Posts Tagged by Kashmir
Mr. Chief Minister, is it because children cannot vote?
| August 30, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Politics |
12-year old Faizan Sofi was arrested, tried in an normal court, sent to a so-called juvenile home where he was allegedly harassed and humiliated. Faizan was released on bail but mentally tortured and intimidated ever since. His mother is in a state of shock and his father has advised him to skip school for a…
Hazrat Ameer-e-Kabeer (RA)
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Islam, Kashmir |
Content, Source: Myasa Photos by Rizwan Shah. Click below to get involved. Education Syed Hamdani came from an educated family. He was intelligent and quick of mind, and read the holy Qu’Oran, under the care of his maternal uncle, Hazrat Ala-Uddin and from him too he took his lessons on subjects outer and intrinsic…
A minor girl ended her life. With her, died our conscience and journalistic ethics.
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Politics, Women |
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[fblike] Quite a few days back, I wrote about how conveniently we choose to outrage over a few issues and ignore others. A 16-year old girl was gangraped in Baramulla but it did not make front page news. It was slyly pushed to the 9th page of a leading daily in Kashmir. I received…
When do we stop bullying our women?
| July 23, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Shehla Rashid in Print, Women |
[fblike] We suppress them, we torture them, we abuse them; yet we expect them to be obedient, modest and quiet. Being a woman in Kashmir means that you have to face to harassment on a daily basis, yet be quiet about it. You are an epitome of patience, modesty and subservience; complaining about your…
Book Review : The Moslems Are Coming
| June 19, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Book Review, Islam, Kashmir, Politics |
Buy from Flipkart: Rs. 239 This book is not a novel. It is not a highly academic work with footnotes and extensive bibliography that would probe stereotypes about Muslims. It isn’t even all about Muslims, as you’d like to think, or, as the deliberately mischievous title makes you think. Satire and raw humour has…
A desire to design
| June 11, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Fashion, Kashmir, Shehla Rashid in Print |
With the launch of Kashmir’s first designer clothing store at Raj Bagh, Zubair Kirmani, a Delhi-based Kashmiri designer, has made his entry into this blue ocean market of the valley. He has been nominated for the Woolmark International Prize. He speaks to Shehla Rashid about his motivation, vision and future plans. KL: What inspired you…
Sufism On, Extremism Gone
| June 11, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Politics, Shehla Rashid in Print |
[fblike] Quite a few years back, it was politically fashionable to talk about “Kashmiriyat” – the simplistic assumption that Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir have coexisted peacefully for centuries (without any particular emphasis on the social and economic compulsions that forced such coexistence). The government would issue radio and TV ads asking people to…
Objects of Desire
| May 8, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Fashion, Kashmir, Shehla Rashid in Print |
[fblike] They are flaunted before tourists as a part of Kashmiri culture, but how many Kashmiris actually treasure their jeweled traditions? analyses Shehla Rashid who asks, “are these remnants of a lost civilization, or lost elements of a civilization?”
Where are Kashmir’s youth leaders?
| April 19, 2012 | Posted by Shehla Rashid under Kashmir, Politics |
[fblike] Where are Kashmir’s young people? A lot of excitement surrounded Akhilesh Yadav’s rise to power as he became the youngest serving Chief Minister of an Indian state, dispossessing Omar Abdullah who formerly held the distinction. It is ironic that Omar, formerly the youngest serving Chief Minister, hails from a state where youth politics,…
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