Breivik fires

He shoots a message that his truth is to prevail

WRITE HAND By AJAZ UL HAQUE

Jew is actually a man, said Sartre, it's anti-Semite who makes him a Jew. It's always in reaction of something you emphasize your identity. This week we witnessed the hell an identity can unleash. Anders Behring Breivik wanted to teach his `others' a lesson. The lesson of his being superior to the More

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Win-win-win idea

The ways J&K can maneuver Indus Waters Treaty

Dateline SRINAGAR By Arjimand Hussain Talib

Last week it was argued here that the Indus Waters Treaty per se does not impede power generation in J&K. Yes it does one thing in theory - prohibit construction of large dams and water storages. But the fact is that we already have water storages of certain capacity on the Chenab, the Jhelum More

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In defense of track-two dialogues

prejudiced and panic-stricken reactions call for a considered response

Statecraft By Happymon Jacob

The recent arrest of Kashmir-born Executive Director of the Washington-based Kashmir American Council, Ghulam Nabi Fai, has generated a fierce debate within the Indian intelligentsia and media about the need, role and nature of track-two engagements between India and Pakistan on outstanding bilateral More

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‘Ga-ra-Ya’

Nostalgia By Z.G.M

 I don’t know if there is a mention of ‘Thiru Nangai’, ‘daughter of god’- eunuchs  - in vast sea of our mythology. I don’t know if there is a mention about them in the pantheon of gods and goddess that our ancestors worshiped. I have not come across a reference about them having had a role More

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One More ‘Historical’ Meet!

SALT n PEPPER By Ajaz Baba

   Our neighbourhood ‘Auntie’ is known for her hysterical attacks. Everytime she has one of these attacks her long-suffering husband gloomily says to anyone willing to lend him an ear, “Poor lady she has again had a ‘historical’ attack…” Now the strange thing about these dramatic More

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The wealth of SRINAGAR

Bringing alive the story of a city

Book Review By Mehmood-ur-Rashid

It is not just a book, it's an architecture of sorts. An architecture where labor undergirds love, and discipline holds the weight of purpose. It's like the tiered roof of a typical Kashmiri Ziyarat where each layer falls on the other 'like the stanzas of a poem.' May be it's like an album artistically More

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"Learn additional languages for graduate studies in the US"

Talking Future

Abir Bazaz is a PhD Candidate in Asian Literatures, Cultures and Media at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, US, where he also works as a Graduate Instructor. He is working on his dissertation on the intellectual history of mysticism in Kashmir which he approaches from the existential/phenomenological More

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Run little BOYS, Run for a PURPOSE

Can we consume a bit of our purse to save them from getting consumed wholly.

Tariq Ahmed

Cancer, Kidney Failure, Diabetes, Seizure Disorder, Cardic ailments, Psychiatry problems -  What if I am the the one? The question is scaring, nevertheless, real. Those who catch these diseases are like us, ampong us. We know poor patients suffer and die for want of medicines and other treatment More

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