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“Liberate POJK” – from Parliament resolution to mass movement

Arun Joshi On Sunday – May 8, an RSS backed Jammu Kashmir People’s Forum, launched a vigorous campaign to “liberate“ Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir from the occupation of Pakistan, as a…
Remembering Bijapur – a garden of love for the Adil Shahis

By Shaista Anwar & Baishali Ghosh Today’s popular Navalgund Jamkhana takes us down the memory lane of Shahpur, three kilometers from Bijapur, the heart of the Adil Shahi dynasty from the 15th…

Christie to auction Deinonychus dinosaur skeleton in New York

Satyen Mohapatra Do you want to display the skeleton of a Raptor dinosaur in your drawing room? An international auction house in New York, Christie’s is going to give you an opportunity…
Abdul Raheem Khan: Remembering a silent champion of Urdu

J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: In his passing away, Hyderabad has lost not just a good educationist, an able administrator but a great champion of Urdu. No wonder the death of Dr. Abdul Raheem…
Mother’s Day: Moms who sacrificed lives for their children to become sports champions

There is a popular saying that behind every successful man is a woman. In the world of sports that woman has often been the sportsperson’s mother. On the occasion of Mother’s Day it would…
Ashutosh Varshney believes India may enter into the stage of Muslim genocide

“India now may be entering the stage of anti-Muslim pogroms,” says Ashutosh Varshney, who teaches social sciences and political science at Brown University in the US. “This is because the BJP UP…
LIC Disinvestment – why is government selling precious assets when market is at its worst?

Amir Ullah Khan and Madhav Malhotra Disinvestment of India’s largest insurer LIC has been the claim to fame for several months now. The initial public offering (IPO) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)…

Rape is always the rapist’s fault

Syeda Ruqia Zaidi When people think of rape, they might picture an unknown person attacking someone. But the reality is that more than half of all people who are raped know the…
Kashmiri Parties angry with Delimitation Commission report

The Delimitation Commission report on J&K‘s new electoral map has evoked anger among Kashmiri Muslim leadership. The parties have not minced words in denouncing the report that in comparison to the populous…
Hindi imposition may boomerang

Satyen Mohapatra A country with a single Constitution, a single flag, and a single language is a great idea for having a strong and united nation, but India is not that country…
A different Eid-ul-Fitr in Kashmir this time

For Jammu and Kashmir, especially for the Valley, Eid-ul-Fitr is different this time. With this festival marking the conclusion holy month of fasting – Ramzan – Kashmir is celebrating it with a…
Justice must prevail to ensure social and economic development

Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam The development of any society and country depends on the delivery of justice. Social justice, harmony in society and the prevention of riots guarantee the progress and growth…
TRS going national appears to be a gimmick; KCR is unsure of how to take on Congress and BJP

“Desh Kay Neta KCR” – this was the slogan that reverberated in the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) at Madhapur in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The posters and banners that were put up…
Once the bulldozer is let loose—everything in its wake is destroyed

By Brinda Karat The bulldozers in Jahangirpuri which flattened shops, the front portion of a masjid, and destroyed the livelihoods of scores of people, have temporarily been stopped. I say temporary because…
What next after PM’s call to Kashmiri youth to foster bond of trust

Arun Joshi A question has cropped up, what now after Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly addressed the youth of Kashmir and assured them that they will not have to undergo the miseries…