Wonderful review of the book on Omar Abdullah

I have thoroughly enjoyed the in depth review of the book Omar Abdullah – the burdens of inheritance by Muhammad Shafi Pandit. Especially I liked reviewer's linking it to the issues faced by the population of the valley directly or indirectly at the hands of successive rulers.The challenge faced More

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Too much

 With reference to Muhammad Shafi Pandit’s nice review of Arjimand Hussain Talib’s book (Greater Kashmir 17 June), I am, however, amazed and amused at his vainglorious attempt at defending himself on “moral” grounds in the capacity of former Chairman of PSC. True, interview may not be a “determining More

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Kashmiri language

We Kashmiris should feel sad to see the plight of our mother tongue—Kashmiri. The young generation is desperate to achieve fluency in other languages while our mother tongue is being ignored at all levels. Lamenting over the issue by writing articles is not sufficient. It needs to be backed by serious More

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Policy shift

Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s speech at the residence of Tufail Ahmed Mattoo where he called for an end to stone pelting and termed frequent Hartals as a futile exercise, is indeed a great policy shift and a most desired and welcome speech. Geelani Sahib rightly said that it is a long drawn battle and we cannot More

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Appreciable views

The views and concerns expressed by M S Pandit in his book review are admirable.  His suggestions must be taken seriously both at individual and collective level as they gear us up for introspection and prepare us to combat cold, calculated and manipulative colonial plans to change our demography More

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Revoke it

Last year the Prime Minister of India, on his visit to Kashmir, promised zero tolerance on human rights violations, committed by the men in uniform. But all this is proving to be a hoax. The killing of about half a dozen innocents, mostly teens, in the past few months is a proof of this ‘zero tolerance More

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Not fair

This refers to article 'Rediscovering humility and compassion' by Aarzoo Khan wherein the author has equated Dr Zakir Naik to a mere 'telephone directory'. Positive criticism is welcome but using such derogatory words for such a selfless personality is not fair. Mir DanyalLaw Deptt, KU More

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Condemnable statement

The statement by Army's Northern Command Chief, Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal terming the Armed Forces Special Powers Act as sacred, is disgusting and deserves condemnation by the one and all. The columnist, Mehmood-ur-Rashid in his write-up "Gospel of AFSPA” (GK 17th June) has rightly said that the statement More

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Preserve it

This refers to the box letter titled "Let’s preserve our mother-tongue at any cost" by Aushaq Hussain Dar (GK18 June 2010). I appreciate his thoughts and commitment to preserving the mother tongue-kashmiri [kashur]. He has rightly analyzed that there is   growing trend of adopting western culture More

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Peaceful killings

This refers to the article titled 'Roadmap to Peaceful killings' (GK June-17) by M Hyderi. The author has been very brave and selective in using his words; he has done justice to the title taking in view the present circumstances of the valley. Kashmir has seen the onslaught from the past two decades More

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