The Pulwama massacre
India once again displayed brutal use of state force in Indian-occupied Kashmir, with the occupying forces using lethal weapons and dirty tactics to repress and terrorise the people of Kashmir.…
Who killed Shujaat Bukhari?
I never had the pleasure of meeting Shujaat Bukhari, the soft-spoken editor of the Rising Kashmir with a steely spine, who was assassinated last week. But we remained in touch…
Echoes of Gaza in Kashmir
The scenes of young Kashmiri girls, most of them in school uniforms and hijab, throwing stones at security forces have stunned India and people around the world. The iconic image…
Kashmir on fire
Occupied Kashmir is aflame again, with Kashmiri people facing the worst-ever brutalities by the Indian security forces. This time nobody can blame any foreign hand in the volcanic eruption of…
Kashmir goes on bleeding
According to reports, the Indian security forces and police killed more than 20 people in Kashmir who were protesting against the assassination of Burhan Wani, a leader of the Hizbul…
The killing fields of Kashmir
Dubai eye The writer is a Middle East based columnist. Kashmir is on the boil again. What happened in Handwara on Tuesday was hardly unusual. Three people were gunned down…
Struggle in Kashmir
According to reports, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly – which deals with social, humanitarian and cultural issues – has passed a resolution tabled by Pakistan and co-sponsored…
Perils of covert operations
The debate over the June 9 raids by the Indian Army’s Special Forces against two northeastern insurgent groups on Myanmarese territory has produced two main reactions. The first, from Prime…
The prime minister has spoken
The storied hall of the United Nations General Assembly in New York is not quite the place where leaders of member countries spell out any dramatic shifts in their government’s…
Kashmir polls and the BJP
Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir is all set to hold five-phased assembly elections beginning from November 25 (and up to December 20, 2014). The upcoming elections are significant in many ways.…
