UN OCHA in Kashmir

Thinking beyond the UNMOGIP, and its mandate

DateLINE By Arjimand Hussain Talib

A spokesperson for the United Nations (UN) Secretary General said last week that their office was closely monitoring the on-going situation in Kashmir. He further said they were in regular touch with the UN Military Observers’ Group (UNMOGIP) office in Srinagar. But what beyond that?The unrest More

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My Curfewed Life

As I stand caged in my home

Nostalgia By ZGM

Curfew failed. Yes! It failed! It failed to stop the dawn from cracking. It failed to cloud the first rays kissing the tree tops and stealing their way into my bed room. It failed to muzzle the black beauty – called Ashy Drongo, laugh thrush, tickell’s thrush   that   often greet More

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Wanted: A Mumia for Kashmir?

The lost generation of Kashmir is caught in a crafty crosssfire

Freeze Frame By Syeda Afshana

Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal anyway? Is he a cop Killer? A Messiah? Or just a man who got caught up in a bad situation, at the wrong time in history? It seems like it doesn’t really matter anymore what happened that night in 1981: whether he really shot an American cop Daniel Faulkner or was it a mere self More

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Organised madness?

Want to end the mess, explore ways to compromise

Whats up By Sajjad bazaz

The current spell of political turmoil once again reminds us that in Kashmir  peace process is elusive. Peacemaking has always remained a dangerous enterprise in this world’s most dangerous conflict zone. This is because of the fact that a good section of those who matter in Kashmir conflict More

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