Kashmir Halcyon:

International Youth Day Daanish Bin Nabi On 12 August, the Internati onal Youth Day is celebrated all across the globe to discuss issues of the youth. Unfortunately, on this important day the Kashmiri youth seems to have been completely forgotten. World Youth Day has a different connotation for Kashmir for various reasons.  Around the world, the youth are sharing and discussing new ideas. They are talking about new concepts, innovations, development and progress. In Kashmir, the youth is struggling to find a space even for a free exchange of ideas. The space for a youth stands choked and there is such a controlled environment that a Kashmiri youth is not in a position to think of development and socio-economic progress. The Kashmir conflict has claimed thousands of lives and coerced youth in activities which can’t be termed as constructive by any standard. This phenomenon often leads to disastrous results. There is a negative impact of conflict on the youth of...

Kashmiris have always been ready for a result-oriented dialogue with India, but this should come with dignity Daanish Bin Nabi  Dialogue, no doubt, is a part of a freedom struggle. Many conflicts in the world were known to have been resolved only through dialogue, after sustained violent clashes between various groups. The conflict in Northern Ireland was resolved through a proper and sustained conflict resolution process (read dialogue). The Kashmir conflict is no different from any other, and this "dispute" has to be resolved through a process of conflict resolution.  The chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said in an interview that dialogue was the only way forward - a theory with which many of his close aides and associates also agree. On the opposite end of this divide is the lone but upbeat old stalwart of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Syed Ali Shah Geelani. He also says that he is ready for a dialogue with New Delh...