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Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror – Preview, the first seven minutes
Text by Ashvin Kumar The full film will be uploaded on India’s Republic Day, 26th January, 2012. This is the first seven minutes of Oscar® nominated director Ashvin Kumar’s new film “Inshallah, Kashmir: Living Terror”. This time, we will bypass the Indian censor board releasing the full-film online and free-of-charge for 24 hours at 12am, 26th of January 2012, India’s Republic Day. “Inshallah, Kashmir: Living Terror” contains shocking, heart-wrenching stories of brutality and terror by Indian armed forces and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Conflict
Remembering Gaw Kadal Massacre, Jan 21, 1990
By Muhammad Faysal It has been more than twenty years of the gateway to our road of the massacres. It was this day, twenty one years ago, when the youngsters couldn’t stand anymore at the crossroads. When people couldn’t bear the humiliation anymore and they came out without any fear. When the shackles of forcible enslavement were twisted and cracked. When the rivers knew they would be flowing with blood. When the graveyards knew they would … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
Shehan Karunatilaka awarded the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012
Jaipur, January 21, 2012: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was awarded to Singapore based Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka for his book Chinaman (Random House, India), a novel that explores cricket as a metaphor to uncover a lost life and a lost history. Chinaman skilfully uses sport and the notion of fair play to look at Sri Lanka in a fresh and exciting way. The US $50,000 DSC Prize 2012 was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka at a memorable ceremony attended by eminent literary figures, renowned authors, members of the media fraternity and a diverse literary audience. The event took place at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival, one of the biggest literary festivals in the region. The DSC Prize along with a unique trophy was awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Not attending JLF; Paid assassins to eliminate me; informed by intelligence: Salman Rushdie
By Fahad Shah Jaipur, January 20: Putting off the controvery around his visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2012, the world reknown author, Salman Rushdie has issued a statement which was read out here today at the venue by the Producer of the festival, Sanjoy Roy. Adding to the statement one of the directors of the festival, William Dalrymple said Rushdie is one of India’s great writers and people should shower rose petals on him rather … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Landslides- II
By Afroz Ahmad Shah The famous Portuguese Bend landslide in the summer of 1956, when people noticed that the ground beneath them had begun to move, remind us of the potential of such forces to move the ground (Figure, a). It is estimated that a 105-hectare (260-acre) section of the slope was breaking free at a rate of about 2.5 centimetres per day, and also carrying Portuguese Bend with it. However, by 1961, the rate … Read entire article »
Filed under: Geoscience
Landslides- I
By Afroz Ahmad Shah Natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, wildfires, cyclones, droughts, floods etc. continuously pose constant threats to our young, 10,000-years-old, civilization. The devastations of Sumatra and Thai coasts in 2004, of Kashmir and New Orleans in 2005, of southwest Java in 2006, of Sumatra again in 2007, western Sichuan and Myanmar in 2008, of Haiti in 2010, Japan, New Zealand and Turkey in 2011, brought about colossal damage in terms of death … Read entire article »
Filed under: Geoscience
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