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
Yasin Malik
Arrest of Jamaat leadership in Kashmir is a step in the right direction
Jaibans Singh Kashmir is witnessing unrest since the last few days! People have started hoarding essential supplies on the premise that something unprecedented is expected to happen shortly. The feeling has come by due to rationing of supplies and also the arrest/detention of certain elements who are known to leverage incidents like the Pulwama terrorist attack to ferment … [Read more...] about Arrest of Jamaat leadership in Kashmir is a step in the right direction
Maqbool, Afzal and separatist propaganda sponsored by Pakistan
Jaibans Singh The month of February is of great propagandist value for the Kashmiri separatists and their masters sitting in Pakistan. The month starts with the sham of the Kashmir Solidarity Day that Pakistan has been observing as an annual ritual since 1990, on 05 February. The stated objective of this sham is to support the so-called struggle of the people of Jammu and … [Read more...] about Maqbool, Afzal and separatist propaganda sponsored by Pakistan
Hurriyat: Teetering towards irrelevance
Dr. Simrit Kahlon The inherent fissures within the All Party Hurriyat Conference (Hurriyat) are well known. In recent days they have become all the more prominent, leading to what is widely being perceived as an existential crisis for the conglomerate. The Hurriyat has been steadily losing its clout and relevance over the last few years since people have seen through its … [Read more...] about Hurriyat: Teetering towards irrelevance
Time to catch the bull of separatism by the horns
Mehtab Karan Singh The agitation spearheaded by the separatist Hurriyat Conference and some other independent elements of the Kashmir Valley to derail the decision of the state government to provide Domicile Certificates to the West Pakistan refugees has exposed their anti-people self serving agenda. The belt of villages along the Kathua-Pallanwalla axis in the Jammu region … [Read more...] about Time to catch the bull of separatism by the horns