We, The Kashmiris Paradox
We Kashmiris, by nature, are very paradoxical. We often tend to contradict ourselves based on shaky arguments and untrue observations. More than often we behave...
Rs 500 Crore Rescue
Every time, Kashmir suffered a calamity, armed forces were around. Their involvement was on display in 2005, twice in a year. Firstly in February when...
Faith can’t be amplified by mosque loudspeakers
SUHAIL AHMAD The number of mosques has increased exponentially over the years in Kashmir and so has the number of their loudspeakers. The holy month...
India does not love Muslims, does not trust Kashmiri leaders!
-Dr. Abdul Ruff ____________ While hatred for Islam dominates world politics today, hatred for Muslims has been the hallmark of Indian standard policy pursued against...
Late Marriages In Kashmir
In our society we have some imperfections added by a person, a plan or a system that further blemishes our plight. In the inception it...
Abandoned by children, elderly parents spend a lonely life
Professional life brings money but miseries too The colours of life were vibrant in all spheres of life in the house of Ghulam Rasool. Fun,...
Fasting where the sun doesn’t set
Marya Hannun This week, with the start of Ramadan, Muslims from Indonesia to Michigan began fasting from sunrise to sunset in observance of one of...
Kashmir killings raise fears of new bloodletting
After years of sharply reduced political violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the gunning down of four men with links to militants has fanned fears of a...
In Kashmir, unexplained killings mount. A repeat of dark times?
Many Kashmiris worry the Indian Army's explanation that militants are to blame is masking a revival of its old and hated counterinsurgency campaign. A decade...
Return of the “unidentified gunmen”
Manohar Parrikar’s diatribe ‘to kill a terrorist by a terrorist’ is without merit and sense. The Defence Minister seems to be been making statements to...