Kashmir Halcyon:

The 23rd March 1987, the day that changed Kashmir as never before Published at 06/08/2015 03:33:50  0 Comment(s) Daanish Bin Nabi Many formidable Indian politicians have said on record that elections for Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative assembly have seldom been free and fair. The alleged widespread rigging in the 1987 elections could well be described as a watershed moment in the Himalayan region’s tumultuous political history, as the then newly formed political alliance of like-minded parties, Muslim United Front (MUF), felt disgruntled after most of its candidates were declared unsuccessful. Did the 1987 elections compel Kashmiris to question a political process controlled and managed by New Delhi and did the ‘rigging’ fuel popular anti-India armed uprising of 1989, Daanish Bin Nabi  tries to ferret out.  In words of Prem Shankar Jha, one of India’s leading journalists and columnists, it was New Delhi which put a question mark on the electoral process...

Published at 27/07/2015 01:05:14   0 Comment(s)   Both parts of Kashmir should merge and have a common mechanism for everything from politics to economy Veteran journalist,  Kuldip Nayar,  is a witness to India’s 68 years of existence. He has seen every facet of India from times of Lord Mountbatten to Narendra Modi. Yet he considers himself a journalist by accident. On the sidelines of Srinagar Media Summit, he talks to  Rising Kashmir’s   Daanish Bin Nabi about India’s policy on Kashmir, the alliance between PDP-BJP, election rigging, and rise of Hindutva groups and their impact. ·           Had raiders not invaded Kashmir, it would have become part of Pakistan ·           It became difficult for Congress to do anything on Kashmir Question after rise of Jan Sangh ·           The only wrong about...