Selective reporting is no professionalism!

This refers to the death of an 11-day-old baby named Irfan in Varmul recently. The incident is very painful. But one fails to understand why the “national” media didn’t give any coverage when CRPF fired upon ambulances and beat up pregnant women during the Amarnath land row in Kashmir. Why this selective More

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Develop consensus

This refers to the present situation in Kashmir. We are going through a very tough phase. Killing innocent children, demolition of houses in encounters, stone-pelting, and frequent strikes have become something common in the Valley. We are an oppressed nation. But the biggest trauma is that there is More

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Assembly chaos

 This refers to the ongoing political drama and chaos in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The political parties are behaving irresponsibly. They are slinging mud at each other rather than concentrating on serious issues confronting the people of the state. This way they are demolishing More

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Approach impartially

Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed gruesome incidents at the hands of the unprofessional police paramilitary forces. The situation has worsened in the past few months. What is sad to observe is that the youth killed by the forces have nothing to do with militancy or the “anti-national” activities. The protests More

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Extending vacations

 This refers to the extension of winter vacations for schools by the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir. The schools were scheduledto re-open on March 1, but will now open on March 8. Why did the DSEK extend holidays? What was the need of taking such a step that will only affect the academics More

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Sopur destruction

This refers to encounter between militants and Army in Chinkipora Sopur. The encounter has left behind a trial of death and destruction. More than 30 families have been rendered homeless because of the incident. Many houses were destroyed without thinking about the consequences. No one bothered about More

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Tharoor’s statement

 This refers to the Shashi Tharoor’s statement that Saudi Arabia should act as an interlocutor between India and Pakistan. One fails to understand the purpose of making such a statement at a time when the foreign secretary level talks between the two nations have recently failed. And why should More

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Ridiculous this!

 This refers to extension of winter vacations in the Valley schools. Why did the government extend holidays by seven days? The actual reason is not bad weather, as claimed by the authorities. It is just to suit the families of bureaucrats who move to Jammu with Durbar Move. They don’t want to return More

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Don’t force

 This refers to the article titled’ ‘All is not well ‘’ by Naila Neelofar (GK 23 Feb 2010) about the education system in Jammu and Kashmir. She has rightly pointed out the need to overhaul the entire education system. She has aptly referred to the movie 3-Idiots wherein a character named Farhan More

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Weather excuse

I share the concern of the parents about the extension of winter vacations in the valley on the pretext of bad weather. It is really a sorry state of affairs. In Kashmir Valley, a number of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are  functioning. More than 90% students and staff in these KVs are from outside More

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Real needs

 This refers to the article titled ‘All I need is everything” by Dr Mian Mehboob. There is an old saying that ‘nature had nothing to satisfy the need of a greedy man.’ We want more and more money even when we have enough of it. But that is completely against the religious teachings. Let’s follow More

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