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THE SYSTEM WE LIVE IN IS FULL OF IMPERFECTIONS AND INCONGRUITIES. THE CASE OF FAIZAN RAFIQ ILLUSTRATES THE POINT. THOUGH THE NEWS ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RELEASE IS HEARTENING, BUT STILL IT LEAVES CERTAIN QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. For many weeks now, Faizan Rafiq a budding youngster from Islamabad (Anantnag) district is in news because of his detention…

And Humans Need Be Rescued. After All Life Has A Value. A 10 year old boy was feared dead Monday evening when stray dogs chased him on the banks of River Jhelum in Zaina Kadal area of old city. The boy slipped into the river and drowned’. (Greater Kashmir March 15, 2011) A young man…

IT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER FOR BEST OR FOR THE WORST SEVERAL weeks back, one of my friends, almost mutely whispered ‘Jasmine Fragrance’, very close to my ear; inquiring, what is latest on the front? I pleaded my ignorance on the subject. But he resolutely pressed for the matter and again conveyed very…

Interlocutors’ road map is lost in its own twists! Three summers in sequence since 2008, Kashmir is facing unabated violence for months together. Summer of 2010 was more violent and bloodier, annihilating many young people and wounding hundreds; business and other economic activities worth millions got washed with hostility on each side and endless shutdowns.…

If Omar makes a resolve to fight the monster. The desire is great, but the task is herculean. Making resolutions is human. Every person has a desire to excel and hope to be successful in life and wishing good for mankind can be the noblest of all wishes. Leaders and rulers are unique in many…

WE HAVE CARRIED THE BRITISH LEGACY OF SUBORDINATION WHICH BREEDS APATHY AND ARROGANCE IN OFFICERS WITHOUT MAKING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THEY ARE ACTUALLY MEANT TO SERVE. Listening to morning transmissions of Radio religiously for the last more than thirty years is almost a passion for me. Radio Kashmir transmits a popular public interest…

We need not be pessimistic about the role of interlocutors though it’s too early to comment on the results. Interlocutors in political parlance are people who informally, in plain words put the views of administration with masses and also communicate messages back to the government. Interlocutors are appointed and agreed upon in exceptional situations, necessitating…

IS ANYBODY THERE TO TAKE CARE. WE ARE LOSING LIVES, WE NEED A REGULATION. THE WAY IT’S GOING ON WILL THROW THE SITUATION OUT OF GEAR AND WE WILL BE LEFT HELPLESS Our poor roads and messy traffic system collectively are virtual death traps. The ‘lord of death’ shows no mercy in exploiting our traffic…

THIS CONCEPT MUST BE BASED ON JUSTICE, NOT PERSECUTION In 1985 after completion of my bachelor’s in Agriculture sciences, I had the honor to teach for a couple of months. The experience of teaching is interesting and challenging by all means and more interesting when your own learning procedure is fresh on your mind. This…

SAVE THE ACT FROM GETTING MISUSED AT THE HANDS OF UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS The essence of egalitarianism is transparency and transparency can thrive only in an atmosphere of unimpeded flow of information and highest degree of accountability regarding every feature of democratic system. Chocking information regarding affairs of governance gives rise to enormous ambiguity and thus…