Author: Kashmir Newsline

When he realised that it could be a matter of life and death, he ripped the plaster off and hobbled towards the garage.   Farooq Shah In the winter of 2019, a senior police officer’s wife who lived in a remote village in north Kashmir, was suffering from cancer and needed some quick medication. However, her physician was from another village. Without his advice, the patient’s life was hanging in a balance. The top cop was resourceful enough but there was a serious problem on hand. All the roads leading to the doctor’s home were completely buried under snow. No…

Shome Basu The outcome of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress that began this Sunday is expected to witness Xi Jinping emerge again as the most powerful man in China and become the General Secretary once again, thereby continuing his marathon run as the President of China. Let us not forget the timing when such a drastic change is taking place in Beijing. This is probably one of the biggest changes that China will be witnessing in terms of political powerplay since 1949 when CCP became the ruling dispensation there. And this is happening when the West is deeply engaged with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” mounted…

The movie is shallow and monotonous, and reduces most of the tumultuous events of the last few decades to diluted sequences. Jaspreet Kaur I had been a bit apprehensive about watching the Bollywood remake of one of the greats of the 90s – Forrest Gump. Eventually I did watch it on Netflix and I am so glad I gave it a miss in the theatres. Laal Singh Chaddha was excruciatingly painful to watch, both for its pace and Aamir Khan as Laal Singh. It not only lacks the magic of the original but also of Aamir Khan’s PK and Advait…

In this in-depth interview with Kashmir Newsline,  President Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), Sanjay Tickoo, talks about everything from the 1990 exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) to the killing of Puran Krishan Bhat who was gunned down on October 15 in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. How do you view this latest killing of a Kshmiri Pandit, Puran Bhat, in view of New Delhi’s claims of peace and normalcy in Kashmir? I think we need to go back to the late 80s. The political dispensation of that time had started a smear campaign against Kashmiri Pandits that we were agents…

The star fast bowler will be sorely missed by his team. Bilal Ahsan Dar India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup World Cup due to back injury. It’s a big jolt for India for there’s none who could be a perfect replacement for him. Earlier, star all-rounder Ravinder Jadeja was also ruled out of the tournament because of a knee injury. India’s early exit from the Asia Cup had already put question marks on team’s readiness for the world cup. India entered the Asia cup as defending champions and was…

 In the RBI books, the concept of zero percent interest or no-cost EMIs does not exist. Sajjad Bazaz Let me share a short story on the value of Zero which I picked from Brainly, the knowledge-sharing community portal where 350 million students and experts put their heads together to crack their toughest homework questions. One day, a famous mathematician convened a meeting of numbers. All the numbers, except Zero, came for the meeting. Zero had gone into hiding. The mathematician ordered the other numbers: “Wherever Zero is, I want you to go and find him out and bring him to…

The Jammu and Kashmir administration is nearing a final decision to change Kashmir division’s academic calendar and the new session may now begin in March and end in December, when severe winter and cold climatic conditions force children inside their houses for at least two months. The decision to change the academic calendar, however, has been widely criticized by educationists and civil society members who have valid arguments that such a change has failed in the past and is likely to fail again while damaging the educational growth of the Himalayan region. The existing academic calendar, referred to as the…

If there’s anything the current regime learns from its overthrowing of the monarchy, it is that it cannot afford to look weak in the face of the protests. Saurabh Kumar Shahi The protests that have rocked Iran following the custodial death of Mahsa Amini are once again being seen by the motley group of exiled monarchists, members of Mojahedin-e-Khalaq, neo-cons and some liberals as a sign that the regime in Tehran is about to collapse anytime. Except for the first and the second, the others are not to be blamed for thinking so. Like in the past, the coverage of…

Father recounts son’s journey To IIT Kharagpur. by Farooq Shah Mehran developed a fascination for folklore relating to other faiths and cultures from an early age. His bedtime stories were primarily heroic anecdotes that I would often read out to him from Arabian Nights, Mahabharata, Panchatantra and other fictional works. These stories may have given him a sense of heroism and guided him through his formative years. One anecdote from the Mahabharata that stands out is about Arjuna, Dronacharya’s most accomplished student, who the guru said was the only one among his pupils who had the unwavering focus to use…