A Morning | Experienced by Kashmiri

“Don’t you dare take your f~~~~~~ car out through the gate or I’ll shoot you”, shouted the CRPF man through the slit of our gate. It was an ideal morning straight out from the pages of a novel the breeze was cool , the sun was out but it promised warmth instead of heat. The heat had already been surrendered to the advent of September. I had risen early. My feet had taken me straight to the bathroom for a bath that I wouldn’t need. After a breakfast that consisted of nothing but salt tea and leftover pieces of bread from the never-had Eid celebrations. It was a strange combination-this tea, it was rosy and almost shiny when you looked at it but it was salty to taste. How representative of the place it belongs to. The only thing that bothered me on such a beautiful morning was the morning itself , mornings herald days and the last three months had taught me to love the morning but fear the day. As I sat with a china cup in my hand my gaze wandered out of the window towards the skyline. High above the surrounding structures stood a minaret , a minaret of no or inconsequential beauty. No azan was sounded from it. But it was still built. The minaret belongs to the mosque , the mosque built over the resting place of Sheikh Dawood Sahib aka ‘Batamaal Saeb’ . A saint of the highest order whom a poet praised thus:

Mc Kash "i Protest" Exclusive

I Swear To Speak The TRUTH , An' Nathn' But The TRUTH. "MC KASH"

MC Kash , Represents A Kashmiri Struggle. A Struggle To Speak An' To Get Heard. Straight From The Heart Of Kashmir , Srinagar , MC Kash Has Witnessed 'Nuff To Put It Down In his Rhymes An' Keep Marchin' Forward. Real Name , Roushan Illahi , Born In Da Era Of Massacres An' Armed Struggle (1990) , Has A Hope Of Influencin' Those Who Support Reality An' Truth.
"Flashbacks Seek Redemption If Lies Make Up Yo Personality. Paranoid To The Point Of Seein' Yo Dead Mother Spittin' In Yo Face An' You Call It Sprituality?"

No Excuse Here | Ibrahim Wani Questions Some Kashmiri Students

Schools and colleges are shut down for over two months now, but many students say that is no excuse to stop studying. Self study is their mantra. Ibrahim Wani reports.

Initially he was confused. But after the first ten days Sheikh Rahil realized the curfews and shutdowns are going to continue. So he made up his mind.

The only option available was to self study. And so he did.

A student of class 12, Rahil is not alone. His friend Haseeb Ashai too has a similar story to narrate.

“Honestly speaking, the protests have had no effect on my education. Hartal or no hartal, it is finally up to a person himself what he or she wants to do with his time.”

Though they have not been able to go to school, both Rahil and Haseeb, who harbour dreams of becoming engineers, have not let this come in their way. The friends helped each other and at other times sought advice from a tutor living in the vicinity.

POLICE PEOPLE RELATIONS

The word Police now has become synonymous with Terror, Torture, Corruption, Killings and Intimidation. The once sacred word which upheld the notion of human rights, rule of law and protected life and property is now a much hated word in the Valley. During past they were the enforcers of whims of kings and emperors and now of the State. They were always atrocious on poor kashmiris be it the Dogra soldiers and now the State Police and its various agencies.

Since the partition of the subcontinent and valley’s alignment with India, Police and its agencies always played dubious role which made them infamous and hated in the eyes of masses. From 1947-1953 Police was used to silence and torture the dissent, who wanted either independence or accession to Pakistan. From 1953 the tables turned and yesterday’s rulers were today’s paupers and traitors and police aligned to those at the helm of affairs. Qadir Ganderbali and his Peace Brigade still sends shivers down the spine of dissident Political Activists. After that others from Ganderbali took the reins and continued to torture and heap atrocities especially on political dissidents.

Facebook n Hartals | Alec Smart "koshurpinta" way

Ever wonder what Alec Smart "Koshurpinta" has to say about frequent Curfews and Hartals in kashmir. And what would he comment in his own style about the plight of Kashmiri youth using facebook? specially during the days of ongoing turmoil in kashmir. Well to be honest i am not that much good when it comes to Alec Smart as much my dear Friend Mamoon is so i decided to leave it upto him. I am sure he would come up with some stuff from Alec Smart on facebook and Kashmir.