Daya Sagar Sharma

Daya Sagar Sharma is a free-lancer scribe. He freely and critically covers social, education, economy, international relations, human rights, and subjects like J&K affairs/history of J&K. He has over 850 articles published in different newspapers / magazines ( published from Srinagar City, Jammu City and other cities )over the last 22 years. He is an Engineer by profession with a Post Graduate Degree (1971). Professionally also he has excelled as Engineer.He has worked in Private as well as Public Sector for 34 years.

Sagar is an original thinker. He is working in the voluntary sector for the social / human needs & rights of the under privileged / needy since 1980.He has remained associated / is associated with social organisations ( even headed some organisations ) like J&K Samaj Kalyan Kendra primarily working for the welfare of the Hearing Handicap)/ Handicapped / underprevileged , Jammu Gramin Vikas Sanstha ( working in the rural health and education sector ), etc .Sagar is Advisor to International Human Rights Protection Council, Jammu(J&K). He has remained President of J&K Confederation of Voluntary, Social and Charitable Organisations.Daya Sagar has the distinction of having promoted the idea of Social Audit through a voluntary group--Group Research and Audit on Social Programmes(GRASP INDIA) in 1990s.
Daya Sagar belongs to a family that has seen the times of Sheikh Mohd Abdullah /pre 1953 days,times of Bakshi Gulam Mohammed/Shams u Din/ G.M.Sadiq/ Sayed Mir Qasim/ Sheikh Abdullah 1975 once again. His associate families had many bureaucrats, social activists, political leaders including Ministers and legislators. He is always available for joining any effort for the cause of humanity. The cause of the rural, backward and economically weaker sections of society is priority number one for him. He is particularly working on promoting the concept of HUMANITARIAN COEFFICIENT ( HQ) along with Intelligence Coefficient ( IQ) since no intelligence is of use to Humanity unless it is used for the WELFARE / CAUSE of Others. VOICE of the unheard carrying awareness to remotely placed Indians.

Articles by Daya Sagar Sharma

Ranganath Misra Commission overlooks the principle of no reservations on the basis of RELIGION
Bharteeon ke liyae Sarkari naukarion mein aur shiksha sansthanoan mein aarakshan ko rajnetaon ne aksar charcha aur baad vivaad ka Vishay banayae rakha hai.. Par yeh Vishay ab aur bhi chinta janak ho geyaa hai keon ki ab dharm adharit aarakshan ki baat kush logoan ne shooru kar dee hai. Pichl...
Raising Retirement Age :: Undoing provision of Pension for Government Servants >> Both are ufair to the Unemployed Youth
The story of injustice to and exploitation of the youth looking for government jobs is not ending. The recruitment exercises for government jobs to are inordinately delayed. Those who could hope for direct entry into limited number of available regular government jobs are being stripped of even rare...
Private Practice by Govt Doctors :J&K Govt Doctors did not take lessons from 1986 & 1995 bans :: Doctors don't promote JADS
Some Doctors not taking lessons from 1986 & 1995 bans has let down many Truthful Doctors It appears that the PIL by Vichar Kranti Manch International in J&K High Court had been necessitated since the Doctors did not take signals from earlier bans to put a check on commercialization. Instead ...
Reservations for religious minorities in India :: How Fair are Ranganath Misra C Repot Inferences
The debate on religion based reservations for "minorities" in India ( muslims / Christians/ jains / Parsi/ Sikh /others ) need be ended. Rather it has to be forcedly ended. But in the culture as it prevails in 2012 it can not be done so unless mass pressure is mounted on the politicians to stop p...
SVC Act 2011 :Anticorruption / Vigilance / Accountability Laws & Proposed SVC need a relook
J&K State Vigilance Commission was Constituted vide notification SRO 59 dated 15th February, 2011. The Chief Vigilance Commissioner and two Vigilance Commissioners have not been appointed yet. NO doubt J&K State Vigilance Commission (SVC ) needs to be made functional without any loss of time. J&K...
Private Practice by Government Doctors & NPA: : Simple Consultation to a commercial enterprise
This 25th November The J&K High Court has quashed the relaxations in the government service conduct rules allowed to the Doctors in the Government service as well as the school teachers permitting them to do private practice before or after normal duty hours. In the relaxation given by Governm...
Private Practice of Government Doctors Banned : Is NPA justified ?
25th November 2011 The J&K High Court has quashed the relaxations in the government service conduct rules allowed to the Doctors in the Government service as well as the school teachers permitting them to do private practice before or after normal duty hours. In the relaxation given by Governm...
Mid Night hunt against Democracy in Indian Parliament
Bharat ki Rajay Sabha mein The Lokpaland Lokayuktas Bill 2011 par voting taal deeyae janae ke baad 29 Dec 30 Dec ki maday ratree ke baad ek kendriyae mantri se ek electronic channel nein baat karate huyae oon ko kush easa kehtae huyae deekhaeya "jab tak hum hain ( bahumat mein) tab tak hum jo cha...
Let Lok Pal lay hands on all categories of Government Servants in India
This day Is it possible to punish a criminal & corrupt element through normal rules and procedures in India ? This day the issue of corruption is being trumpeted in debates not because all the politicians and government servants have gone corrupt, it is being talked because the corrupt element...
16th Lok Sabha Elections :Who would now emerge as a larger national level preferred party in 2014?
The position in "2014" Lok Sabha elections would not be like 2009. Corruption has surely now become a more cause for action even for a simple two meal earner. The UPA-2 allies too are feeling suffocated. Common man holds the present government more responsible for the corrupt order that WE have to...
Mughals too>>Mughaloan ne bhi Rajouri aur Poonch ka sirf Valley janae ke liyae hi istmaal keeya tha
Like Doda area ( Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban Districts ) of Jammu Province of J&K (India) Rajouri and Poonch Districts too have remained neglected. The fate of Mugal Road started in 1978/ 79 is enough to explain the neglect. Even Agriculture and Horticulture have not been given a fair treatment. The...
Omar Government has in a way notified Jammu Division as Dogra*
Claiming credit for agitation against Dogra Certificate Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had said on 28 April that the state government wants to divide and sub-divide the State. Umar Farooq´s intentions were exposed when he indirectly inferred that with the issue of D...
People of Jammu Division should better Hold to Dogriat as defined through Dogriat Certificate
National Conference led Government in Jammu and kashmir ( India ) had come up in 2011 with the plan for issue of Dogra Certificates for the welfare of the residents of J&K outside Kashmir Valley .Revenue Minister J&K had come up with a statement that all those who belonged to Jammu Division of J&...
T&D losses burden consumers : Tariff & Billing Slabs for metered Consumers in J&K not rational
There appears not much logical relationship between the existing power tariff and proposed tariff as laid down in the petition filed by Power Development Department Government of Jammu and Kashmir through its Development Commissioner ( Power) before J & K State Electricity Regulatory Commission ...
AF ( J& K ) SP Act1990 shall on its own go from areas declared by Government as not disturbed
Political debates on AFSPA are not new , issue was hot in 2005 also. It has also to be answered that why even six years after 2005 the Kashmiri migrants are still outside Kashmir valley, they are being paid migrant salary and migrant relief / migrant concessions that could be paid / extended only...
Kashmir Valley is not all Jammu and kashmir :: Problem is more of Valley & less of whole J&K
Jeh Jammu Kashmir ke logoan ka durbagay hi hai ki 1947 ke bharat ke saath accession ke baad bhi jahan ke log har din ek neyee bhool bhuleyeian mein apnea aap ko khada patae hain. Lucknow ke badae emaam badaa ki bhulbhuleyeian ka to raasta kush soch vichaar ke baad koyee khoj sakta hai par jo khel ja...
AFSPA & AF ( J&K) SPA 1990 Has to stay , may be with amendments to further check its abuse
Provisions of the like of AFSPA are absolutely essential to tackle externally sponsored insurgency in a country. Without such like tools Army will not be able to function effectively in proxy war like insurgency situations. For special circumstances prevailing like that we had / have in north eas...
It is more a Kashmir Valley problem than a J&K problem : Kashmir Dispute ???
Jeh Jammu Kashmir ke logoan ka durbagay hi hai ki 1947 ke bharat ke saath accession ke baad bhi jahan ke log har din ek neyee bhool bhuleyeian mein apnea aap ko khada patae hain. Lucknow ke badae emaam badaa ki bhulbhuleyeian ka to raasta kush soch vichaar ke baad koyee khoj sakta hai par jo khel ja...
J&K : People of J&K have seen over six decades of uncertainties , must end now
People of Jammu & Kashmir have suffered six decades of uncertainty A Look through the Mist Daya Sagar 10/26/2011 2:03:03 AM Maharaja Hari Singh , the only designated authority under the Indian Independence Act 1947 and Government of India Act 1935 as adopted by the then Governor Gen...
J&K : A victim : That has been and is of personal ambitions of some
In an interview to Doordarshan on 5-04-2005 Srinagar Lt.(Retd) S. K. Sinha , the then , Governor of J&K, describing the then proposed opening of Uri Muzaffarabad road as an event of great personal significance to him as he was among the few who witnessed its closure on 14 November 1947, had also r...
Srinagar - Kashmir that would have been lost in 1947 itself
It could be inferred that it was on Pandit Nehru´s instructions that even Kashmir day was observed in Srinagar on 2nd June 1946 and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel a week later had while addressing the General Council of the All India State People's Conference in the afternoon of 8 June 1946 advi...
Sheikh was dismissed and arrested on 8th August 1953 ::1952 Nehru Sheikh Delhi Agreement :
Indian Independence Act 1947 of Parliament of UK provided an Indian ( Princely) State may accede to Dominion of India by an Instrument of Accession executed by the Ruler thereof. Accordingly the Instrument of Accession as signed by Maharaja Hari Singh of the Princely State of J&K read ::: " Now ther...
Power Tariff :: JK PDD presents unprofessional T&D losses before JK SERC
Power supply management no doubt is not that good in almost all Indian States. But position in J&K is more disappointing. Power Development Department Government of Jammu and Kashmir has filed a petition through its Development Commissioner ( Power) before J & K State Electricity Regulatory Com...
Kashmir Dispute:Interlocutors must have known Kashmir Valley forms a small SEGMENT:Delhi Agreement
Indian Independence Act 1947 of Parliament of UK provided an Indian ( Princely) State may accede to Dominion of India by an Instrument of Accession executed by the Ruler thereof. Accordingly the Instrument of Accession as signed by Maharaja Hari Singh of the Princely State of J&K read ::: " Now t...
Sheikh Abdullah was accused of not being serious towards implementation of 1952 Delhi Accord
Indian Independence Act 1947 of Parliament of UK provided an Indian ( Princely) State may accede to Dominion of India by an Instrument of Accession executed by the Ruler thereof. Accordingly the Instrument of Accession as signed by Maharaja Hari Singh of the Princely State of J&K read ::: " Now ther...
DIVIDE and RULE British doctrine is still the "faith" of some in India : Hindu Muslaman must defeat them
Even one who gets old age pension / a beggar pays indirect taxes when he buys goods and services. Corrupt government machinery eats into these taxes unfairly ( directly or indirectly).Need has emerged for demands like Jan Lok Pal / suggestions because in 2011 CORRUPTION in the Government / PUBLIC...
Section - 147 of Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir & PDP Self Rule
PDP does not refute 1947 accession of J&K with Indian Dominion in plain words. But it has asked some thing like joint control of India & Pakistan over J&K well knowing that it is not possible without undoing 1947 accession with India. It was a day before 26 October ( date on which Hari S...
