Jasbir Sarai The pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath in the Kashmir valley, popularly termed as the Amarnath Yatra, is scheduled to commence on June, 28 and will conclude, in accordance with tradition, on the day of Raksha Bandhan, August, 21, 2013. The holy cave of Shri Amarnath is located at the head of the Sind Valley in Kashmir, flanked on the north by the great … [Read more...] about Concentrate on smooth conduct of Shri Amarnath Yatra
Amarnath Yatra
The road to Amarnath: rhetoric versus reality
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
The interlocutors caught the essence but lost the script
Simrit Kahlon The summer of 2010 was a turbulent one for Jammu and Kashmir. The Amarnath Yatra had been marked by controversy which had a violent spill over in Kashmir as well and Jammu regions. In this scenario, after taking initial punitive steps to restore a semblance of normalcy, the government at the Centre appointed a team of three interlocutors on October, 13, 2010, to … [Read more...] about The interlocutors caught the essence but lost the script