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. In the context of India’s freedom struggle in the twentieth century, however, use of the ideology of separatism as a political tool in … [Read more...] about Kashmiri separatism: The myth and the reality
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Kashmir: Egg on the face of perpetrators of evil
Mehtab Karan Singh For the second time in this year, a group of terrorists took refuge in the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building at Pampore. The counter terrorist operation lasted from almost three days before the two holed in terrorists were eliminated. In the earlier instance in February this year, one civilian, three soldiers and two paramilitary troopers … [Read more...] about Kashmir: Egg on the face of perpetrators of evil
Isolated Geelani must introspect on his erroneous political ideology
Jasbir Sarai As he looks upon the eleventh anniversary of his political party Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH), that he formed on 07 August 2004, Syed Ali Shah Geelani must be a sad and a dejected man. TeH came into existence because Geelani and his associates had parted ways with the Jama’at-e-Islami and needed a platform for their political identity. After many decades in politics … [Read more...] about Isolated Geelani must introspect on his erroneous political ideology
Tosa Maidan lease: self-centered politics should not guide decision making
Jaibans Singh Tosa Maidan is a meadow in the Budgam district of the Kashmir valley. The area was leased out to the Indian army in 1964 for use as a firing range; the lease has been extended a few times since then. Expiry of the current lease that falls on April, 18, 2014, could not have come by at a better time for the divisive forces. It has given to them adequate ammunition … [Read more...] about Tosa Maidan lease: self-centered politics should not guide decision making
Time for closure of the Hurriyat chapter has arrived
Mehtab Karan Singh The All Party Hurriyat Conference (Hurriyat) has split yet again!! Would it make a difference? A logical answer would be a big “No” since the so-called “conglomerate” was never unified in the first case. The Hurriyat came into being in 1993 to raise a wholly misguided voice of separatism in the Kashmir Valley. It was an amalgam of 27 political parties of the … [Read more...] about Time for closure of the Hurriyat chapter has arrived