All must join hands to avoid bloodshed

I am very much pained by the recent killings during the civilian unrest in the Kashmir Valley, more so since a substantial number of victims are teenagers. As much as I deplore the deaths and the actions of the security forces, who seem to have criminally neglected the necessary precautions when dealing More

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Besieged mind

Feelings are obscure and thoughts are traumatized. My mind seems so blank. I don’t know where to go and how to lend a name to my inexplicable emotions. Looking out of my window, I see a vast blue sky with various imprints of clouds and I imagine what it must feel like to have wings and soar high up in More

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Save them

No one wants to calm down in Kashmir. No one wants to relent. Neither people nor leaders. No one has  vision to save lives from getting lost. They only want to keep the sufferings going for the common Kashmiris either by shutdown or by curfew.Teenagers should have been busy in their education More

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Not workable

Single paper system will not go successful in valley in a condition where education has come to halt. In spite of providing relaxation it will develop stress among students. Moreover students are not able to study due to continuos strikes. 10th and 12th syllabus is too huge to be completed too soon. More

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No break

This refers to President’s speech on radio on 14th of August at 7:00 pm. It is very unfortunate on part of Radio Kashmir Srinagar to not announce the Iftar break and instead continue with the speech. Hundreds of people wait for Iftar announcement on radio. Mir Ishtiyaq AyoubAshmander, More

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Passport issue

This refers to the news that some pro-freedom leaders are striving to get passport for their kins. For the sake of argument if the news is considered true, still we the people of Kashmir must not forget the contributions these people have made. People like Aasiya Andrabi, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Ashraf More

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Political gimmick

This refers to the news regarding CM forgiving Ahad Jan, the man who threw shoe at him. It may carry a positive signal to some people but it is nothing new. Let me ask a simple question to the esteemed minister if he was so considerate for Ahad Jan, why not for the innocent people who are languishing More

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Nice article

This refers to the article Sinha’s Sin by Riyaz Ahmad. Kudos to Mr. Riyaz for this truthful and accurate analysis. Riyaz has aptly read the pulse of the situation.His article also exposes the forces at work against Kashmiri Muslims. Lets not forget that India has always been contemplating to More

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Political mobilization

This refers to article "let's create a place to be proud of by Aatif Mehjoor. The author has laid a great stress on political mobilization, but how can we do it when we are being suppressed by state so brutally. Imran Khan ‪<khanimran199043 More

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