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‘A thousand ft deep gorge where crows are eating corpses’ and other tales from Kashmir
By Muzamil Jaleel For the first time ever, the J-K Legislative Assembly discussed the issue of ‘unmarked graves’ for more than two and half hours. Srinagar: For the first time ever, the J-K Legislative Assembly discussed the issue of “unmarked graves’’ for more than two and half hours where a ruling NC legislator gave a long and heartrending description of how his neighbors and friends disappeared after being arrested by security forces from home, another NC legislator … Read entire article »
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Media And Mocked Truths
Public opinion runs unabated in the media – this notion is one of the most spectacular achievements in the world today. Masses are made to believe that the media is liberal, when it is only propagandized to advocate the conservative corporate interests and to obey an esurient political class – the ever powerful lobby which has the power of distribution, of decision making, of production and of financial operations. … Read entire article »
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Kashmir step by step
By Suhasini Haidar India needs to understand that the absence of violence in the Kashmir Valley is not peace, and that development and dignity for all Kashmiris go hand in hand. Pakistan must recognise that violence will never bring peace for Kashmiris, and will imperil all Pakistanis. On the face of it, this summer in India-Pakistan engagement has been defined by the discovery of Osama bin Laden, the revelations of David Headley and Tahawwur Rana, and the intense … Read entire article »
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Navlakha’s Deportation: Something Is Brewing In Kashmir
Beyond criticism to government or any political party, the state of Jammu and Kashmir is defunct. What make it so are the deaf ears of political pundits, they once gain power, plug their ears then after. Surprisingly when the current coalition government was voted to assembly the basket of promises was so heavy that people thought it will burst any moment. Neither its lid was opened nor any promises heard ever. In conflict situations when … Read entire article »
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Patriarchal Ideology and Political Culture
As soon as women step beyond the bounds of traditional roles and especially if they enter public life and politics, patriarchal interests feel threatened and deploy their usual repertoire of demeaning tactics and abuses. These tactics seek to brand their women targets as sexually loose; as lacking in ‘feminine’ attributes; as puppets of male mentors; or as displaying stereotypically ‘feminine’ weaknesses such as irrationality, fickleness and so on. Women elected … Read entire article »
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The Collapse of the ‘Left Front’ in West Bengal and the Way Ahead for the Indian Left
The inevitable has finally happened. The Left Front government of West Bengal, the longest-serving government in India’s parliamentary history, has been trounced quite miserably in the recent Assembly elections. The defeat certainly has not come all of a sudden – all recent elections including the 2008 panchayat elections, 2009 Lok Sabha elections, 2010 municipal elections and several by-elections had clearly revealed that the … Read entire article »
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