Burners and Backburners

Strengthening the institution of dialogue

PUNCHLINE By Z.G. Muhammad

Ostensibly, there is an upswing in India and Pakistan relations.There has been an increase in the frequency of visits at ministerial, officials, traders, cultural and journalistic levels between the two countries during past couple of years. True, not much   importance is attached to these More

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My heart goes out to you

IT'S YOUR HEART BEATING IN SOMEONE ELSE'S BODY

HEART-LINE By DR ABDUL MAJID SIRAJ

What is at the heart of this article is the ‘consent’   that is so crucial in legal language, in the lyrics of  poetry  and in the gospels served to humanity by divinity.    There are situations when one human being can see and talk to another with his heart beating More

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Of windstorm

Has our Chinar gone senescent?

DEVASTATION By Sohail Iqbal

It was disheartening to note widespread destruction caused by the windstorm during the intervening night of March 19 and 20, 2012 and, continuing through most of Tuesday.  Reportedly,  16,000 private and public building structures are damaged to varying degrees and thousands of  rooftops More

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A stormy dream

........ and I couldn't free myself of the clutch I was in

MUSINGS By Asma Zahoor

That night as I went to sleep, my nerves were shrinking for there was absolute darkness, not a single ray of light to comfort me and the wind was blowing fast. Anyways, I pulled the quilt over my head and God knows when I landed in the world of dreams. Although I was in deep sleep, my subconscious More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu