Language is life

Kashmiri language needs to be promoted also in Jammu

Thoughtful Thought by GHULAM NABI KHAYAL

“NOT less than 40 to 45 per cent of the total population of  Jammu region are Kashmiri speaking people whose mother tongue is Kashmiri but their persistent demand to promote this language in their respective areas and pockets has not been conceded or met with by any successive State government More

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BSF accepts

That is good, but what about punishment?

WRITE HAND by AJAZ UL HAQUE

Special Director General, P P S Sidhu’s statement that `there is a possibility of Constable Lakhvinder Kumar, of 68 Battalion being involved in the teenager’s killing’ has spread an instant sense of relief across the valley.  And why not? Shopian has left nothing more terrifying and nothing more More

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Prospective Talks in Perspective

A meaningful dialogue can really make the difference

ANALYSIS by Javeed Ahmad Mir

More than a year after Mumbai attack, India has finally offered to resume bilateral talks with Pakistan. Even Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik reportedly met India’s Foreign Secretary Ms Niraupama Rao to discuss the modalities of the talks.A senior Indian official was quoted as saying that More

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Trees, Mr. Mian

2010 Forest Policy needs new ideas and action

DATELINE SRINAGAR by Arjimand Hussain Talib

The last 3-4 decades have seen devastation of forests in almost every country, barring a few exceptions, mainly in Europe. Now, there are two kinds of countries: one, that have reversed the trend of deforestation, and, second, that live with the decay. We belong to the second category.The More

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Tethered To Roots

From Srinagar to Bombay and back

NOSTALGIA by ZGM

Then it was not Mumbai but Bombay. Then it was not home of chauvinistic saffron sena but a magnificent canopy that sheltered great men that shaped Indian polity, art and literature.  I have lots of memoirs with Bombay. The city I loved a lot.   I think I first visited this city More

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Power of TV visual

TV transmutes diligent into dimwits and vice-versa

Freeze FRAME by Syeda Afshana

     When World Trade Centre (WTC) crumbled, images stirred the world. Airplanes steered into twin towers and the flinging debris became the instant history. It was like the visual presentation of Homer's verses on Troy, one that evoked a response of horror and awe: that of towers More

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!ncredible

Padma Shri to Moma Kanna? REALLY!

WHATS UP by SAJJAD BAZAZ

Kashmir throws surprises. Any time, every time. This time protests throughout the valley continue unabated against the killing of teenagers by police and paramilitary forces and separatist cadres have once again been forced to launch a campaign against these atrocities. Basically protests, shut downs More

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