Section-3 of J&K Constitution :: PDP MLA indirectly advocates deletion for Self Rule
A new leaf had been added to anti accession ideologies indirectly by Nizamudin Bhatt MLA by unsuccessfully attempting to privately move an un constitutional resolution in the J&K Legislative Assembly Session beginning 26 September 2011. The request of PDP MLA that was rejected on 15th September...
PDP MLA wants J&K not to be integral part of India
New Delhi as well as J&K Government have to change their approach towards the national issues. Otherwise may be now a need has arisen to even rework the definition of a main stream political party. PDP does not refute 1947 accession of J&K with Indian Dominion in plain words. But it has asked ...
J&K Integral Part of India >Section-3 of JK Constitution: PDP MLA well knew Section 147 is"Immortal"
New Delhi as well as J&K Government have to change their approach towards the national issues. Otherwise may be now a need has arisen to even rework the definition of a main stream political party. PDP does not refute 1947 accession of J&K with Indian Dominion in plain words. But it has asked ...
Delhi High Court Blast :: How long we would accept "sermons' from those in power seat
" main aap ko chaar lakh rupaye doongi , aap mere pati ko bapis la deejiyae" kush eis dang se divangat Sh. A. K. Sahrma jee ki patni Sangeeta jee ne apni vayatha aur riosh ko vayak keeya. Delhi High court ke gate no 4 aur 5 ke beech swagat kaksh ke paas 7 September ko huyae bomb blast ke baad ...
True corruption can not be pulled to level ZERO, but surely RULE of THE CORRUPT can be Dismantled
Is not The " CORRUPT" is Crown Prince" of the day "? ::True corruption can not be pulled to level ZERO, but surely RULE of THE CORRUPT can be Dismantled: ::: J&K State Vigilance Commission Act too needs a relook::: Indian Parliament too has expressed no less concern as regards corruption on...
DIVIDE & RULE "British Doctrine" is still the "faith" of many :: Jan Lok Pal Controversy
Even ECONOMIST "No 1" can not free Indian people from the Daeyan ( she demon) of Mehngayee unless the Rule of Corrupt is demolished. To be brief Shri Rahul Gandhi has on 26th August suggested on the floor of Lok Sabha that the problem of corruption in India is so monstrous that it can not be demo...
Undue Inflation can not be controlled in India without dismentling the rule of the CORRUPT
Pradhan Mantri ji ne 15 August ko Lal Qilae ki prachir se Bharashtachar ko aek ghmbhir samasaya maana . Par saath mein yeh bhi kaha ki oon ke paas koyee jadoo ki shadee nahin hai jis se bhrashtachar ke atank ko door keeya ja sakae. Eis prakar ke vaktabay peechalae keyee saloan se soonnae jatae r...
LOK PAL BILL :Times demand for shaping the ´battles´ into a full-fledged WAR against the corrupt
Anna Hazare jee ko 16 august ki subah 0730 bajae ke karib mayor vihar dehli se etehatan girftaar kar leeya geyaa. Anna ne kaha tha ki bo Jai Prakash Park mein dafa 144 lagae honae ke babjood bhi 16 august se INDEFINITE un-shan par baethaein gae jab tak sarkaar LOKPAL bill ke masodae mein sansad mei...
LOK PAL BILL draft before Parliament is too dwarf before the size of "MOTHER CORRUPTION"
The people have come out against corruption on their own. No busses or cars or trucks or paid messengers have been sent by ANNA or his team to collect the "people ´ . Surely it has frustrated all most all the politicians in their hearts on date. ANNA team appears to be getting good respons...
Jan Lok Pal BILL < LOK Pal > .....Controversies.....Key indicators emerging
People like Anna Hazare are asking for making a Law to effectively rein and punish the Corrupt. What problem is there in making such law ? Even those who are asking for such law could be investigated under the same law , if needed. Anna Hazare has been taken into custody in the early hours of the ...
Jan Aushadi :: Are not Patients being fleeced by Drug Manufacturers and Prescription writers ?
Like any other Indian State , J&K too has not been able to check the unfair practices in the trade of medicines and health services. These days with the improving and growing medical facilities, drugs and investigations the money required by common man for the treatment of the patients too h...
Hindu and Musalmaan will have to come together once again to seek "freedom"but this time from "Local Rajas"
It is 64 years today since the " Angrej" left India. Pakistan too has observed its birth anniversary yesterday, I would not say independence for Pakistan since Pakistan has yet to taste democracy. Now people have started asking ( may be in feeble tones ) whether the common man of India has reall...
Hindu aur Musalmaan ko phir se ekathae ho kar ab Brashtachaarion aur Vote ke sodagaroan se Swatan
Bharat se angrej ko geyae huayae eis sombaar ( Monday ) ko 64 saal poorae ho jaein gae. Pakistan ke 64 saal eitbaar ko poorae hongae. Ab log yeh poochnae ( dabee aawaz mein hi sahee ) lagae hain ki keyaa bharat kae aam nagrik ko bo mil geyaa hai jis ki aas mein angrej ke khilaaf hinsak aur ahi...
JK PDP admits is not presenting a solution :: Nor does PDP pretend to have One
JK PDP admits :: PDP is not presenting a solution :: Nor does PDP pretend to have One By Daya Sagar Valley media very hopefully reported on 26 Oct ( 2008) that PDP`s Chief Patron Mufti Mohd. Sayeed and party President Ms. Mehboba Mufti had unveiled suspense over PDP`s Self Rule vision for...
PDP Self Rule :: Document Oct 2008 > A Look through the mist
1 . No one appears to be serious for immediate settlement of J&K turmoil ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: How fair Is PDP as "mainstream party" posing to compete with NC´s Greater Autonomy in the name of Self Rule ? In Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohd Sayeed has the first rival in National ...
PDP Self rule Document accused Indian Secularism / Democracy / Socialism / Intentions
While introducing the Self Rule concept in Oct 2008 , J&K Peoples democratic party has initiated a extra territorial discussion. How far such approach as adopted by PDP was justified as regards the interests of India ( as long as PDP is regarded as a mainstream party by Union of India ) sh...
Justice Saghir Ahmed report & PDP Self Rule:: A good sample of non seriousness towards J&K affairs
More and more questions on "NATIONALITY" have been drafted by people belonging to Kashmir valley. The Self Rule draft released by Mufti Mohd Sayeed´s PDP on 25 October 2008 at a press conference has attempted to add a new leaf to the questions on nationality of "Kashmiries" ( I would not say ...
Main Stream Parties of J&K : PDP, NC , Congress :: PDP Vision Doc on Self Rule ::
The Self Rule draft released by Mufti Mohd Sayeed´s PDP on 25 October 2008 has attempted to add a new leaf to the questions on nationality of "Kashmiries" ( I would not say J&K). Mufti Mohd Sayeed has borrowed the logics like 1952 Delhi agreements and questioning alleged undue extension of...
Oct 2008 Self Rule Document in place, can PDP be regarded as Main Stream Party
The Self Rule draft released by Mufti Mohd Sayeed´s PDP on 25 October 2008 has attempted to add a new leaf to the questions on nationality of "Kashmiries" ( I would not say J&K). Mufti Mohd Sayeed has borrowed the logics like 1952 Delhi agreements and questioning alleged undue extension of...
"The servant" has become the "Master" :: Governemnt Servant ::Retirement Pension Still Must Stay
The political pressures on the government servants could only be reduced by making the politicians more responsive to the real needs of the poor and this could be done by taking the socio political awareness programmes to the RURAL India. Ofcourse this would also make the government servants to r...
Is PDP a mainstream Party:; :No one appears to be serious for immediate settlement of J&K turmoil
PDP heading for competing with NC´s Greater Autonomy in the name of Self Rule ? In Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohd Sayeed has the first rival in National Conference. No doubt so far NC has held firm to 1947 accession of J&K with India. No doubt NC has been expressing reservations regardi...
Greater Autonomy : Autonomy Resolution JK Assembly 2000 : ; Constitutional committments on Education
No doubt Omar Abdullah Government deserves all appreciations for its proposals for creating professional and technical education infrastructure in the public sector likes its approvals for opening 22 more Government degree Colleges in different districts of J&K State as well as 17 more Polytechn...
Greater Autonomy : Autonomy Resolution JK Assembly 2000 : ; Constitutional committments on Health
J&K Constitution Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy Section 24 lays down ::: " The State shall make every effort to safeguard and promote the health of the people by advancing public hygiene and by prevention of disease through sanitation, pest and vermin control, propaganda and other ...
Amarnath Yatra Controversy over Duration of Yatra :: Discovery of Amarnath Jee Cave
The 2008 SASB Land controversy arose after Ghulam Nabi Azad Government in J&K took away the rights of about 800 kanals of land at Baltal from SASB and transferred the Yatra duty to J&K tourism Department. This yea ( 2011) a controversy has arisen as regards the duration of the Sri Amarnath Yatra. Sr...
Neya Kashmir : J&K Constitution :: Education & Health :: Jan Aushadi Store
Jammu Kashmir riyasat ke vidham mein kaha geyaa hai ki riyasat ke logoan ko vishvidayaly ( PG ) tak ki shikhsha SARKAR bina shulk ke denae ka praband karae ghee ( PART IV DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY Section 20 Subsection ( a) The State shall endeavour: to secure to every permanent ...
Amarnath Yatra :: Hindu Aastha - Faith :: Check separatists : What if Number of aspiring pilgrims reaches just 10 Lakh
The 2008 SASB Land controversy arose after Ghulam Nabi Azad Government in J&K took away the rights of about 800 kanals of land at Baltal from SASB and transferred the Yatra duty to J&K tourism Department. This yea ( 2011) a controversy has arisen as regards the duration of the Sri Amarnath Yatr...
J&K SVC ACT 2011 Draft Amendments as circulated were inadequate
J&K State Vigilance Commission was Constituted vide notification SRO 59 dated 15th February, 2011. The Chief Vigilance Commissioner and two Vigilance Commissioners have not been appointed yet since before the CVC and VCs could be appointed some questions were raised on the provisions as were...
Ramdev and Anna Hazare have disturbed even some Professional Social Activists & Panelists
::::: Their tools may be different but the ´ STONE´ is the same ::::: Politicians when not delivering , SAINTs may have to temporarily lead for political/ administrative reforms through SOCIAL action. I can not so surely say whether Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare sitting on fast h...
J&K STATE VIGILANCE COMMISSION ACT 2011 need REVIEW :: No inservice Officer be appointed CVC/VC
J&K State Vigilance Commission was Constituted vide notification SRO 59 dated 15th February, 2011. The Chief Vigilance Commissioner and two Vigilance Commissioners have not been appointed yet since before the CVC and VCs could be appointed some questions were raised on the provisions as were ...
Interlocutors For Kashmir : Points Men : Confusions appear growing after appointment of "Kashmir Interlocutor"
So, far appointment of interlocutors / Center´s points men ( K.C. Pant , Arun Jaitley, N. N. Vohra and Trio 2010 ) , RTCs, WGs on J&K ( "Kashmir" ) have been no more than time pass. Government of India has in a way extended a total neglect to the democratically elected MLAs/ MLCs/ MPs of...
Kashmiriat :Naming whole Jammu Division DOGRA disturbed conservative " Kashmiries"
What was there in DOGRA CERTIFICATE that disturbed the Kashmir valley leaders ? J&K Revenue department had ordered for issue of Dogra certificate vide Order No. Rev.(LB) 69 of 2011 dated: 25-03-2011 to people belonging to Jammu Division of J&K. Some people in Kashmir Valley including the separatists...
Increasing retirement age of Government employees to 62 Yrs ???
