We the vandals

Can’t we learn to be decent, even in grief

Ajaz-ul-Haque

    Our modes of protest, like our political leanings and loyalties, are weird. What sense did it make to attack civilians, break vehicles, pelt stones after fire broke out destroying a monument we all shared as a common heritage. When the loss is collective, the grief is More

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Of Days and Dates

Alas!The abode of our patron saint with all its solemnity has gone

ZGM

Childhood, for past few days, with distinctly visible ferocious rage     has been staring into my face. The wrath is not needless...it is not without a cause… Memories provide rhythm to my heart; I had promised I would not allow them to fade away.I had promised that I will More

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A Paean For My Pir Dastgir

The devastation of this spiritual-social-cultural symbol of our heritage is agonizing

Dr. Riyaz Punjabi

The magnificent Dargah of Pir Dastgir (RA) has been reduced to shambles in a devastating mysterious fire.As we mourn the devastation of this bastion of our spiritual and ethno-cultural heritage, many of our friends from without are unable to comprehend the significance of this multi-dimensional More

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Feeding the Fire

We are searching the charred history in the debris. What colossal misfortune than this for any nation!

Syeda Afshana

An American playwright says, “We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”Exactly the same way, we all in this part of the world live in a valley on fire. And More

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Knowing the invisible hands

It can’t be shut, protest and forget. Someone somewhere eyes chaos

Arjimand Hussain Talib

A rational and impartial conclusion about what caused the fire at the Dastgeer sahab’s (RA) Srinagar memorial and the mosque is yet to come. It is not about jumping the gun, but a pattern of events makes certain conclusions inevitable. It is possible it might have been an accidental fire, ignited by More

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