WRITE-UPS

Ifra Jan The personal is political. It has been almost two years since I joined electoral politics, but I also happen to be right at the bottom of the societal hierarchical ladder. You have never heard of my family name, right? No “khandaan”. A child of a single mother? Well, abhorrent. A woman who is politically loud and unapologetic? Well, I guess I must stop now before you stop reading this column, but I’m sure you understand the premise. Yet, none of this traditional conditioning and none of these baseless tropes mattered to the National Conference when I, a complete political novice, was on day one of my joining, chosen as a spokesperson for the largest party of J&K, because that is the mindset that the party professes and propagates. However, this journey has not been an ea...

Many of our readers will be taken aback at the fact that copies of a Kashmiri newspaper were sold for 59 rupees back in 1986. The copies sold in black in massive numbers was due to the massive demand for an article written by Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani, the first general secretary of Muslim United Front. The article was published by Daily Uqab on 23rd March, 1986 (Pakistan Day). In the decade of 90's back to back political killings hit the soul of Kashmir. Most of the assassinated community leaders enjoyed a mass support in the valley. Reasons political or any other, the killings created void which has remained unfilled after. On November 4 1998, Kashmir was taken aback over the news of the killing of Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani. Dr. Ghulam Qadir Wani was born in Bandipora's Arin area on March ...

Mashood Ahmad ‘Conduct of Kala Utsav Competition -2022 and issuance of schedule of events thereof' circular no. DSEK/CEW/27922801, dated: 29-10-2022 accessed by The Kashmiriyat reads: ‘all the Principals, Zonal Education Officers, and Headmasters of this district to strictly follow the below schedule of events in order to conduct the competition at the District level well in time as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education, GoI School level. To be conducted upto 3rd Nov. Zonal level. To be conducted upto 5th Nov. District level. To be conducted upto 10th Nov.' From 15 August 2022 onwards Ministry of Education, Government of India started different activities and campaigns like Har Ghar Tiranga, where students were asked to participate in the week-long commemoration...

Mashood Ahmad There was a time when tuition was only meant for weaker students. Only those students who were weak in certain subjects took tuition classes. However, gone are those days. With the increasing difficulty in the level of competitive exams and the cut-throat competition in every field, coaching institutes have become an important aspect of today’s education system. Hardly any student can think of getting selected for a competitive exam without attending a coaching institute. These institutes provide the necessary guidance to the students and the training that is needed to qualify a particular exam, but the exponential increase of these institutes, mushrooming in almost every corner of any town or city has now become a problem for the same students whom it caters to. An ...

Kashmir’s history is a phenomenon that is constituted by the traditions of bloodshed, massacres, public uprisings and resistance. One such day, etched deep in Kashmir's memory is that of the frightening Beijbehara Massacre, which took place in the town of Bijbehara in south Kashmir. The ruins of the abandoned houses of these families still stand, depicting the pain and suffering of the incident. One of the houses got totally damaged in the devastating flood of 2014. The debris of the house is lying on the ground as no one could raise it again in absence of the heirs. However, despite the passage of many years, the memory of the dreadful event is still embedded in every Kashmiri's heart. Everyone remembers what the residents of Bijbehara had to go through on October 22, 1993. On the ...

Sarah Hayat Shah Although the majority of us in Kashmir associate an alcohol ban with Islamic traditions, it is startling how many non-Islamic nations have acknowledged alcohol's adverse implications and sought to regulate its usage in the past. I have had some anxious days since the JK administration recently issued orders to encourage the sale of alcohol in JK. I've been mulling over the issue in my thoughts and attempting to approach it from every possible perspective. In fact, I was so viscerally repulsed by this directive when I first saw it on social media that I immediately wrote my response, vehemently denouncing this move. However, I soon came to the realisation that the national alcohol policy cannot be based solely on my beliefs. Perhaps I'm approaching the situation to...

Safoora Hilal/ Duwa Bisati On 22 September evening, when the light had faded a bit in the Molinag area of Danisayedain Uri, Ali and his elder brother were tailing their father Abbas Hussain near the house. Hussain was a few meters away from his sons when he suddenly heard a scream from his elder son, when he reached, the elder brother told his father that Ali was taken by a leopard. Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zTYzhUrra4 The news spread across the locality, and people rushed out of their houses to search for Ali. Till then, some policemen alongwith wildlife personnel reached the spot and joined the search. Some hours after, in a nearby forest area, they recovered Ali's badly eaten dead body. The wildlife officials say they have already asked the people li...

Syed Muskan "Once this was the most awaited product of the year and this year our apples are going in the waste bins in Delhi's Azadpur Mandi. The Government has left the sector unattended. They just want to establish new businesses here leaving the largest horticulture industry in perils," said an apple farmer protesting with other fruit growers on the Qazigund National Highway. Before being allowed to move hassle-free, the trucks were halted for several days on the Highway causing heavy losses. The farmers say that they were assured by LG admin that their fruit-laden trucks would be allowed to move without hassle but their trucks were stranded. for several days, leading to the rotting of the crop. Reports suggested that more than 8000 trucks carrying Kashmiri apples to various m...