In India the government machinery on the whole has lost the common man´s confidence. No doubt there are some very dedicated and honest government employees too. But the number of government employees on whom the doubts are expressed are much more than those who enjoy the confidence of the people. Th...
Service Rules & Security under Aeticle 311 to Government Employees need REVIEW< Retirement Age 50Yr>
"The service rules for Government employees need be reviewed" < Security to Government Employee under Art 311 has only benefitted non performers > < Service conditions could be made more stringent but rconsider restoring Pension toNew appointees > The government machinery on the whole ha...
Retirement Age 62 Yrs ?? :: Government Service delivery under QUESTION::Review service rules :
In India the government machinery on the whole has lost the common man´s confidence. No doubt there are some very dedicated and honest government employees too. But the number of government employees on whom the doubts are expressed are much more than those who enjoy the confidence of the pe...
India Against the POWERFUL CORRUPT ::It shall do happen one day
Only the rural India could free India of her miseries not the FEW conferencing in CITIES Earlier it was only against politicians. But now it is equally against the BUREAUCRATS. Anna Hazare too has said that after 1947 Gora Chala Geyaa aur Kaala aa geyaa". By saying so Anna Hazare has tried to sen...
Jammu " Migrants" Under militant Pressures : Deserve attention beyond REGIONAL "discrimination"
View the needs of Migrants of Jammu Region beyond Religious / Communal considerations :: Ofcourse it is also important to see that large scale migration in the Jammu region is not encouraged .May be Government too felt similar way after "alround migration" of Kashmiri Hindu from Kashmir Val...
Retirement age for Government Employees : KAS or IAS are not "different human beings"
Government employees of some Indian states are demanding retirement age be raised from 58 yr to 60 years. Similar type of demands have been made by Government employees in J&K. Pressures too are there for further increasing the retirement age of Central Government employees from 60 yrs ( increased ...
Pakistan and India: 26/11: Is India still stronger country than Pakistan?
Pakistan is a "weak" country. It is a nation with no historical roots outside India, the Bharat. The Pakistan has lived dreaming a "Paak" ( holy ) democracy over last six decades without having tasted even a bit of it. The socio political matrix of Pakistan is full of patches and stitches as ta...
Dogra Certificate Controversy ::: Dograit Vs Kashmiriat
It is some what the definition of Dogra and not the Dogra Certificate that has disturbed some leaders in Kashmir Valley. After 1990 the people of Kashmir Valley have been rather pushed further into a dilemma of distrust , confusions and misunderstandings on JK {Kashmir } affairs { includi...
LOK Pal & War Against the Corrupt
A Look Through the Mist Only the rural India could free India of her miseries not the FEW conferencing in CITIES Earlier it was only against politicians. But now it is equally against the BUREAUCRATS. Anna Hazare too has said that after 1947 Gora Chala Geyaa aur Kaala aa geyaa". By saying so An...
Militancy & Migrants <> Militancy affected People of Doda / Rajouri .. Udhampur / Kathua also bleed
In view of no proper registration the militancy affected / migrants from Jammu Region ( Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur, even Kathua areas ) have not been able to avail of the concessions / support provided by GOI / other Indian states in the fields of education and employment like the Kashmir regi...
Anna has taken "Mission Difficult and not Mission Impossible", have patience , it would succeed
A Look Through the Mist Only the rural India could free India of her miseries not the FEW conferencing in CITIES Earlier it was only against politicians. But now it is equally against the BUREAUCRATS. Anna Hazare too has said that after 1947 Gora Chala Geyaa aur Kaala aa geyaa". By saying...
Jammu MIGRANTS > Earlier POK DPs & now Militancy affected Migrants of Doda to Kathua Discriminated
It was on 9th March 2006 that National Conference MLC, Bashir Ahmad Naaz pleaded on the floor of J&K Legislative Council for granting migrant status ,like Kashmiri Pundit Migrants , to residents of Doda, Rajouri and Poonch who had been treated with neglect. Naz while raising the point went t...
Kashmir turmoil::India Parliament should discuss political and constitutional status of J&K
Rather, if possible, the media trials of J&K affairs must stop now Times demand that an ultimate debate must take place in the Indian Parliament on the political and constitutional face of the State of J&K ..Facts like the one that must be kept in view could be that in 1947 the Princely State of ...
SCAMS ::Man Mohan Singh Jee can not escape direct responsibility :: 2G SCAM
Man Mohan Singh has pledged on the eve of new year day for a clean Governance in 2011. Let people wait and still take a chance. I wish Man Mohan Jee succeeds. But, the way " Mr. Clean" has more cared for CHAIR for years now, it appears that the INFLATION rate of "Corruption" in Government Machinery...
Constitution of J&K :Delhi has given " separate constitution " to J&K
In simple terms it is a common man´s belief that Indian State of J&K has a separate Constitution. But it can not be over looked that the " Separate" Constitution under reference has been given by Constitution of India. Indian Constitution and the J&K State have often remained subject for discu...
MIGRANTS People of Doda- Rajouri-Poonch –Udhampur- Kathua too were hit by militancy in 1990 itself
Even a summary scrutiny of informally collected / referred information would reveal that the grievances of the persons who were displaced from their natural habitat and occupations as a result of terrorist activities in the Jammu region of the State of Jammu & Kashmir have not received due, prope...
CAG estimates of INR 172000 Cr could meet the expenditure on more than 122 Idle Years. of Indian Parliament
Although UPA 2 Government has agreed to institute enquiry by JPC on 2G spectrum Scam but the manner in which cabinet colleagues of Man Mohan Singh Jee still tried to plead innocent on recent Scams during the debate on the motion for appointment of JPC as moved by Finance Minister Pranab Muk...
POK DPs: Those at & From LOC : W PAK Refugees ::Absolutely Neglected & Discriminated
The state of Jammu and Kashmir as ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh and that acceded to Indian Dominion on 26th October has remained in focus of the people of different shades and opinions right since the day it acceded to India. The state was administered by the Prince in a very logistic planned and ...
Vigilance Commision JK :Will simply replacing SVO with a Vigilance Commission punish the Corrupt
• Even the SVC Act need a relook • It is often alleged that Commissions are more to benefit some individuals • No in service Govt Officer Should be appointed to Institutions like SVO / RTI Like State Accountability Commission (SAC) & J&K State Information Commission, the J&K State Vigilance ...
Jammu Region :Omar Abdullah should dare driving a car from Samba to Mansar,
Jammu Region has enough potential for developing tourism potential worth retaining tourist for 7 to 10 days stay in atleast three to four pockets /circuits during summer. It was in 2005 that I had impressed upon the government through my write-ups that communication / surface transport need be giv...
EKTA Yatra :Hoisting of Tri Color should not have been pushed into political controversies
The best counter to BJP by National Conference would have been had Omar Abdullah declared that this time the REPUBLIC Day function would be held in Lal Chowk.Had he done so BJP programme would have flopped without any controversies. Why did he not do so, could be asked . Even Congress did not sug...
Separatists :Insurgency:More is need to fight separatists at ideological level than fighting with bullet
Believe and accept it that as on date the extent of ideological damages that the separatists and local ideologist have inflicted on the mindset of the common Kashmiri masses is much more severe than what the bullet of the terrorists / militants / foreigners have done. The common man in Kashmir ...
Reservations : Indian Intelligentsia must save Indian Muslims from exploitation by Vote Merchants
During pre 1947 days the British was scared more about the Hindu pressures inview of their number and cultural ties with Indian lands. So, the British East India Company and the British Raj first tried to cultivate more of distrust between the Hindu population and the Muslim rulers . British ta...
Bands & Strikes <>Under today´s mis governance the Bandhs and strikes appear a necessary evil.
The bureaucracy and the political bosses have become habitual of giving some response only when the agitation approach is adopted by the victim. May it be employment, may it be personal service matter, may it be construction or repair of local loads / water supply / power in the poor areas, t...
AFSPA: Modern Proxy War" too needs on spot decision by Armed Force Personnel
These days some organizations in the name of human rights appear failing to understand that only those who recognize the right of others in a civilized society are HUMAN. Human Rights are the natural right of only those who themselves respect the Human values and right to life of others. HR are ...
J&K ::In prevailing circumstances reorganization of J& K State surely needs wise introspection
Congress Minister for Health and Horticulture Sham Lal Sharma did indeed has almost stoked the hornet´s nest while speaking at a Congress rally at Bani on December 5th. . What ever might have he said or what might have he meant , the messages that emerged from Bani have been that (a)Kashmir re...
Kashmir Health Minister in Azadi Contoversy
The reference, style and tone with which the Health Minister used the word Azadi would have left different impressions on different people. But one thing that can not be brushed aside is that he expressed his heartfelt feelings and assessments about the neglect that the lands & people of Jammu reg...
Jan Aushadhi Stores and writing prescription by Generic / Chemical name
With growing technology and access to information more and more people aspire for timely& adequate clinical investigations and health care. So has hence increased the requirement for financial resources for health care. To many people the burden of increased health care expenses hence costs more fa...
Kashmir & Azadi >> J&K Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma dragged into controversies
JK Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma´s address at a Congress rally (chaired by Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz ) at Bani on 5th December has raised controversies. The Kashmiri separatist ,the main stream Kashmiri leaders , BJP, JK NPP and some Congressmen have raised voice ag...
AFSPA 1990 :AF {J&K} SPA 1990 was drafted taking leads from AFSPA1958
The provision / concept that under acute emergencies of the disturbed conditions the setting of the norms for "Do's and Don'ts" for the men working under Armed Forces Special Powers Act AFSPA be left to army authorities has been questioned by some people. Considering the conditions that may exist, t...
Jan Aushadhi Drug Stores and Common Health :Remodel & Draft Health & Drug Policy for common good
J& K has additionally suffered in Health and Education Sectors over last two decades Drug Control and Procurement Departments must have Pharmacologist Doctors Enforce for writing prescriptions on Generic / Chemical name basis immediately The Draft Drug Pol...
AFSPA & Kashmir >>AF { Jammu and Kashmir } SPA 1990 was drafted taking leads from AFSPA1958
The provision / concept that under acute emergencies of the disturbed conditions the setting of the norms for "Do´s and Don´ts" for the men working under Armed Forces Special Powers Act AFSPA be left to army authorities has been questioned by some people. Considering the conditions ...
Obama touches the Hearts
The way American President Barack Abama described Bharat , in the presence of Indians, that too in the Indian Parliament on 8 November , has surely surprised many. May be not even any Indian leader would have ventured to so firmly lay before the world the ages old Indian history and Indian commitmen...
Kashmir & India : America believes in Promise of India , why not YOU.
The way American President Barack Abama described Bharat , in the presence of Indians, that too in the Indian Parliament on 8 November , has surely surprised many. May be not even any Indian leader would have ventured to so firmly lay before the world the ages old Indian history and Indian com...
Metered domestic consumers, even small, unfairly treated by JKSERC
Jammu and Kashmir is a welfare state. All consumer categories can not be discussed in detail here. I would make some references only to domestic consumer metered power supply. The most funny conduct has been that even the small domestic consumers have been taxed more after the THE JAMMU AND KASH...
Obama in India : Even Obama believes in Promise of India , why should not others
The way American President Barack Abama described Bharat , in the presence of Indians, that too in the Indian Parliament on 8 November , has surely surprised many. May be not even any Indian leader would have ventured to so firmly lay before the world the ages old Indian history and Indian com...
