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The just concluded local Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil Chapter(LADHC-K) elections have once again placed the reorganisation of J&K state ( Abrogationof Article- 370,35- A) and division into two UT’s (wherein Ladakh was carved out as a UT)at the centre of Kashmir politics. The fact is evident from the outright victory of pre-pollalliance partners ofContinue reading “KARGIL VERDICT”

Originally Satidesa but with the passage of time came to be known as Kashmir. Neelmat Puran commences with the statement that it was primarily a vast lake called Satisaras and this assertion has received the sanction from the known geographer James Rennel and agreed by the Muhammadan writers. The draining of water from the lakeContinue reading “HINDU DIMENSION OF KASHMIR-2”

Whenever there has been an upheaval in Kashmir,be that political,social or religious Kashmiri Pandits have invariably been at the receiving end.It has seen an uninterrupted continuity from times immemorial.The history of Kashmir is replete with such examples as forced religious conversion of its people bears witness to its consequences.Having witnessed worst kind of mayhem andContinue reading “MADHAV KOUL-AN UNSUNG AND UNWEPT HERO OF 1931”

Cruel and inhuman as the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits was and being a refugee thereafter in one’s own country is not only painful but a cause of an extreme psychological injury inflicted on the beleaguered community.The tragic saga is accompanied by the persistent denial of justice for which the displaced community is paying a heavyContinue reading “IGNORING KASHMIRI PANDITS IS UNACCEPTABLE”

The archival material,documents and secondary sources examining the pre-partition situation of Princely State of J&K in 1946,1947 presents former Prime Minster of J&K RC Kak as an advocate of independent Kashmir.The nature and extent of information available on RC Kak displays him as the principal actor of the times.But given the circumstances of that time,theContinue reading “RC KAK-MISSING LINKS IN THE STORY”

Ladakh was a strategically important region for both the Dogras and the Sikhs since it oversaw trade routes from Tibet to the rest of India,It therefore bore witness to the struggle between the Tibetan Empire and the Tang Empire of China.Though Tibetan forces briefly subdued the natives for brief periods of time during 7th andContinue reading “HOW RELEVANT IS TREATY OF CHUSHUL IN SINO-INDIAN STAND OFF”

It is the name which is synonymous with authoritarian highhandedness and torture in Kashmir.The mere mention of Qadir Ganderbali is enough to send a shiver down the spine of the people especially our older generation of Kashmiris.Having earned the reputation of an infamous Police officer because of the over publicised perception of his inhumane andContinue reading “SHEIKH GHULAM QADIR GANDERBALI-A FORGOTTEN SON OF THE SOUL”