What Kashmir needs right now is a healing touch

The more things change for India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, the more they remain the same. Every time it finds the chips are down and voters are seemingly forgetting its nuisance value, the Hindutva brigade dips into its much-tested bag of tricks.  And every time it seems to work, boosting More

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UN resolutions

While even the strongest advocates of the resolution to Kashmir dispute do not subscribe to the view that Kashmir should merge with Pakistan but at the same time they insist on the implementation of the UN resolutions in this regard. While the UN resolutions call for plebiscite with two options either More

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RTI Act

This refers to the news “RTI activist attacked in Doda” (GK 21-01-2011) for the ‘sin’ of raising voice against corrupt elements. According to the news report it is not for the first time that these social reformers were attacked. Such incidents took place in the recent past too.  In spite of passing More

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Political gimmick

This refers to In `defense' of BJP (Write Hand by Ajaz-ul-Haque). Honesty is the most effective non violent weapon of converting friends into foes. Rarely, foes into friends. Ajaz knows the art of using this weapon, even for the most difficult situations. BJP's mockery of staging a street play by More

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Why dichotomy?

Recently the Home Secretary GK Pillai made a statement on forces cut in Jammu and Kashmir if situation in the state worsens. The statement evoked sharp criticism from Army Chief. In Greater Kashmir of January 20, the General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based 15 Corps,  Lieutenant General More

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How long?

This refers to the news “Endeavors on to narrow areas of difference: Interlocutors.” How long will it take their endeavors to yield results? It is dead impossible to achieve any solution to Kashmir without having the separatists on board. If Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is putting conditions for dialogue, he More

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Don't defend

It was shocking to read the contents of the police report defending action against the protesters of 2010 unrest in Kashmir. The police has clearly mentioned that they opened fire in self defence and in most of the cases live ammunition was not used. It is a blatant lie which no one in Kashmir can accept More

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