Kashmir Halcyon:

Newsroom Trial You have to choose your method of struggle intelligently: Bose  Ayesha Jalal  and  Sugata Bose , two noted scholars and historians and renowned academics and authors from America visited ‘Rising Kashmir’ on June 21 to interact with members of the newspaper’s editorial staff and reporters. The duo delivered brief talks which focussed on the politics of identity, regional identity, the question of minorities, intellectual history of ideas in South Asia, the K-issue and the way forward,   ‘rise of religious majoritarianism in India’, and China’s economic expansion, etc .    The session was moderated by  Editor-in-Chief  Dr Shujaat Bukhari . Ayesha Jalal, a Pakistani-born American Professor and Director, Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, Tufts University, said that Kashmir was not a question of religion for her. Jalal is grandniece of the renowned Urdu fiction writer Saadat Hasan Manto and a recipient of ‘...

Published at 01/06/2015 00:39:21     Dear Editor, The residents of Sopore from past many days are suffering from the breakdown of the communication system which has led to massive hit to the business establishment and students studying outside Kashmir. There is growing fear-psychosis in the town due to which resident’s even fear to come out of their homes. Although, there is calm in the town but the town has become a rumor mill with every sort of news coming from every corner of the town. The BSNL Exchange Office has stopped providing new SIM cards to already suffering customers and the higher authorities seem in no hurry to provide any relief to the customers. There are also rumors that there is curfew imposed by the Army in entire town after 9 pm, which has made it more difficult for the residents of the town to come out of their home late night. Situation is very grim with no hope in sight. There is total failure on part of government which is seen nowh...