the world has refused to take his ranting seriously, what is … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s heart continues to bleed for Hafiz Saeed and his ilk
Pakistan’s targeting of Kashmiri youth needs to be challenged and negated
Jasbir Sarai “When curfew is lifted there will be a blood bath,” said Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, in the course of his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He parroted this phrase and other hate filled rhetoric with monotonous regularity all though his stay in the United States. It is quite apparent that these phrases had been embedded in his … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s targeting of Kashmiri youth needs to be challenged and negated
Building women power in Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh
Jaibans Singh "I am confident that the recent changes made in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh would be of immense benefit to those regions. They will enable the people to access and enjoy the same rights, same privileges and same facilities as their fellow citizens in the rest of the country," said President Ram Nath Kovind in the address on the eve of the 73rd Independence … [Read more...] about Building women power in Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh