Its Friday. Much awaited. It is the day when the frying of human minds week ends… and week end starts. Do I make sense? 🙂 Friday is the day to rejoice.. for the frying shall come to an end… Zzzz……. i am sleepy….
HADD-TAAL…
Dapaan pagah aasi hadtaal…. ye ti che ne paiy ki kyazi aasi hadtaal…. Dapaan haez hadtaalas che wariah faide’ …. magar mye’ tor ne az taani fikri ye faide’ kemis sana chu yiwaan? For the past 2 decades, hartals or strikes where shops, all means of transport, schools etc. remain closed in protest, have become…
The local news channels – opening new horizons
‘Annoying with ‘terrific’ videos and really bad quality of programs’ is how the local channels provided by the cable operator in Kashmir started off. The programs, the hosts, the songs – everything was ridiculed. And a lot of it is ridiculed even today. But over time the local channels including Sen Channel, JKChannel, Take One…
History relived!
The amazing things about history is that it repeats itself. The saddening thing is that in Kashmir the only history oft repeated is the that which causes distress for the masses. “Begar” or forced labour introduced by the Dogras had on the surface left us alone. But the fact remains that forced unpaid labour exists…
FACTS! (Face them!)
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Democracy ahoy!
Democracy… Freedom of expression… Things that India claims to have and Indians take pride in. (Image from Greater Kashmir) Geelani was scheduled to address a press conference in connection with the recent arrest of four of his senior colleagues under Public Safety Act (PSA) and Judicial custody of 13 others. The Central Reserve Police Force…
Kashmir on protest…
The whole of Kashmir is protesting. And this time round it isnt ‘azadi’ in its specific socio-political context that Kashmiris are asking for, but it ranges from things like polluted roads to getting jobs. Suddenly there seems to be a surge in the number of demonstrations that are done daily. The electropathy graduates (some branch…
To mourn or not?
Boris Yeltsin is dead. Finally.(If I may be allowed to add.) I read the news. And I go back a few years in time and remember my literature class… The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) And…
Round table
Question:
Why are conferences on ‘critical’ and ‘serious’ issue discussed on a round table?