AFSPA>> Armed Forces are called from barracks temporarily to clear enemy & his hide outs from inlands
Army once called for internal duties has to finish the job and return to barracks. Armed forces / army is not expected to leave the job half done. Hence did emerge the need for delegation of special emergent civil / magisterial short term powers to the armed forces men deployed in civilian areas. Th...
Kashmir Issue::Why , no any Indian people have yet asked "Legal Heirs of Nehru"
It was Nehru government that pushed Kashmir into controversies. Congress {"Nehru"} named the accession of Kashmir as a dispute while accepting the instrument of accession on 27 Oct 1947. Sheikh Abdullah and his party had at that time rejected any possibility of accession to Pakistan since it attack...
Interlocutors :::Indian leaders should have taken good sermons even from the British.
People with experience, local knowledge and commitment can only deliver Wise Counsel. Indian leaders have taken bad sermons from the British, like the "divide and rule". All most all political parties are busy in dividing the Indian voter citizen in the name of region, religion and caste. ...
Nehru and Kashmir ::Indian People must ask the leaders who inherited the legacy of Nehru
It was Nehru government that pushed Kashmir into controversies. Congress {"Nehru"} named the accession of Kashmir as a dispute while accepting the instrument of accession on 27 Oct 1947. Sheikh Abdullah and his party had at that time rejected any possibility of accession to Pakistan since it attac...
Indian People must ask the leaders who inherited the legacy of Nehru
It was Nehru government that pushed Kashmir into controversies. Congress {"Nehru"} named the accession of Kashmir as a dispute while accepting the instrument of accession on 27 Oct 1947. Sheikh Abdullah and his party had at that time rejected any possibility of accession to Pakistan since it attac...
Accession 1947: In 1947 , 1953, 1975, 2006 it was Congress : in 2010 it is again Congress at Delhi
Those who have been making opinions on J&K in the past have miserably made New Delhi to fail in handling the J&K affairs. The advisors on Jammu and Kashmir affairs need be changed. New Delhi must acknowledge , before it is too late, that Jammu and Kashmir is not only Kashmir Valley. Approach held ...
It is time for People of Jammu region and Delhi to introspect
The all Party Delegation form DELHI was at Jammu on 21 September. The casual manner in which the delegation treated the people waiting "so" eagerly for a dialogue at Jammu showed that the majority political leadership of other Indian States has very very less consideration for the people of...
Kashmir :: Delhi : : SeparatisI:; Ideological & nationalistic reconstruction is need of the day
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha on 6th August ,responding to clarifications sought on his statement on Kashmir unrest made on 4th Aug { "The situation in Jammu & Kashmir continues to be a cause for concern. It has taken a serious turn in recent days. Beginning June 11, there ...
The Armed Firces { Jammu and Kashmir } Spercial Powers Act , Autonomy, Self Rule
• Simply dilution of AFSPA or Imposition of Governor rule will not medicate J&K • AFSPA is not for general use , it is for meeting the needs of the emergency • Even local individual police officers could misuse the IPC or RPC • The Kashmir Valley youth has to be mentally prepared to reject th...
Had Jinnah been alive ,he would have cursed his person for engineering 1947 partition of India
India has the majority of the world's Zoroastrians, Sikhs, Hindus, Jains and Bahá'í population. India had the third largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia (20.1 crore ) in 2009. In 2010 it may be very much near to Pakistan ( 16 to 17 crore). Jews too have safe habitations in...
NC & Congress must rise above petty political interests.
The quit Kashmir torch that was held by Sheikh Abdullah against Maharaja Hari Singh in 1946 { simply to ensure that in independent India the democratic power in State of JK also comes in the hands of NC like it would be for Congress in India } has now been very cleverly held by Sayeed Ali Shah Ge...
Peace and Kashmir : :::::Three pronged approach is needed
In 1950s in the curriculum of the junior schools we { kids in Jammu and Kashmir } read about Maqbool Sherbani .In 2010 no one is told about Maqbool Sherwani instead in Kashmir Valley people so regularly hear and read more about Maqbool Bhat. This is enough to paint the environment in which the peopl...
Separatists and Kashmir
Government of India did not take Jammu and Kashmir affairs seriously even after mass migration of Kashmiri pundits from Kashmir Valley .. After 1990 the people of Kashmir Valley have been rather pushed further into a dilemma of distrust , confusions and misunderstandings on JK {Kashmir } affairs { i...
Issues like Autonomy Resolution of Legislature can not be so simply put under the mat
The one most agitating question that Farooq Abdullah has raised on the floor of Lok Sabha { last Thursday 26 August 2010 } is about mutual trust . While Referring to the June 2000 Autonomy Resolution of JK Legislative Assembly. Dr. Farooq said { i} "Dil pe raj karna hai zameen pe nahin ", {ii}...
Indian Preparedness III :: Insugency : :: Disturbed Neighbourhood ::External Threats
Pakistan´s instability could be seen in the instances like Musharraf stating that he had reached near signing a solution to Kashmir affairs with Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh { although Man Mohan Singh has not reacted to it either way} where as after his exit he is himself now fearing ...
Anti accession elements could hence manage more and more space in Kashmir Valley
Government of India did not take Jammu and Kashmir affairs seriously even after mass migration of Kashmiri pundits from Kashmir Valley .. After 1990 the people of Kashmir Valley have been rather pushed further into a dilemma of distrust , confusions and misunderstandings on JK {Kashmir } affair...
Farooq had much to suggest when he said "Dil pe raj karna hai zameen pe nahin"
No doubt in Jammu and Kashmir National Conference is the largest political party that can dare standing for India against the anti India and anti accession ideologies . But so far New Delhi has not been true even in listening to National Conference that has so far held so firmly to the 1947 ac...
Kashmir Turmoil : where is it leading to
It is a bitter truth that separatist are carrying on unchecked in Jammu and Kashmir This day JK politics has gone total Kashmir centric. This too can not be ignored that the sanctity of 1947 Accession of JK with Indian dominion has been tarnished in the eyes of the common man of JK as well a...
Kashmir:: pushed into controversies : First it was Nehru Government and Now it is ?
It was again no more than a CORDIAL get together in Islamabad Talking to media persons on July 14 Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna at Chaktala air base { Pakistan} has been quoted as having said:::"India has always taken a consistent position. Whatever is happening in Kashmir is an i...
External Threats and Indian Preparedness II:Poor mortgage lands / animals to buy even basic healt
These days any developed or developing country would try to avoid regular { military} full-fledged war with others . So they may prefer to use other indirect tools. Pakistan would not appreciate even a needle tip worth of impression to be carried to her people that Jammu and Kashmir State of In...
Hindu has suffered : Reservations misused Muslim should take lessons
The invention of the term Dalit for Schedule Caste SC people was done by the leaders who are neither sincere to lower castes / Dalits nor to the upper caste / Swarans. Now the term Dalit is being used for Christians and Muslims also. Justice and Empowerment departments of Governments too have b...
Kashmir Valley :India is too under prepared to fight the external threats
A Look Through the mist ::Simply spending money through unconcerned and corrupt administrative order would not win confidence.:::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::India is too under prepared to fight the external threats:::::::: There is more need to fight against the naxaliste, maoist, Kashmiri ter...
Hindu & Muslim must rise against those who exploit innocent minds to divide people on the basis of caste and religion
Reservation in the Indian constitution were kept for the reasons of alleged suppression and discrimination meted to some members of society over centuries by those who had at times been more near to the centers of governance for the reasons of their economic / social status. The alleged disp...
Delhi must unconditionally support Dr Farooq to defeat separatist ideologies
Dr Farooq Abdullah is not appearing that tough and strong on separatists these days. Addressing Prize distribution function of the "Keep Jammu Clean Programme" launched jointly by the Jammu Municipality and Jammu and Kashmir Bank at Press Club on 5 Oct 1999 Dr Farooq Abdullah said after Nehru it w...
Superannuation : Retirement Age for Governement Servants
Government India had raised the retirement age for Central Govt employees from 58 Yr to 60 years in 1998 . Employees in some States are still agitating for bringing the retirement age at par with Central government Employees. J&K is an example. It may be an information for many that in the ...
Insurgents :::: Debriefing and Rehabilitation must be Institutionalized
" The requirement for social and ideological reconstruction has rather reached a stage where Governments must come out with a regular Department or a Commission to be installed in place for such work " Indian State of Punjab has been the worst victim of the Separatist like movement in 1970s a...
Secularism and Kashmir :: Are not "they" undoing it
The provisions for reservations in services and education have been much used by the politicians for dividing people in the name religion / caste / region. The " Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Bill 2009´ passed by JK legislature on 9th April 2010 too has come under the sh...
Kashmir turmoil is not local economic disorder related issue : Rehabilitation of Militants-II
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh { on board Air India One } on Monday Interacting with the media has said our task is to find practical ways and means to encourage those misguided people who had a change of heart . Ofcourse he was referring to return of the Kashmiri youth who have crossed over...
Rehabilitation of Militants-I : Omar may have true intentions but he has to truthfully prove so
No doubt Jammu and Kashmir have been the victim of unending and unmindful political game plans over the years. But in the recent times the styles of the political local leadership has been taking worrying new face lifts. I am not finding suitable words to describe the styles since there is no ...
Do not allow separatists any more to poison local mindset in the name of Religion
The Omar Abdullah lead National Conference Congress government has claimed that the Inter-District Recruitment Bill passed by JK Assembly would provide equitable opportunities of employment in the Civil Services in the State .It has been slated that The provision would attend to complex socio-ec...
Misguided youth and National mainstream :Rehabilitation of Militants-III :
General Amnesty to those who wage war against a Nation ( country) is not so simple a "gesture" as it may be seen by many. Waging a war against a Government by its own people could be (category i) a movement to change the government in place or the system of governance without out questioning...
Kashmir : Identities of J&K can not be named in religion or autocratic eras of a few centuries
Kashmir issue needs an honest and clear understanding. It is an issue the type that needs one to keep his personal likes / dislikes on the self while penning on it. The oldest known history that could be traced world over would not reveal anything beyond the Bharat (India sub continent) and Bha...
Minority & Religion : Hindu & Muslim must UNITE to undo Political Gamesmanships
Hindu & Muslim must rise as a UNIT against Political Gamesmanship of Religions & Castes eservation in the Indian constitution were kept for the reasons of alleged suppression and discrimination meted to some members of society over centuries by those who had at times been more near to the cent...
All Aged Govt employees may not be that prepared to face challenges & stand to Political Pressures
Government employees of some Indian states are demanding retirement age be raised from 58 yr to 60 years where as the proposals are also live for raising the retirement age of the Central Government employees from 60Yrs to 62 ( raised in 1998) . In the state of Kerala the retirement age for Gover...
Lessons from 1947 partition enough for returning peace without a "bullet"
India too has , but "Pakistan" has paid the highest price for the Partition of India. Jinnah´s descendents could not find peace even in a country carved (out of India ) only for Muslims . The Bengali muslims accused Punjabi muslims for discriminating East Pakistan. Even after the bir...
IN 1947 lorries and trains CARRYING innocent Hindu and Musalman TREADED streams of blood
It is time for the people of Pakistan to have a relook on the 1947 partition of India. It was in the 1940s that the trading community too started looking for religion based clientage in the times ahead. The partition of India was quite evident. Although the majority of the Indian leaders vo...
Democracy and the Government employee : He is different than one employed in private sector
True , some public servants do not appear having intentions to serve the public. Rather there are many in 2010.. But India is surviving since still there are some who deliver. Public too has nearly forgotten that in a democracy there is no King. The government officers { public servants } are see...
