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Kashmir on a dangerous path

Kashmir is sitting on powder-keg which has the potential of blasting everything into smithereens. Dragging families of militants and policemen into armed conflict is the most dangerous thing happening around. On Thursday,
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Srinagar: A man carrying his son in laps as he holding a placard during a protest march against the petitions in Supreme court challenging the validity of Article 35A, in Srinagar on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Life in Kashmir came to a standstill due to a complete shutdown called by Joint Hurriyat Leadership against the legal challenge in the Supreme Court on the validity of Article 35A, which bars people from outside Jammu and Kashmir from acquiring any immovable property in the state. PTI Photo by Umar Ganie

It’s an anomaly

By Ranjan Kashmir is boiling over Article 35A, the constitutionality of which is under attack. The Supreme Court is set to adjudicate on whether it is violative of the basic structure of
Aug. 31, 2018

Inventing the Urban Naxal

By Ashutosh Bhardwaj In 1964, the USSR convicted Joseph Brodsky for writing poems and being a “social parasite”. The judge recorded that “Brodsky has systematically failed to fulfill the obligations of a
Aug. 31, 2018

Worse than Emergency

By Prashant Bhushan The Maharashtra Police arrested some of India’s finest human rights activists from five cities across the country on completely fabricated charges under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention
Aug. 31, 2018
Quaid e Azam reading “Dawn”. (Q-119) C

Was Jinnah wrong?

By Zubeida Mustafa MANY who listened to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden speech on Aug 19 would not have failed to note the striking similarities in his address and the Quaid-i-Azam’s oft-quoted
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