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Shoe-throw suspends 15, 61 lives go unheard

WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAUQE

The recent shoe throwing incident alongwith the drama that followed is too funny a premise  to build a serious argument on. No sane mind can be moved by the sensation this news created. Though it did set off a ripple and has added another chapter to the brief history of shoe-hurling that began More

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Destination Kashmir

The Coveted Territory of `Desire’ and ‘Discord’

VIEWPOINT By Muhammad Shafi Pandit

Kashmir has always attracted kings, explorers, adventurers, historians, linguists, poets, etc. Very few could, however, scale the defensive wall of the Himalayas and survive the hostile winter climate of the valley.  Those who were able to stay, got absorbed into the local cultural streams, but More

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A heart-lacking initiative!

That was certainly not the way to do it

DAMP SQUIB By Dr. Rumana Makhdoomi

Prime minister’s initiative on Kashmir came after columnists in national newspapers criticized the silence of Prime Minister on the recent killings in Kashmir. After the silence was broken, I wonder what was better – the silence or the speech. The words he spoke were difficult to comprehend. The speech More

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