There can’t be two opinions that unprecedented scale and pitch of the current uprising of the Kashmiri population has struck India with the unexpectedness of a bolt from the blue. The IHK ambience showed a promise for serenity, particularly after holding the 2008 elections. The militancy had vanished and the establishment in India surveyed the [...]
Politics is art of the possible, emphasizing a rule by the majority. This may not; however, be the case for Nepal where the Indian efforts to micro manage the levers of powers have led to a political deadlock even after holding six rounds for the purpose of electing a prime minister. In the latest (sixth) [...]
In this era of image and media projection, sports have acquired a glamorous aura of their own. When the global athletes congregate and put on display their feats of athletic prowess in an ever widening array of sports, it is not the glory they earn for themselves and their nation alone that gets the projection. [...]
The release of over 90000 war logs by WikiLeaks has come as a windfall of prime sources for analysts and observers engaged with the Afghan War. The task of reading, analyzing and digesting the low level war reports is a laborious grind and it will be some time before grain is sifted from the chaff [...]
Birthdays are important milestones in the process of human aging; these provide a viewpoint to ponder over the past, take a stock of the current situation and reflect upon the possibilities of the future. Nations are no different; and the arrival of the Independence Day this year does provide us with an occasion to look [...]
The coordinated release of the classified US War Logs on internet, combined with the sway of some of the most potent power houses of print media in the developed world;
The New York Times in US, The Guardian in UK and Der Spiegel in Germany - will not only leave a watermark on the course of [...]
The Youm-e- Shuhada-e-Kashmir this year comes at a most propitious time when the entire rural and urban landscape in the Indian Held Kashmir is on the boil. Kashmiris have risen up against the brutal dispensation of Indian militarized governance characterized by Draconian legislations like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Disturbed Areas Act [...]
Bearing prestigious credentials relating to Harvard University and London School of Economics (LSE), a much hyped report “The Sun in the Sky: the relationship between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan Insurgents” by Matt Waldman comes across as a classic example of mudslinging driven by vested political interests. The Report doesn’t say something really new; the support [...]
Ganj Bakhsh-e-Faiz-e-Aalam Mazhar-e-Nur-e-Khuda Naqisaan Ra Peer-e-Kamil, Kamilaan Ra Rahnuma
(The bestower of spiritual treasure in both the worlds, the reflector of the splendour of God; A perfect teacher for the beginners, an accomplished spiritual guide for the perfect.)
This timeless eulogy to the greatness of Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh, Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Usman Al-Hajvery, the patron [...]
In the killing fields of Kashmir no poetic justice could have been timelier. Just as Manmohan Singh was embarking upon his much awaited visit to Sri Nagar in the first week of June, to renew his offer of talks to the separatists, the entire IHK went on the boil over the exposure of a fake [...]
