Vijay Sazawal responds to A M Zargar's article

Usually one feels honored to see his or her name mentioned in a newspaper, but the way Mr. Zargar evoked my name is a sad reflection of how fast the society in Kashmir is radicalizing and making bigotry fashionable (GK, 6 October 2010).Mr. Zargar has attacked my position defending the Armed Forces More

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Don't forget

A greater emphasis is laid on the recent killings of 110 youth in the ongoing crisis and in the process we are forgetting tens of thousands of those who laid their lives for the last twenty one years of turmoil. We must not forget that this agitation is the outcome of the sacrifices of those who dared More

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Removing bunkers

This refers to the removal of bunkers in Srinagar city. The huge and complex bunkers are not being removed. These are only the small CRPF pickets that are being dismantled. I don't think it is going to help diffuse the crisis. The need is to dismantle the huge bunkers from all major towns. That only More

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Dangerous consequences

This refers to Syed Ali Geelani's statement "Kashmir's natural resources are being exploited." They are not only looting Kashmir’s forests and water resources, but also hunting the youth. All this can have dangerous consequences. We are being robbed off all the resources that we have. It can cause natural More

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Education must

This refers to the letter "education must" by Showkat Hameed. I appreciate his views. We can't dream of a vibrant society if children are not imparted good education. Saying" life first'' is correct, but it is also a fact that without education life is meaningless. So education and students should always More

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RSS plan

This refers to the latest Kashmir Plan proposed by RSS and also the comments to the same made by Mr Fida Hassnain (GK 6th October). Both of them have not spoken anything about the  Muslim majority areas of Jammu such as Chenab Valley and Pir Panchal valley areas of Doda, Kaishtwar, Baderwah, Poonch More

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Don’t disintegrate

This refers to the news “Make valley separate state with pre-1953 status: Vaidya" (GK Oct 4).The RSS and other fanatic organizations want to disintegrate Jammu and Kashmir. That is completely unacceptable to the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. These fanatics tried to disintegrate J&K in 2008 More

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