Of autonomy and the political gimmicks thereof

This refers to the slogan of Autonomy and the political blackmail carried out in this guise. The very concept lacks a deeper thought or proper understanding. One may befool oneself of autonomy but the moment reality dawns, the meaning of such erroneous ventures can't be hidden anymore. Within any constitution More

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Tufail’s picture

Tufail Matoo’s picture on front page of GK on Saturday (June 12, 2010) disturbed me a lot as it was hard for me to believe that the young boy is no more. I believe newspapers must refrain from publishing such gory images. Tufail’s death is very unfortunate and every one of us should protest it. Media More

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Not fair

This refers to the write-up by Dr.Mushtaq Chalkoo titled ‘Demeaning doctors, misleading patients’ (GK June 19) and its subsequent response by Dr. Nazir A Gilkar, Dr.Farooq A Peer, Dr. M Ashraf Malla. It is right about a degree like PhD to prefix the word ‘doctor’, but what about physiotherapists who More

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Demeaning doctors

This refers to the article titled ‘Demeaning Doctors, Misleading Patients’ by Dr Mushtaq Chalkoo (GK June 19). I hail Dr Chalkoo for sparing sometime on writing on such a serious and important issue. He has exposed the mockery that has been made of our healthcare system. I agree that the word ‘Doctor More

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Meaningless comments

This refers to the advertisement by  Ghulam Jeelani about frequent Hartals. Such people always try to prove that they are wiser than others. That Hartals lead us nowhere and we are getting economically shattered are just futile comments. What is the alternative to Hartals? Instead of blaming separatists More

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Misleading article

This refers to Dr. Chalkoo's article. Firstly let me update his knowledge. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Health, Govt. of India, 60 percent of people in India use alternative systems of medicine. And according to a WHO report 80 percent people living in developing countries at present More

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Reduce troops

Srinagar city is often under siege either by virtue of a Bandh called by the separatists or by undeclared curfew imposed by the government. The amazing part of all this is that such things happen in the peak tourist season. The current wave of violence started with the Amarnath land row, then Shopian More

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Once again

It has happened once again. History repeats itself. Kashmiris have been once again killed. There is no respect for the life and liberty of people living in this part of the world. Nobody is even questioning why innocents are being killed by the men in uniform. The latest incident in the chain of killings More

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AFSPA license

This refers to the column titled "Thou shall not kill" by Ajaz-Ul-Haque. I agree with the author that lot of politics has been played in the name this “holy act”. Whichever the party comes to power promises its revocation and it really earns a good support to them. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act More

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