Offical Language URDU : both language and the common man made to suffer
Urdu is so graceful a language but it has not earned appreciations for its use particularly in revenue departments and police "thanas". Even those who as family tradition take Urdu as principal language in school do express un easiness in while reading the official copies of land records and po...
Quit Kashmir call given in1946 was more with Kashmir valley in view and not whole of J&K State.
In mid 1940s the division of India was expected on the religion basis, (i) Kashmir Valley had majority Muslim population ( JK on the whole too had majority Muslim population) , (ii) Kashmir Province of JK had borders with China, Russia, Afghanistan and would be Pakistan. So ,it could be inferred f...
Farooq Abdullah should spell out the Autonomy Resolution (2000) of J&K Assembly in simple words
Last I had made a request to Dr Farooq on 15 Dec 2007 as regards NC´s GREATER AUTONOMY. No answer did come. The political leadership in J&K has not suffered that much ( they have both personal security and power cover for them) but common man has badly suffered. And now a big blow to the int...
JUSTICE Saghir Ahmed report would not even settle PDP flares , what to talk of separatist flares
Five working groups were constituted as decided by Man Mohan Singh in the 2nd multi party Round Table Conference held at Srinagar on 24 and 25 May 2006. Reports of 4 working groups on J&K were presented in the 3rd Round Table Conference with Prime Minister of India Dr Man Mohan Singh in C...
Justice Saghir's 5th Working group report has in a way demonstrated unjust regional bias in J&K
Report of the Working Group headed by Retd Justice S Saghir Ahmad ( constituted by Indian Prime Minister in May 2006 ) that was presented to JK Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Jammu on 23 rd December last year demonstrated the confusions that Justice Saghir Ahmed carried. Ofcourse the WG report ...
Mother Corruption has kept on littering new generations of different species
*Some see efficiency only in corrupt government officers* *People have forgotten that the money being corrupted is their own money.* In January 2008 J&K Legislative Assembly was rocked with worst type of allegations even on the cabinet ministers of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the then Chief Minister of J...
Reorganisation:::Do not fear reorganization of J&K , rather win confidence of all
a look through the mist It is not only militancy that should concern those who are sincere to the people of J&K. The need for reconstruction of social matrix is rather more important and worrying now. Inter regional divides too are emerging in J&K and there is utmost need to remedy the local ...
Urdu Language : Injustice has been done to URDU by giving it communal shades
Urdu is so graceful a language but it has not earned appreciations for its use particularly in revenue departments and police "thanas" in some Indian States, to quote Jammu and Kashmir . Even those who as family tradition take Urdu as principal language in school do express un easiness in while read...
Earlier also J&K has been the victim of Personal Ambitions :::A Look through the mist
It was Congress at new Delhi for first 30 years after Indian Independence. Thereafter ,the leaders at New Delhi had all energies and minds engaged only in manipulating combinations simply to remain in the seat of governance .Attempts have been made to overlook the genesis of the problem by simp...
Injustice has been done to URDU by giving it communal shades
Urdu is so graceful a language but it has not earned appreciations for its use particularly in revenue departments and police "thanas" in some Indian States, to quote Jammu and Kashmir . Even those who as family tradition take Urdu as principal language in school do express un easiness in while r...
Earlier also J&K has been the victim of Personal Ambitions
It was Congress at new Delhi for first 30 years after Indian Independence. Thereafter ,the leaders at New Delhi had all energies and minds engaged only in manipulating combinations simply to remain in the seat of governance .Attempts have been made to overlook the genesis of the problem by simp...
Political leadership of J&K has been applying salt &"licking" the wounds
New Delhi today appear standing levels with Kashmiri separatists. National Conference opponent JK People´s Democratic Party was supported by Congress in 2002. Congress ally PDP even advocated view points that appeared negating 1947 Accession. But still Congress shared power with PDP for 6 y...
Indian Economy : Corruption: Growing Foreign Pressures : Clever Politician ;Agony of Jammu & Kashmir
+Masses of J&K have suffered socially, economically and emotionally over six decades ++Political leadership of J&K has been applying salt &"licking" the wounds+ +++Kashmiri Hindu Migrant is way from "SECULAR LANDS" for over 20 years.
Dialogue Process :Circumstances Compell Farooq Abdullah ask Delhi talk to Separatists
To day we are not to look for a solution to Kashmir Problem but we must assess the direction in which New Delhi is leading the affairs of Jammu and Kashmir. No doubt 1947 Accession of J and K with Dominion of India does have intricate relationship with the Kashmir problem as is so commonly...
Open Letter to Home Minister ::Pooling Energies to attend J&K affairs setting aside party politics
DS/JK/ Return/03 Date 03/ 04-11-09 Hon´ble Shri P Chidambaram, Home Minister of India , NEW DELHI. OPEN LETTER Sub: Pooling Energies to attend J&K affairs setting aside p...
Return of Migrants : Kashmir is under the control of India.....................
A Look Through the Mist The upper reaches of areas of Doda, {Bhaderwa/ Kishtwar/ Ramban } Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur, Kathua too are affected by militancy as are areas like Baramulla, Kupwara , Anantnag, The muslim population in these areas too is reasonable large. The people are poor and good n...
OPEN LETTER:Migrant Return: Kashmir Dialogue :Pooling Energies to attend J&K affairs setting aside party politics
TO Hon´ble Shri P Chidambaram, Home Minister of India , NEW DELHI. OPEN LETTER 4 Nov 2009 Jammu Sub: Pooling Energies to attend J&K affairs setting aside party politics Respected Chidambaram Jee, I have learnt through media that you a...
Open Letter to Man Mohan Singh Ji :: This 26 Oct Set taking back migrants priorty ONE
DS/JK/ Return/02 Date 22-10-09 Dr. Man Mohan Singh, Honourable Prime Minister of India, NEW DELHI OPEN LETTER :::The " invaders" openly aggressed Kashmir on 22nd October 1947, let India set priority number one on...
Mountbattens´s letter of 27 Oct 47 provides fuel to Anti Accession {J&K with India } people
Jammu and Kashmir affairs have become a subject free for discussion for all. The worst sufferers have been the people of Jammu and Kashmir since they have not been allowed to rest in mental peace. Even some have been forced to think about their nationality. Those who have been questioning the access...
The people of economically and educationally barren land could be easily exploited by Separatist el
""""Poonch/ Marwah/ Bhadarwah / Gool/ may not be producing even half the quantity of Rajmash that is sold in their name"""". Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has been so regularly expressing concern for the areas with poor road connectivity and those suffering of economic poverty...
Why not NC and PDP head for forging together in Greater Autonomy and Self Rule ?
Kashmiri leaders will keep on saying that India and Pakistan should settle the Kashmir ( J&K) affairs with due participation of Kashmiries { separatists should also be heard }. Though they keep their priority only on Kashmir Valley, they also talk of some solution for governance taking the p...
Growing Burden of Pension to Government Employees in India: Is no retirement pension a solution ?
+Daya Sagar The Jammu and Kashmir State Cabinet on 29th August approved a New Pension Scheme to be implemented from January 2010 discontinuing existing provisions of pension to the government employees recruited there after . Government of India has already done away with pension to those ap...
CBI India has to rebuild Its Crediblity, if not who Else would prop justice
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) India has it´s own history of honours. CBI officers may be still earning honours on independence day or Republic day. But how far they are still earning honours in the hearts of common Indian could be a question. No doubt still often demands are being made in...
Kashmir affairs demand rising above political gamesmanship
• No doubt Sheikh Sheikh Abdullah had his own concepts and ambitions that could be read in his Quit Kashmir movement of 1946, but Sheikh Abdullah stood for accession of Jammu and Kashmir with India • The impressions that the world is today gathering from the statements being made by the separati...
Kashmir Affairs :PDP has intelligent game plan :: appears tracing the decades old NC road map
J&K Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has added a new day to the festivity of Kashmiries , 25th July the Self Rule Day. Incidentally this year it also happens to be the 10th foundation day of PDP and on this day diplomats from UK and Australia ( Australian delegation comprising first secretary of A...
Public Sector Companies ::: State PSU more neglected ::: J&K PSU needs immediate attention of CM
J&K Chief Minister has expressed his very very serious concern for the betterment of J&K Public Sector Enterprises. But his good intentions will not yield unless a complete total exercise is done as regards the requirements of the public sector companies. So far though many exercises have been done,...
Welfare Programs :: Vote Bank Politics ::Jago India Jago ::
A Look Through the mist So often some issues are aired in the guise of social or national cause. But behind the scene it could be seen that there are some localized political or commercial motives. One of such recently aired issues is construction of memorials of some Indian leaders who have ...
STATUES ? :::Jago India Jago ::Why not it be this 15th August
Why do we raise memorials ? No doubt a simple answer could be to pay homage to those who made extreme sacrifices and contributions for the Nation and let the coming generations take inspiration from them. Then why to object the projects conceived by BSP supremo ? Why has been so much of opposition...
Central University for J&K :: Government should not become party in promoting regional bitterness
Senior NC leader Ajay Sadotra has been quoted as having said that no decision for the site of the Central University in J&K has been taken yet and no team from MHRD has visited J&K for selection of land. J&K State Cabinet also resolved on 31st July to approach GOI for sanctioning two Central Univers...
Weakness of NC reflects when Omar too sees some "more draconian" aspects in AFSPA
What have you been doing as a main stream party leader Omar Jee? NC need own some responsibility for Kashmir turmoil & fractured social matrix Where from the people raising anti India and pro Azadi slogans flock on the roads. Weakness of NC reflects when Omar too sees some "more draconian" a...
Delimitation: Sheikh Abdullah was for needs and rights of the common man of J&K, are YOU ?
The miseries, backwardness, illiteracy, poverty and ill health has grown in the farflung areas. In view of larger distances and difficult terrains the MLAs are not able to regularly reach their areas to check the development requirements and also can not effectively address the problems of thos...
No grant or subsidy is given by any leader from his family treasure in a Democracy
Common Indian in villages / rural India / tribal areas / unemployed could be, at occasions, found under the impression that RURAL roads, Rural WS, Rural Electrification, Rural telephone , Rural Housing and irrigation under programmes like Bharat Nirman Yojna as of Bharat Sarkar are the gift to hi...
Drinking::Ban on Alcohol would check poverty and ill treatment to other family members
The liquor industry may be worth more than Rs.25000 crores for manufacturers in India . May it be worth another Rs.25000 crores of another direct / indirect taxes for the GOI / State Governments. But the loss the alcohol consumption directly / indirectly cause to Indian economy would surely be more...
Caste System : a baby of Social Backwardness : Economic and educational weakness
A Look Through the Mist Tara Chand , Dy CM J&K had other day made a very poise statement ( main sirf himmat balee nahin kahoon ga ).What Tara Chand suggested was that members / families from reserved castes and tribes who have secured levels of socio economic grounds must on their own withdraw f...
"Manubaad" was lustfully carried along by post 1947 political leadership of India for vote bank
A Look through the mist Economic and educational weakness result into Social backwardness::: Tara Chand , Dy CM J&K had other day made a very poise statement ( main sirf himmat balee nahin kahoon ga ).What Tara Chand suggested was that members / families from reserved castes and tribes who have...
Are only Kashmiri leaders in favour of Article 370, if not why? :A Seminar & not Debate is needed
A Look Through the Mist Many people have said and written on the controversies regarding Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. Discussions have been more like a debate, for and against. Surely the controversies have done enough of damage even to the socio- communal fabric of J&K. The situation i...
Indian Parliamentary Democracy: : Remedies :: Action by Voter / Government /Legislature / EC:
A Look Through the Mist In the circumstances that prevail in India today, those who really want reforms in a democratic country like India but do not have enough power of money and muscle at their hand for reaching the seat of power must clearly understand that they will have to work very very ha...
