It is futile to set up inquiry commissions

Inquiry commissions are set up to probe issues and incidents like riots, scandals and assassinations. Over 100 inquiry panels have been set up in India so far but none has served any purpose. They either served the hidden interests of politicians or were setup only to diffuse public outrage or divert More

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Just touching

This refers to the letter to Kashmiri Pundits. It was nice to hear from Dr. Mirza Ashraf Beg. Definitely a letter written from the core of heart. I do not want to go into details of the past to make a point and to shift blames. As you rightly said, whatever has happened, has happened--- is now a past More

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Information blockade

If the government of India is contemplating ban on internet service in Jammu and Kashmir, it will be a big blow to the people. It would mean sending people to the Dark Age. The GoI has already deprived us of many facilities like the pre-paid mobile connections and is hell bent upon creating information More

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Help others

Could life be better than this? The question struck my mind while I was sipping cappuccino at a famous coffee shop in Srinagar. I had recently got a job I always yearned for. Life seemed so favorable in all aspects. I sat their relaxed when I noticed a girl asking for alms at the other table. She was More

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Only destruction

Different societies have struggled in their own ways. But all wars have caused annihilation and mutual destruction. With wars, we can achieve nothing. Most wars have been fought to maintain one’s superiority over the other, like America did in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Humans continue to wage wars More

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Employment package

This refers to observance of 104th Birth anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on 5 December 2009, and the government's proposed announcement of employment package on the day. It is a welcome announcement as people, particularly the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, have pinned their hopes on the Chief Minister More

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Same procedure

This refers to the ban on the prepaid mobile service in Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Home Minister justifies it on the basis of security reasons. The fact is that the procedure for obtaining post-paid connection is same as that of pre-paid. So the move seems to be completely illogical. Ghulam Muhammad More

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Taser guns

This refers to the letter “Taser Guns” by Umar Muhammad ( GK.18.11.2009). The author has rightly depicted that ‘Taser Guns’ will now be introduced to disperse protesters, replacing rubber bullets. Since, these guns are not used anywhere in India, the picture is clear that they are being transported specifically More

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Criminal statement

This refers to the statement by the RSS chief, Mohan Bhaghwat, that all Muslims were originally Hindus because they sing Qawalis and they worship at Mausoleums of great Muslim saints, which, he said, was equivalent to the idol worship. It was a criminal statement made against the Muslim community. It More

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