Geelani's `genocide'

That's ridiculous! (to say the least)

Ajaz ul Hauqe

Our habit of ascribing every tragedy to the political uncertainty we face has not gone and shows no signs of going. Wherever we suffer and whatever the loss, we craft excuses effortlessly. We think we wouldn't have been in trouble. It's only because of unkept promises and unattended United Nations More

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Crisp Maize Seller

Nostalgia

ZGM

Those were the serene mornings. Everything around had a Hellenic touch:  baa and bleats of the ewes and goats, melodious tinkling of bells around their necks, the whistling of the chhergur   woke me up.  The solitary cry of Sula Masalwool, red bean seller made me leave warmth of More

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Wise,but controversial

Many Kashmiri dissidents have often overstretched the significance of these Resolutions

Happymon Jacob

Professor Abdul Ghani Bhat has done it again. It was in January last year that he made another wise but controversial statement that Kashmiri dissident leaders such as Abdul Gani Lone and Mirwaiz Maulvi Muhammad Farooq were not killed by government forces but by “their own people”. This time around More

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Say no to war

Brave is the person who chooses patience

Adeela Hameed

War, as the name suggests is a phenomenon of disagreement between communities which ends up in pitched battles, gunfights or even exploitation of innocents as a whole. This word carries an air of fear, anger, distraught, distress, frustration and a lot more, bloodshed. The roots of a war lie in human More

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Sentiment,Realism and Onions!

Well one day it occurred to me that there has to be something inside an onion

Dr.Ajaz Baba

‘Crocodile tears’ is a commonly used metaphor for false tears, tears that are devoid of emotion. There is however another ‘unemotional’ tear jerker that is wholly ignored. It is the commonplace onion that I talk about and if you have ever tried your hand at peeling its layers or chopping it, or for More

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