Why has BJP lost before Congress
A Look Through the mist 15th Lok Sabha Elections have surprised all , particularly the way Congress has risen to 206 level and BJP has fallen to 116. The total joint score of Congress and BJP is around 320 .The opinion polls that were out after 13th May too placed a nearly similar sum to...
Why has Congress & not BJP emerged as a larger / national level preferred party ?
A Look Through the Mist 15th Lok Sabha Elections have surprised all , particularly the way Congress has risen to 206 level and BJP has fallen to 116. The total joint score of Congress and BJP is around 320 .The opinion polls that were out after 13th May too placed a nearly similar sum to...
J&K has bled enough :: Where is Justice (Retd) Sageer Ahmed WG on J&K REPORT
A Look Throgh The Mist Omar Abdullah J&K Chief Minister has suggested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call a meeting to review implementation of recommendations of four Working Groups on Jammu & Kashmir . No doubt Omar´s intentions to buy peace for Jammu and Kashmir deserve all apprecia...
Gandhi/ Indira/ Nehru "mantra" & not the strength of Congress cadres that counted
There are many injured tigers in the "Company" of Man Mohan Singh No doubt Man Mohan Singh Jee deserves all appreciations and support . Lal Krishan Advani too has congratulated Man Mohan Singh & Sonia Gandhi assuring total cooperation . The elections to 15th Lok Sabha are over. Ver...
Minority and Majority communities must jointly rise against the vote bank politics
Some more time is needed for finding out the spirit behind the 2009 Lok Sabha Election results. But it could be said that (i) the people of India appear to have voted for stability through larger party (ii) and some rejection of those practicing more of caste / region based politics too could...
In its own interest Congress must stand against Divisive & Blackmailing elements
Of course the Indian voter citizen too has played apparently smart this time. But How wisely the voter citizen has played would be known only in the afternoon of 16th May. Vote if wisely cast would surely increase the MPs of both Congress & BJP, otherwise the small/ regional parties would eat into ...
Rural India must reject continuing doles of subsidies and support prices
Inspite of support prices and subsidies the average net income of the Indian farming family has not grown. The service class ( government ) fraternity has made itself quite secure through regular wage revisions. The wage revisions have gone to the benefit of the judiciary, legislators and the bur...
Remote areas of J&K unfairly treated :: in legislature & for economic development
A look through the mist Snow carnage of February 2005 had exposed the backwardness and poverty of the distantly placed people of J&K. Many villages in the Doda and Udhampur parts of J&K could not be reached even till middle of March 2005 to know the damage there. Poor or totally missing road li...
Have Abdullahs come under the pressures of Mufties in Kashmir valley ?
A Look through the mist Dr Farooq Abdullah had quoted ( 11-06-1999 the day Farooq inaugurated Bahu Plaza at Jammu ) an old elderly person having told him while in Kargil on 10.06.1999 , "Udar jana hai aur apni territory baapsi laana hai". As regards problem with Pakistan he said," "We do not want ...
The "SECULAR" are more interested to make Congress walk on crutches
A Look Through the Mist The question so often being asked in April2009 is that who will form the next ( India) Government at Delhi, will it be UPA, NDA, Third Front, Forth front ? The things do not rest here only , will it be "Mayawati Front", "Pawar Front" or "Mukherjee front" is also being...
For whom to vote For
The other day during an awareness programme a student of a local college asked, " Sir, it is true that we should vote for a good candidate during elections to Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha , but question is how to find out the best candidate out of the lot ?" The question appeared so simple but sur...
When Political Parties have no internal democracy how can they give a true Democracy to People
A Look Through the Mist The Indian Constitution was written with care and Parliamentary democracy was enshrined in it. Multi party democratic system was considered the best for independent India. Indian pre 1947 leaders sacrificed the most to secure independence from the British. To day we find m...
A vote cast without serious thought could ruin the future of a billion people
Electoral process needs both short term and long term medications:::: The poor / low income members of the Indian society are not sure of any physical or social security. The politicians have successfully inherited the divide and rule game plan from the British. No efforts are being spare...
Pakistan and India:::Is India still a stronger "Nation"country than Pakistan?
Pakistan is a weak country. It is a nation with no historical roots outside India, the Bharat. But before the world Pakistan has diplomatically proved to be a stronger "Nation". The Pakistan has lived dreaming a "Paak" ( holy ) democracy over last six decades without having tasted even a bit of ...
Indian Parliament ::Let the voter citizen himself sentence a corrupt politician to political death
It is no use becoming critical about the political leadership only when the elections are around. The efforts to work out corrections must carry on on a regular basis even after elections. Any how let us take some short term measures too during 2009 Lok Sabha elections.Time has arisen to correct t...
Indian Parliament ::Let the voter citizen himself sentence a corrupt politician to political death
It is no use becoming critical about the political leadership only when the elections are around. The efforts to work out corrections must carry on on a regular basis even after elections. Any how let us take some short term measures too during 2009 Lok Sabha elections.Time has arisen to correct t...
The electoral process in India needs short term and long term medications--II
A L o o K throgh the Mist Most of the Indian people have today lost faith in the Parliamentary democracy. Rather the floor of parliament as well as the legislative assemblies have lost the grace and honour. I need not quote any specifics here. Money and liquor are frequently used to buy the vote...
The electoral process in India needs short term and long term medications--I
A L o o k Through the Mist Most of the Indian people have today lost faith in the Parliamentary democracy. Rather the floor of parliament as well as the legislative assemblies have lost the grace and honour. I need not quote any specifics here. A common man is often found sermoning that no sensib...
Innocent Kashmiri Lives in confusions :PDP´s self rule a "New Dish": New Delhi appears serving it?
A Look Through the Mist The affairs in J&K are not that simple this day. May it be a Jummuite or a Kashmiri both have been exploited on regional basis and are suffering. Duty now rests on the common man, the king maker in a democracy where even a mother breaking stones on road could give birt...
29th Constitution Amendment (2002 ) has been unfair to JK RPA 1957 & Section 50 of JK Constitution
A Look through the mist Section 47 of the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution lays down only the total number of Single Member Assembly Segments in the Legislative Assembly. Section -47 of J&K Constitution does not lay down region wise or District wise allocation of seats in Legislative Assembly. Th...
The State of J&K as it needs attention to day
A Look Through the Mist GOI can no more afford working with a policy that takes J&K affairs so casually and looks only at Kashmir Valley. Anti India elements need to be crushed in the corner . Otherwise the pro India minds could too consider that J&K may not be a dispute. No extra importa...
Interests of the backward areas and castes much linked with Timely conduct of delimitations
A Look Through the Mist There is a fair case for constituting a new Delimitation Commission. But for doing that first requirement is to amend Section – 47 of the J&K Constitution to undo the sealing as imposed under 29 th Constitution Amendment Act of 2002 that has laid down that any new Deli...
J&K after 2008 Elections :::Issues of concern before Abdullah´s – II
A Look Through the MIst Omar Abdullah has a huge list of past mistakes to be corrected, both at the level of Government and at the level of National Conference. Toughest jobs would be to stimulating the economy, & revenue collection and creating realistic jobs ( not like low paid frustra...
J&K after 2008 Elections :::Issues of concern before Abdullah´s – I
A Look Through the MIST Jammu and Kashmir State is the only Province of Indian Union where the local affairs do matter significantly from international point of view as well. { It is more so in view of not so wise handling of affairs by New Delhi, particularly as regards the anti 1947 accessi...
Kashmir, India - Agitating Issues, Autonomy Resolution, Accession 1947
A Look Through the Mist In case J&K has to have her own Constitution and her own Flag then what is the harm in limiting the accession only to the subjects ( defence, foreign affairs, communication and like matters ) as were mentioned in the instrument of accession as accepted by Lord Mountbatten...
Jammu & Kashmir :: Militancy & Migration Infected ::As it should be seen this day
A look through the mist When ever any reference is made to Jammu & Kashmir State of India ( Princely State of Maharaja Hari Singh ) ,this day , it is so casually taken as a simple reference to Kashmir Valley only. Where as Kashmir Valley is just one of the arms of the "J&K Triangle". In view ...
Tourism & J&K ::: Bhaderwa in Doda sub region could be 2nd Kashmir Valley of India
A Look through the mist About 120 kilometers from Patnitop is Kishtwar . Another 85 kilometers from Patnitop is Bhaderwah. But it has been so unfortunate that even after 16 years since the tourist traffic to Kashmir Valley was adversely affected by the misdeeds of Pakistan sponsored agencies, nothi...
J&K election 2008 - Failures & Successes - Alliances- Messages
A Look through the mist At last the elections to 11th Jammu & Kashmir State ( Inidia ) Legislative Assembly are over. With this came the end of the drama where in the political leaders were forced for over two months to play innocence, pledge for honesty, sincerity, truthfullness in future and be...
This day common man is found scared of the Leaders and looks for security
A Look through the mist After Mumbai 11/26 attack by militants nearly every one from with in India and outside India has reacted .The reactions so far have been quite united and firm against the terrorists as well as those who directly or indirectly promote terrorists or side with terrorists. ...
Tall claims on Development of Backward areas: Even ADB Funded works fall back
A Look Through the mist It is election time again. Old faces with new masks and promises are again out. May it be Azad or Mufti or Mir all are out to touch the sentiments of the common innocent poor people. They are making fresh promises to do away with the mal administration, illiteracy , lack ...
Even Judiciary has started introspection but media men have not yet
A Look Through the mist Times are changing fast .Conventions are being broken or recast these days. Even the religious codes are slowly and slowly changing or are being reworked. Definitions of the community arenas too are now appearing to be under reworking . Earlier people did talk of world c...
Hindu and Muslim youth need to check the political leadership and question their misdeeds
It is also true that a democracy works only through a political system. All politicians can not be abused to be bad but these days majority of the bad leaders are politicians. A new generation political leadership has to be hence reared since we have to line with the political democratic set...
Nehru forced Congress to Hug Sheikh at the cost of Hari Singh
Congress had won 8 out of 11 British Indian Province elections ( including Muslim dominated NWFP). Indian Muslim League had secured only one of 90 seats in Punjab Legislature. Sheikh Abdullah made up his mind in 1937 itself to seek the political support of Indian National Congress for his movem...
Kashmir & India : The working group on Center State Relations must complete its deliberations
J&K has bled enough J&K affairs have become a free for all subject. But now the approach has to be practical .Goal Posts have to be narrowed down. Fields can not be kept wide open for ever. Otherwise it will be a never ending process of stripping the innocent naked, slitting the throats, chopping...
Poor of Doda Udhampur Rajouri Kathua Poonch remained neglected before & after 1947
J&K has been more a victim of the personal ambitions of her political leaders. Valley centric attitude of leadership , particularly from Kashmir Valley , had become more vivid after 1945 AD. Ofcourse before 1947 it was the ambitious Sheikh Mohd Abdullah with Jawahar Lal Nehru at his back . To...
Nehru forced Congress to Hug Sheikh at the cost of Hari Singh
A look through the mist Congress had won 8 out of 11 British Indian Province elections ( including Muslim dominated NWFP). Indian Muslim League had secured only one of 90 seats in Punjab Legislature. Sheikh Abdullah made up his mind in 1937 itself to seek the political support of Indian Nation...
26th October 1947: Princely State of J&K Accedes to Indian Dominion
A look through the mist Princely State of J&K Accedes to Indian Dominion (In the nineteenth century Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu & Kashmir extended the Geographical boundaries of India to the other side of Himalayas. Maharaja´s forces even routed the Tibetian army. Raja Gulab Singh´s General ...
