Resistance has a history of its own

KASHMIR – THEN AND NOW

The phenomenon is not new. It only changed modes. It begun in ‘47 and even today it refuses to die down, comments Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain

Ever since Jammu and Kashmir State was annexed to India, Kashmiris continue to dispute legitimacy of this relation and perceive it to be a bond of subjugation. The modes of resistance assumed different forms during changing times. From 1947 to 1953, Political Conference of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Karra More

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Waiting for a solution

KASHMIR DISPUTE

Solution is always possible provided both India and Pakistan have the will and the capacity to do it, comments Sahil Showkat

THE roots of the India – Pakistan rivalry lie in the two visions of state hood that arose within the context of the nationalist movement in the Indian sub continent. The Indian National Congress, spearheaded by Gandhi and Nehru, sought to unify country built around the principles of secularism and More

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Kashmir under siege

CRISIS

State and Centre is adding salt to the wounds of people by making reckless statements on Kashmir and Kashmiris. It is better if they understand the ground reality in its totality, writes Syed Javeria Khurshid

“Don’t tell my father I have died,” he says;  and I follow him through blood on the roadand hundreds of pairs of shoes the mournersleft behind, as they ran from the funeral,victims of firing. From the windows we heargrieving mothers, and snow begins to fallon us, like More

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