Lack of will

The debate over AFSPA is turning out to be absurd

WORDS WITHIN By Firdous Syed

The ongoing AFSPA debate has now been turned into an exercise in absurdity.  Obviously, Omar Abdullah the Chief Minister of the beleaguered state has an agenda to present himself as a person having left no stone unturned to convince the real masters, of helpless people, in Delhi to repeal the More

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Drawing parallels

Today’s J&K and Pre-Nitish Bihar

HOPE By Junaid Azim Mattu

Politics is generally the target of scorn and cynicism with an alleged inherent inability to change things for the better. After 15 years of wanton loot and plunder, a devious sense of law and order; Bihar – at times more turbulent and chaotic a State than a conflict zone like J&K, has been turned More

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The Power of Rationale

In response to M Ashraf's article about AFSPA

FEEDBACK By Maj. Kuldeep Singh Jamwal (Retd)

This article is in reference to M  Ashraf's article in GK datelined 17 Nov 2011. Ashraf has a powerful pen. Not all powerful pens, however, articulate ideas. Some of them only ink rhetoric and confuse issues more than explain them. The essence of genius lies in simplifying complex issues. Most More

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…of multilateralism, bilateralism & accord in Kashmir!

Recounting Nehru Gandhi tale on Indira Gandhi’s 94th Birth Anniversary!

19th November By Dr. Javid Iqbal

Whilst Nehru basked in the company of friends and relatives Indira was sceptical of even her shadow. Perceived mistreatment of her mother by her aunts left a deep lifelong imprint. Kamla died of tuberculosis. Troubled marital life with Firoze Gandhi added to psychic insecurity. She left him to live with More

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