Quit Kashmir movement was out of personal ambitions of Sheikh Abdullah and was backed by Nehru
A Look Through the Mist The present day affairs of Jammu and Kashmir can not be seen in isolation to the role of National Conference .Sheikh Mohd Abdullah emerged on the J&K Scene in 1930s. He was an educated Kashmiri youth who took prime interest in the socio economic conditions of the masses ...
Why do professionals prefer IAS/ IPS ?
A Look Through the Mist A new subject has attracted legislators, thinkers, journalists and one could say the economists as well. Why should not we ban the entry of professionally qualified personnel into the IAS or IPS Services ? Some have argued that government spends, directly or indirectly, a ...
Poor Muslims should not fall in the trap of politicians in the name of reservations
A Look Through the Mist The economically weaker Muslim, Christian and the Hindu will have to look for a new generation leadership. Otherwise the Politicians would keep on misusing the democratic system .Any reservations if kept for the Muslims or Christians on the basis of religion or by including ...
Congress & NC have been party to the Neglect of Jammu & Ladakh Regions
A Look Through the Mist Those who are from outside the political arena need to spare some time for the sake of the common man. The common man has right to information but he need be told what information is required by him. A check on the conventional leadership is needed to save the Jammu Re...
J&K : The way it should be Seen :Jammu Region has large Muslim population but has faced tailored
The way the Congress, SP, RJD, CPI ( M), NCP , TDP, BSP and the like are today coming up with slogans that divide Hindu and Muslim in the name of minorities/ rights of minorities/ reservations for minorities/ projecting enemy of muslims resting in BJP , the dangers in J&K too are growing. WE have...
J&K >The way it should be Seen > Valley left free for anti 1947 AccessionElements after 1989
A Look Through the Mist Many a times the information not based on the ground realities have otherwise become a written but tailored History > The generations ahead receive it believing the same as a treasure of facts, where as it may not have been. The same has been the case with the History of ...
New Delhi has not worked to isolate over ground pro separatist elements in J&K
A Look Through the Mist United Progressive Alliance ally Mufti Mohd Sayeed has come up with nothing new in his Self Rule outline ( I will not call it a document ) released on 25 Oct 2008. This UPA ally has already been making similar statements. No doubt the PDP sermon in the name of SELF RU...
Militancy & Conflicts have adversely affected the mother and child in J&K
A Look Through the Mist World over studies are being made on the affect of armed conflicts on the children and mother . In Jammu & Kashmir State the affect of Armed Conflicts on children and women need be seen in reference to the insurgency and militancy. Need has become more acute particul...
IS J&K Mishandled :: Misunderstood ::Misplaced ?
A look through the mist The love and lust that Nehru showed for Sheikh Mohd Abdullah, the closeness that Nehru had with Mountbatten and the manner in which Nehru supported the Quit Kashmir movement that Sheikh Abdullah ´s NC launched in May/ June 1946 have been agitating some minds , th...
Politicians laying traps for innocent Indian Muslims in the name Reservations and Minority Rights
A LOOK THROUGH THE MIST The economically weaker Muslim, Christian and the Hindu will have to look for a new generation leadership. Otherwise the Politicians would keep on misusing the democratic system .Any reservations if kept for the Muslims or Christians on the basis of religion or by includin...
Doda Rajouri Kathua Udhampur under represented in Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly
A Look through the Mist The Delimitations of single member assembly segments of the J&K Legislative Assembly as done so far since 1951 have been brutally unfair to the people living the backward, farflung and remotely connected areas .The worst sufferers have been the people belonging to ...
India has to adopt a clear policy for the anti 1947 accession elements
A Look Through the Mist Enough is enough . Kashmir affairs have so far provided play ground to many individuals and groups for participation in resolving the disturbances in J&K . Many experts and groups have found it more paying for them to rub shoulders with those who negate the 1947 a...
Pir Panjal Geo- Administratively divides Jammu region from Kashmir Region
A Look Through the Mist Kashmir valley leaders should remain satisfied for having unduly got 10 districts out of Just 2.5 districts of Maharaja´s J&K as against only 10 Districts for Jammu region that comprises almost five districts of Maharaja´s J&K. Jammu province lost Mirpur Dis...
Delimitation ( 1995 ) for seats in J&K Assembly has been unfair to Poor & Backward area people
A Look through the mist Areas of Doda Udhampur Kathua Rajouri very very unfairly. Their economy, development, education, tourism, horticulture , forest product industry and like has sufffered of neglect due to no rightful representation in the assembly as due under provisions of J...
Any fair delimitation would tilt the balance towards the Jammu Region.
A Look through the mist 29th Constitution amendment was to unduly favour Kashmir region Demands for setting up a Delimitation Commission for relocation of number, extent and boundaries of single member Assembly Segments of J&K Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) are often raised. Ofcourse there i...
Delimitation Commissions have been so far unfair to people of J&K
A look through the mist by *Daya Sagar There is a fair case for constituting a new Delimitation Commission. But for doing that first requirement is to amend Section – 47 of the J&K Constitution to undo the sealing as imposed under 29 th Constitution Amendment Act of 2002 that has laid down th...
Shri Amarnathjee Shrine Cave : Shiva is the symbol of millions of years old Heritage
* Even migration of Lacs of Hindu from Kashmir ( J&K India ) in 1990 failed to dismantle Hindu Muslim ties in Jammu Region. • Common Kashmir masses have been so far left exposed to the anti India and anti Hindu propaganda. Religious beliefs do not set so ordinarily. • Separatists know that neither India will allow crossing LOC nor Pakistan would accept so openly. • Muslims of Jammu Province appreciating the Hindu sentiments have pleaded for restoring the land to SASB. • Jammu Muslims can work to expose the ill intentions of the separatists before the Kashmiri Muslims . • Promotion of pro separatist leaders like Mufties was sure to cause frustrate even Farooq Abdullah . • Anti India Kashmiri leaders had linked the growing Amarnath yatra with the return of the Hindu to Valley. • The agitation of SAYSS is not merely a regional agitation but is more for keeping the honour of the Hindu secure.
It is time for GOI to totally reject the separatists and support the mainstream nationalists
A Look Through the Mist ZULFIKAR MAJID reported on 7 th August from Srinagar ( J&K) that Hurriyat Conference (Moulvi Farooq ) would shortly decide on Jehlum Valley Road as an alternative trade route for Kashmir Valley. Mirwaiz had claimed that "AJK" Government ( PO K – Pakistan Occupied Kashm...
Kashmir Centric approach has made even muslim majority areas of Jammu Region of J&K to suffer
A LOOK THROUGH THE MIST • Even during times of Maharaja Hari Singh all the areas of Doda/ Rajouri/ Poonch/ Banihal were kept with Jammu Province due to socio - geographical and cultural priorities. • The factors of Geographical Compactness, Nature of terrain Facilities of Communication ar...
Hindu of Jammu know the Jammu muslim better than Moulvi Farooq knows
A Look Through the Mist Moulvi Omar Farooq has been quoted as having said on Wednesday ( 6 August ) at Srinagar ( J&K ) (1)Communal forces in Jammu, Kathua and half of Udhampur district are talking of separation and if they want to separate on the basis of these two and a half districts Hurriyat...
Amarnath Jee Shrine Bhoomi Andolan : All leaders will have to rework on their approach towards J&K
A Look Throgh the Mist The foundation of the Amarnath Jee Shrine Bhoomi Andolan was rather laid by leaders like Maulvi Farooq and Ali Shah Geelani when they raised the question of Hindu and Musalmaan so openly in the name of land to SASB and the increasing number of the Yatries. They trie...
Amarnath Jee Bhoomi Andolan ::: The issue of land for Shri Amarnathjee is of Hindu Aastha
A Look Through the Mist The controversy that arose after Ghulam Nabi Azad Government in J&K took away the rights for the use of about 800 kanals of land at Baltal during Shri Amarnathjee Yatra period by SASB and transferred the rights and duty for making arrangements to J&K tourism Departm...
All must understand that issue of land for Shri Amarnathjee is of Hindu Aastha
A look through the mist The controversy that arose after Ghulam Nabi Azad Government in J&K took away the rights for the use of about 800 kanals of land at Baltal during Shri Amarnathjee Yatra period by SASB and transferred the rights and duty for making arrangements to J&K tourism Departmen...
Any issue and people that divides J&K on communal lines should be defeated
A Look through the mist: Some people , particularly from Jammu Region, do allege that National Conference targets the Muslim sentiments in Kashmir for political survival . Surely such inferences would have deeply hurt Sheikh Abdullah, had he been with us today. But it appears that even Dr. Farooq...
Need has also arisen to treat J&K affairs above all the group politics
Need has arisen to work hard to even sustain the tradition of cordiality and togetherness. Amongst the people of J&K. Need has also arisen to treat J&K affairs above the group politics by all the political as well as social leaders of India. Common man of J&K has suffered enough at the hands o...
Congress, PDP , National Conference and Delhi should accept the ground realities
The Shri Amarnathji Yatra ( Kashmir ) has a history. For the past many many years it has been performed with active assistance of local Kashmiri Muslims. But so unfortunately now need has arisen to work hard to even sustain the tradition of cordiality and togetherness. The protests by the K...
Mainstream Leaders appear to play 2nd in Command to Separatists
(?) Question is ::::: Will the land use by the Tourism Department be different than what it was to be when the land was with the SASB ?.Surely it would not be. So one can well infer that it was not so simply an environment issue as is being projected by some earlier. Feeling local vote bank pressu...
Communalizing even the cultural issues would hurt any one
The Shri Amarnathji Yatra ( Kashmir ) has a history. It was always performed with active assistance of local Kashmiri Muslims. But so unfortunately now need has arisen to even sustain the tradition of cordiality and togetherness. Local leadership appears working vigorously to erode the tradition...
Valley Politicians are desperate to wickedly exploit the local sentiments looking at Elections.
Grand Mufti of the state, Mufti Muhammad Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad issued a fatwa (religious decree) on 25 June against the transfer of forest land to SASB. As per reports he alleged that it is a pre-planned conspiracy of New Delhi to change the demography of the state & erode Article 370 ; calling Kash...
Vohra has kept the confidence of both Vajpayee & Man Mohan Singh -- Need to set Priorities
Mr. N. N. Vohra was appointed GOI´s interlocutor on J&K by Vajpayee Government. Mr. Vohra later resigned on 25 May 2004 .But UPA Government did not accept his resignation .Then it appeared that UPA government was serious to settle the flares in J&K. Mr. Vohra has since remained associated...
Protests against Shri Amarnath Yatra :: Signals must be honestly received by Delhi
The protests against (i) the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (ii) diversion of 800 kanals of land ( government / forest land without forest ) to the management of SASB for better management of the Yatra , (iii ) expected increase of pilgrims to a million in coming years and half hearted suggestions lik...
Minorities in J&K Should be Indentified very Carefully
A wedge has already been hammered between the majority community of Kashmir Valley and the Hindu Migrants . A more disturbing recent development has been that a local organization of Jammu has recently resented by saying that when ever a leader like PM/ President/ Sonia visited J&K only packages...
Strengthening the Unity of Indian People
It is so painful that even Indian National Congress whose elders have given their all energies for strengthening the unity of Indian people are today in the front line to call for some programme in the name of religious minorities , particularly focusing on the Muslims. The Parsies, Jains , sects li...
The voluntary sector will have to take the social reconstruction
Wise people have rather now stopped reading stories released by CBI / Vigilance organizations on corrupt officers / politicians. The corruption in services and political sector has greatly helped the anti national elements / insurgents / Naxalites/ Maoists to motivate the common innocent economicall...
