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The preacher of hate

The preacher of hate

  Srinagar: A glance through controversial Sushil Pandit’s Twitter timeline brings out shocking revelations- he harbours ‘anger’ and ‘hate’against Kashmiris, Muslims and Islam. And he does not feel ashamed about it. On his Twitter profile, Pandit introduces himself to the world as a “Kashmiri Hindu” who is allegedly “exiled, in my own country!” In his […]

Exclusive: International pressure, border tensions, civilian protests inside Kashmir compelled Delhi to halt operations and initiate peace talks

Exclusive: International pressure, border tensions, civilian protests inside Kashmir compelled Delhi to halt operations and initiate peace talks

Srinagar: It was after intense international pressure, escalating border tensions, worsening situation within Kashmir coupled with a realisation that New Delhi’s muscular Kashmir policy was not working to pacify rebellious Kashmiri population that compelled India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh to announce a halt in operations, top government sources have revealed. Not only that, the sudden […]

Sacrilege of Srinagar’s symbol of resistance

Sacrilege of Srinagar’s symbol of resistance

  The bone chilling videos showing blood splattered on the floor of Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid and pictures capturing the moment when tear gas shells were hitting the central mosque’s rooftop emanating black smoke this Friday are defining in many ways. These pictures and videos recording what exactly happened in and outside Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, […]

What Dulat said about the IB and Pandits in his memoir

  As Asad Durrani and Amarjit Singh Dulat, former spymasters of Pakistan and India respectively, are releasing their much awaited co-authored book THE SPY CHRONICLES: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace, written by journalist Aditya Sinha, in New Delhi, here is a recollection of what A.S. Dulat in his memoir Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years had documented about the Intelligence […]

Revisiting past: The politics of ‘Ramadan ceasefires’

Revisiting past: The politics of ‘Ramadan ceasefires’

  The recent halt in operations announced by the Delhi has garnered widespread scepticism with both politicians and political experts terming the announcement as ‘futile.’ Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had suggested a Vajpayee type Ramadhan unilateral ceasefire like the one of 2000. It was accepted by the Centre but with conditions. Far from her claim, is […]

The closure

The closure

  Naseer Ganaie writes about a man who goes through the painful and torturous journey of searching for his disappeared brother who was picked up from his home by the Ikhwan,the Indian army’s rogue militia.  One day, the man realizes he had spent most of his precious life looking for his brother. Finally, he decides to […]

Exclusive: What is behind J&K chief secretary’s ‘Mysterious Extensions’?

Exclusive: What is behind J&K chief secretary’s ‘Mysterious Extensions’?

  The Jammu and Kashmir Government has granted yet another extension, this time a one-year-long, to Chief Secretary Bharat Bhushan Vyas after “tweaking rules” to provide a longer-term tenure to him. This was done, as reported by sections of the media, on “state government’s recommendations”. Is there something more to his ‘extensions’ than just “recommendations” […]