Airport closure: Communal identities figure nowhere

This refers to column INKSIGHT Airport Chalo. I think comparisons on communal terms are not genuine. In a context like this terms like `Hindu' and `Muslim' only deepen the polarization between two communities. It was an issue purely based on some technicalities where identities have no role. Though the More

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Educating whom?

This refers to the article “Educate them, they will liberate you” by G N Ahmad. I agree with most of the views express by the writer. But he has somehow ignored a few issues concerning the nature of education which makes the article sound a bit one-sided. Education is the development of all those capacities More

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Need dignity

I have no political basis or acknowledgment as such but I can’t stay as a meek spectator seeing Kashmir turning worse than a hell.18 years of military control does mean something. Thousands killed, Infact brutally murdered, thousands disappeared, tortured, injured and then what else remains to be done More

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Princely state

This refers to a letter by Afsheen Azad on Sep 25th 2010. If the writer advocates revival of former princely state of J&K as an independent sovereign entity then the idea is unrealistic. It is a historical fact that Dogra state was a creation of British crown as compared to other princely states More

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Not violent

We were told that we are living in a democratic state. But democracy has lot its value here. Now power lies in the hands of people. The present government didn’t take any action against the cops involved in civilian killings. Instead it came down heavily on people and oppressed them further. Now if people More

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Blatant lie

This refers to Farooq Abdullah’s ridiculous speech in the Indian Parliament. I laughed when I heard him saying that nobody in Kashmir wants freedom. It was a blatant lie. Farooq Abdullah must clearly hear the slogans on the streets of Kashmir. And if he is unable to do that, it is his problem.
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All participate

Kashmir is suffering. Every person is witnessing the current unrest. But despite the difficulties, people are participating in the agitation programmes and rightly so. I disagree with people who are sending their wards outside for education. This movement doesn’t belong to one person. Rich or poor, everyone More

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Sad news

I can’t believe that the Jammu and Kashmir government has sacked the Chairman J&K Bank Dr Haseeb A Drabu. Why? There seems to be a deliberate attempt to see the Bank fall. JK Bank is a public organization which has grown over the years. And it is because of people like Dr Drabu that the bank progressed More

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Welcome statements

This refers to the news “Kashmiri leaders condemn human rights abuses in Kashmir.” It is encouraging to see that leaders from abroad are voicing their concern over the situation in Kashmir. Such statements are always welcome.Muhammad Shafi shiekhshafimohmad More

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Good article

This refers to the article titled “Shadows of Kashmir” by Uday Shanker. It was really a good piece of writing. I wish more people think like Mr Shaker. There are very few people who acknowledge the fact that stone pelters are angry and that is why they pelt stones. They are human beings and need the More

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Reduce syllabus

 Keeping in view the present situation the university authorities should reduce the syllabus of the students as not even a single department has covered more than 60% syllabas. Ajaz AhmadKashmir University More

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