Demand for use of INDO-PAK currencies only in J&K questions 1947 Accession
Mufti Mohd Sayeed has demanded that GOI and Pakistan should allow the use of Both Indian and Pakistani currencies in J&K. In other words as per Mufti currencies of India and Pakistan should be operated in the territories of the erstwhile Princely State of Maharaja Hari Singh. debate for from where t...
Separatist leaders and views have lived comfortably over the years in Kashmir Valley
A Look Through the mist The so called separatist leadership has lived comfortably over the years in Kashmir Valley. New Delhi has been directly or indirectly providing them material and social support. The main reason one could see behind this had been intentions to find some means to stand politic...
India has to answer those who are opposed to talks with anti India elements
Political scenario has not changed much from what I could see in 2005. Three years have passed. Dialogue for what? Negotiations on what? Government of India has not yet clarified that what is the subject matter of talks for which any one including Hurriyat Conference other separatist elements ar...
When will some one come to flag off caravan of Kashmiri Pundits back to Valleys of Kashmir
Where are the Kashmir affairs heading to, is surely a billion dollar question today . The common man J&K feels more concerned about the affairs concerning the fracture of socio communal matrix of J&K than should they be concerned about promotion of trade, tourism and cultural relations across t...
Parliament should see that the benefits of reservations percolate to weak of SC/ST/OBC
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi wrote to the British viceroy, Lord Irwin that he would be compelled to break the unjust Salt Laws under which the British government was controlling the production distribution of salt. Gandhi responded to government´s non response with the Dandi March and that set t...
Social & Religious Leaders must come out of the clutches of the Politicians
As per a press release from the office of Prime Minister of India of 17 may 2007 Manmohan Singh reiterated his Government´s commitment to pursue effective Policies for the empowerment of Dalits, Tribals, Minorities, Other Backward Classes and women. Ofcourse he also asserted that if there ...
Politicians dare amending the Constitution to divide Indians into castes and sects
In India a race has been set up between castes , classes or communities to queue and lay claims gaining backward status. There appears to be a competition to assert more backwardness than others for seeking advantage of preference over others. The real malice could well be seen in the selfishnes...
J&K Commission for Minorities when appointed should first identify minorities at State Level
J&K has its own constitution and own requirements. Application of national level minority identification to States does not stand to the principles of natural justice Some signs are appearing as regards setting up of Minority Commission in J&K. As per some source information the Social Welfare an...
People of Pakistan Have paid enough price for having accepted two nation theory
Every other day Government of India had been coming up with statements expressing settlement of bitterness with Pakistan through the goods trade across the line of control. One would ask is LOC with Pakistan Occupied J&K an international border with India ? Has India accepted LOC as international ...
Mayawati under pressure to name decision of Meera Kumar as Dalit Virodi
In my coloumn ,"Will the clean water stay in the kamandal of Mayawati ?", I had said that "May 11 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election results have set all eyes on the change that has come in the mind set of the UP electorate. …Ofcourse it has to be seen that whether the change is a simple "boil" agai...
Masses from Jammu can only balance losses in Valley for Farooq Abdullah
During recent years Dr. Farooq Abdullah has remained more engaged in preparing grounds for standing to the challenges Mufti Mohd Sayeed´s J&K People´s Democratic Party could pose to National Conference in Kashmir valley. And after 2002 Indian National Congress has almost fallen flat...
Mohan Gandhi ne bhi Ram ka naam letae huae pran teyage thae
Aflast the Law Minister of India said on 12 September 2007 that he was himself a Ram Bakt and above all he was a Brahmin. He begged excuse for the mistakes done by the official machinery of union government while filing an affidavit before the Hon´ble Supreme Court of India in a case regardi...
Mayawati under pressure to name decision of Meera Kumar as Dalit Virodi
In my coloumn ,"Will the clean water stay in the kamandal of Mayawati ?", I had said that "May 11 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election results have set all eyes on the change that has come in the mind set of the UP electorate. …Ofcourse it has to be seen that whether the change is a simple "boil" agai...
Children of Those displaced from J&K in 1947 are still living in Confusion
Those were the days of 1947 winters. Kabailees had attacked the people and lands of , Bhimber Kotli, Deva Batala, Gilgit, Baltistan, Mirpur, Poonch aur Rajouri. It was an holocaust the people. The forces of Maharaja Hari Singh of J&K were too weak in men and materials to stand against the Kabae...
India has not even registered the Displaced Persons from Pakistan Occupied part of J&K
The displaced persons from area of Jammu and Kashmir as occupied by Pakistan have been the victim of neglect and technicalities. Most of the Pak Occupied area of J&K finally fell after Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession with independent Dominion of India .They have been sufferin...
Many have been damaging the interests of the people of J&K
Confusions in the minds of the local Kashmiries about nationalities have been no doubt created by some local Kashmiri leaders over the years. But it is also a hard fact that many other leaders and writers from India too have directly or indirectly worked through deeds for confusing the people ...
Human Rights of Security Forces
World over Human Rights day is observed on 10th December. It is day for introspection too by the Human Rights Activists. Are not we talking of rights of those who are Human ? Or we are taking of "Human Rights" of those who are not Human ? Are they Human who slit the throat and cut years of a inn...
They did not become militants because they are Indians.
While speaking in the Rajaya Sabha on 17-08-2006 Dr. Farooq Abdullah has questioned the Government of India on the steps being taken by it after Pakistan refused to grant permission to Kashmiri Pandits for visiting Hindu Shrines/ places of religious importance in Muzaffarabad. Dr. Man Mohan Singh ap...
Sheikh Mohd Abdullah too thought Of some thing like self rule in 1952-53.
In the words of Prof Balraj Madhok "Pakistan had made a mockery of the lawful accession of the Jammu & Kashmir state by Maharaja Hari Singh and asserted her claim to have a say in the future of the state". He had said in his book "Bunglings in Kashmir" about 33 years back. I may not agree with him...
Economic and educational weakness result into Social backwardness
Those who are today taking of manubaad and four vernas invented by manu too are playing in the hands of the enemy. They are being mis carried by the wrong concept that the enemy had created. In case Manu had divided the society only in four vernas i.e Brahmin, khashatriya, vesahya and shudra, the...
The loss suffered by Displaced Families from POJK Should be Made Good
Many people were forced by circumstances to flee from the areas of Jammu & Kashmir State that were raided by the tribal raiders in October 1947. As alleged by India those raiders were aided and abetted by Pakistan government and regular Pakistan defence forces. Pakistan has always refuted the Indi...
Those who were displaced from Pakistan Occupied part of Jammu and Kashmir State
Even after 60 years Government of India does not know the number of persons displaced from Pakistan Occupied part of Jammu and Kashmir State. The displaced persons from area of Jammu and Kashmir as occupied by Pakistan have been the victim of neglect and technicalities. Most of the Pak Occupied a...
People of Jammu & Kashmir have seen Six Decades of Uncertainty
Mountbatten, the Governor General of India , formally accepted the Instrument Accession on 27 Oct and returned a copy of instrument under cover of a letter to Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir . The First contingent of Indian troops landed at Srinagar airport in the morning of 27 Oct 1947....
Indian Minorities in Punjab, J&K , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland & Sikim given unfair treatment
In the GUIDELINES for implementation of Indiian Prime Minister´s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities it is stated that the target group of the programme consists of the eligible sections among the minorities ( viz, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (P...
GEO-ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER OF MAHARAJA´S JAMMU & KASHMIR
Mr. K.M. Panikar says in book: Gulab Singh: Founder of Kashmir (London- Martin Hopkinson 1930) :- "In a century barren of historical achievements in India, Gulab Singh stands out as a solitary figure of political eminence…. He is the only ruler in India´s long history who could be said to ha...
Why ban only dance bars, there are many other trades ??
Acts that are termed as immoral are those that adversely affect the quality of life and social standards of a community and hence ultimately even the economy and security of a country. It is a hard fact that the forced prostitution, the illegal extra marital sexual relations and the like acti...
Unanswered Questions on Accession of J&K with Indian Dominion
A close look at the Instrument Accession that Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & Kashmir signed on 26 October 1947 and as was accepted by Governor General of India , Lord Mountbatten of Burma, on behalf of Government of Indian Dominion on 27th October 1947 would reveal that very vital questions remai...
Delay in decision on Accession of J&K with India or Pakistan
One who is seriously concerned about the welfare of the people of Indian of State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K ) would surely ask : . Why was the Indian Congress so much for Sheikh Mohd Abdullah in 1940s where as it should have been more for timely Accession of J&K with Indian Dominion ( Bharat) or ot...
Greater Autonomy - National Conference's medication for Jammu & Kashmir: How will it medicate?
National Conference nearly shelved the issue of Greater Autonomy during the days of Indira Gandhi. National Conference had revived the issue of Greater Autonomy again through the political resolution adopted in 1994 and there after through the resolution passed unanimously by J&K Legislativ...
There are Many who Lack Understanding on J&K affairs
Problems in J&K have been referred as Kashmir Dispute by some writers and opinion makers even from with in India. Such people easily come in news . And the dispute ofcourse is surely referred as being between India and Pakistan. And any dispute between India and Pakistan involving Kashmir co...
Only Return of Migrants an Ensure Peace and Unity Amongst the People
35 Kashmiri Pundit children of Govt Migrant Higher Secondary school were taken to Kashmir valley for 10 days on 29 June 2007 to visit the lands , fields and villages of the Valley. All the children were born after 1989 migration . Some may feel proud for having conducted the visit. But surely i...
J&K has been the victim of Personal Ambitions since 1947
In an interview to Doordarshan on 5-04-2005 Srinagar Lt.(Retd) S. K. Sinha Governor of J&K while describing the then proposed opening of Uri Muzaffarabad road a s an event of great personal significance to him as he was among the few who witnessed its closure on 14 November 1947 had also referre...
At last Maharaja Hari Singh Had to Quit the State of Jammu & Kashmir
In May 1946 Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah’s National Conference launched Quit Kashmir Movement. The call given by Sheikh Abdullah did not carry the support of leadership of Indian National Congress at the national level. But Sheikh did have the support of Jawahar Lal Nehru. Sheikh’s call had surprised t...
Hope clean water stays in the kamandal of Mayawati
Mayawati the Chief Minister of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh and President of Bahujan Samaj Party has come with a difference . Congress leadership in believes that some one from only Nehru family can ultimately hold to the reins and indirectly Man Mohan Singh has introduced Rahul Gandhi as ...
Kashmir that would have been lost in 1947 itself
The love and lust that Nehru showed for Sheikh Abdullah, the closeness that Nehru had with Mountbatten and the manner in which Nehru supported the Quit Kashmir movement that Sheikh Abdullah ‘s NC launched in May/ June 1946 have agitated many minds. Quit Kashmir movement of Sheikh Mohd Abdullah w...
Debates on Ramayan and Ram setu should be stopped
Human rights of others are violated when the tolerance levels dip low. Sh. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the then President of India, in his speech after accepting the Indira Gandhi Memorial Gold Medal ( as constituted by the Asiatic Society in 1985 as a mark of gratitude to Indira Gandhi) said on13-3-1985...
Except Dr Farooq Abdullah no Kashmiri leader has a clear Agenda to present
The political leaders from Jammu & Kashmir (India) have all these years preferred to keep the common man guessing. To be precise, have kept the common man in confusion. It is a hard reality that leaders belonging to Kashmiri Region of J&K have been more relevant for Government of India all these...

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