Kashmir Halcyon:

Daanish Bin Nabi In international theory, negative peace refers to the absence of violence. When, for example, a ceasefire is enacted, a negative peace will ensue. It is negative because something undesirable stopped from happening (for example the violence stopped, the oppression ended). Description of negative peace aptly describes today’s Kashmir. Violence from streets has disappeared but the uncertainty of another spell of unrest looms large over Kashmir. After the mass-uprising of 2008, everyone including the “security” apparatus of the state had an impression that it will take another decade for Kashmiris to press for their genuine demands, but 2009 and 2010 was yet to come. Year 2009 and the roiling 2010 protests were more brutal and deadly than 2008 and 2009, which took everyone by surprise. From 2010 onwards, people of Kashmir were again shown the mirror of peace and prosperity in all its “negative” sense. However, the seed of 2016 unrest were sown in 2010 onl...

Daanish Bin Nabi After the arrival of two delegations to break ice in Kashmir, all eyes were on the meet of Unified Separatist Leadership with stakeholders, which took place last week. It was the second breather for the leadership, the first was when they were allowed to sit together and talk, which followed the block off incident by police earlier. The meet last week was important as people were anxious about the future strategy that the leadership was to adopt after receiving feedback from stakeholders. It was also important because as an opportunity it offered a view of political maturity of people and leadership. Overall the unease was more on whether hartals and calendar will continue as it has been.        The opinion on hartal strategy adopted by separatist leadership is varied. A lot of people have explicitly stated their opinions supported with arguments, both in favour and against. It is the second most important development, the...

Daanish Bin Nabi Results of the recent American election surprised the world that had somehow prepared itself to see the first woman President of the United Stated of America. After an intense race for the top slot, the opinion was divided in the middle – those favoring Hillary Clinton and the greater good and those favoring Donald Trump and the overweening narcissism. For an American who for decades has been consuming excessive pride of being high and mighty, Donald Trump is the perfect role model. He is not racist per se, but a true American of yesteryears who believed in taking all. The blast wave of Trump- win travelled far and wide, inspiring awe everywhere. Popular media in America had one of those moments “What really happened, does anyone know” as Trump clinched victory, taking it from almost everyone including himself after his self-sabotaging acts. That is true victory, the American dream, which should be absorbed positively by people who in their heart are no differe...

Daanish Bin Nabi It was the evening of July 8, 2016, when newspapers received their biggest breaking news of the day – Burhan Wani, the most wanted Hizb-ul-Mujahidin militant who was on the run for months and years had been killed. In newspapers, this piece of information had to be confirmed and reconfirmed from different sources. Why, because it was unbelievable on July 8. On July 9, it was the reality, a different reality as Kashmir valley entered the dead-end. It happened too fast and caught the unprepared state by its jugular. Four months later with over 90 killed in street protests, thousands injured and jailed, longest continuous spell of curfews, shutdowns – that dead end is more than obvious.  Besides the dead end, there are two words that seem to make sense to everyone. Everybody in Kashmir talks about it, but few dare to speak. One is the Protests Calendar given by unified separatist leadership and the other is the Exit Policy of the Hurriyat. Burhan Wani cam...

KAŠMIRSKI KONFLIKT: POLETNI UPOR 2016 ANONYMOUS 7. 11. 2016 - 14:00  /  TERMINAL play mute 00:00:00 00:11:20 2016-11-07-terminal-kašmirski-konflikt-poletni-upor-2016.mp3 V Kašmirju od 8. julija, ko je bil v vasi Bemdoora v južnem delu doline ubit poveljnik samonikle gverilske skupine Hizb ul Mujahiddin Burhan Wani, zopet vre. Od uboja Burhana Wanija je bilo v uporu proti indijski oblasti ubitih več kot 90 neoboroženih civilistov. Več kot 15 tisoč je bilo ranjenih, nekaj čez 500 pa jih je oslepelo pod streli zračnih pušk s strani indijskih varnostnih organov. Podobni upori so se v Kašmirju že zgodili v letih 2008, 2009 in 2010, v katerih je umrlo več kot 300 ljudi, več tisoč je bilo ranjenih. Letošnji upor z več kot 12 tisoč aretacijami aktivistov za človekove pravice, pravnikov, študentov, poslovnežev in učiteljev spremlja tudi najobsežnejše zatiranje civilnega prebivalstva v zadnjih dveh desetletjih....

NC founder’s roar from independence to integral part In past one century Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was undoubtedly the tallest leader Jammu and Kashmir state produced. He dominated the political as well as social life of the state for more than five decades. His unique selling proposition (USP) or unique selling point USP was that his orders would be implemented in letter and spirit right from Poonch to Kathua, Doda, to Uri to Daksum covering entire state.  Today, he may not be a forgotten leader but many see him as a "traitor" who sold Kashmir's future for his power. Sheikh Abdullah played a significant role in empowerment of people particularly the peasantry of Kashmir, led them to education and to understand their political rights. Why is he then seen as someone who failed them? Is Sheikh Abdullah a misunderstood character or according to an Indian author Ajit Bhattarcharya he was a "Tragic Hero" or he really ditched his people, Rising Kashmir Onli...