Introduction to KashmirForum.org Blog
Vijay K. Sazawal, Ph.D.
I launched the website and the Blog after undertaking a thorough search of literature dealing with Kashmir. Finding existing choices that varied from harsh zealotry as expressed by multiple political antagonists and religious bigots, I undertook multiple visits to the valley to make a first hand assessment of the situation as well as seek input from those on the ground – common people, civic and academic leaders of both genders, minorities, and bureaucrats both in Srinagar and New Delhi. After having spoken to government officials, political analysts and security experts specializing in South Asian affairs from three continents, it became clear to me that when Kashmiris are suffering and the world has its own set of prior-
-ities, we need to find ways to help each other. We must be realistic, go beyond polemics and demagoguery, and propose innovative ideas that will bring peace, justice and prosperity to all the peoples of Jammu and Kashmir. Above all, it is incomprehensive how violence can lead to any political closure or human justice when it simply impedes any healing, development or normalcy.
We encourage hearing from the disfranchised “silent majority” in Jammu and Kashmir. Please send your comments by contacting us. Thank you.
Please Privatize the Government, Sir
A truly enlightened citizen - God bless you Ali Ahmar - writes an open letter to the CM to hand over the state government to private managersRespected Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Sahib,Truth is not always violated by falsehood, it may equally be outraged by...
Principals Shred the Veil: New Degree Colleges Exist Mostly in Name
Secretary of Higher Education, Mr. Khazir Muhammad Wani, while addressing the College Principals said: “The quality should be the benchmark and expansion without quality is total waste.” But is he not a part of the problem?Srinagar: The principals of degree colleges...
Tourism Economy is Incompatible With Tourist Exploitation
Some house boat owners have a long way to go in improving their reputation with visiting touristsTourism can help strengthen our economy in a significant way if done professionally, opines Dr. Ali Mohammad RatherSrinagar: Let us discuss the attitude of our tourism...
Challenging demons who exploit human inadequacies
Afshana has a thing or two to say about a generic human weakness called back-biting(Ms. Syeda Afshana, 34, was born in Srinagar. She attended the Vishwa Bharti High School in Rainawari, Srinagar, and the Government Women's College in Srinagar where she received a...
Child Abductions – What is going on?
An editorial in the Rising Kashmir highlights a need for closer introspection on the issue of growing child abductions. "We as a society need to contribute towards corrective measures and not simply wait for the state apparatus to respond."Child abduction: It is a...
Wonder how come we are more interested in the world news than about an impending catastrophe next door?
Lack of good hygiene, indifferent management practices and uncaring hospital staff IN EVERY SRINAGAR BASED HOSPITAL is a recipe for a mega disaster waiting to happenValley’s mushrooming hospitals flouting rules for biomedical waste disposalMusavirr Wani (Kashmir...
The tragedy of being a Kashmiri and having mental health issues
Kashmir has no trained clinical psychiatrist or nurses for its psychiatric hospital and only 33 "medical officers" that treat thousands of psychiatric patientsIshfaq Mir (Rising Kashmir)Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has no clinical psychiatrist and trained nurses for...
Dull Dal, Dying Dal
Monisa looks around her and only sees perpetuators of nature's agony once called the Dal Lake(Ms. Monisa Qadri, 23, was born and raised in Srinagar. She has been a Mallinson Girl and studied bio-chemistry at the Women's College, Srinagar. She has studied mass...
Candid Remarks of Professor Nisar Ali, Dean of the Social Sciences faculty, University of Kashmir, are an Eye-Opener
"Economic packages from GoI act as painkillers which ease away pain, leaving the core problem unaddressed. Our state must be stripped of the parasitic label," says the learned professor. Unfortunately for a common man the "core problem" is not exactly what the civil...
An Interview With a Native Man of Letters
An interesting interview with a native poet and author Mr. Satish Vimal‘In this darkest period of our history I see the hope for a new dawn’Satish Vimal was born in 1966 at Booch village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Having a master’s degree in English...