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Date: 20 Jan 2012
Current News: You were an active member of JKLF but what forced you to launch the KNP in London.
Shabir Choudhry: JKLF was formed in Birmingham, England in 1977, and I was among its founders. The JKLF believed in a united and independent Jammu and Kashmir free from both countries, and of course from China as well.
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Date: 9 Jan 2012
Kashmiri Traditional Performing Arts have witnessed a severe decline from the last couple of decades, but some artists like Ali Mohammad Bhagat have dedicated their entire lives to keep the tradition alive. 85 year old Ali Mohammad Bhagat has been nominated with 50 eminent artists of India for the prestigious Tagore Ratna Award for his services to the Folk Tradition of Bande Paether.
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Date: 21 Dec 2011
Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami is the seasoned politician of Jammu & Kashmir State. He is the senior most figure of “Leftist Politics “ in the J&K State. Tarigami is the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jammu and Kashmir state committee secretary. He represents the Kulgam assembly constituency in the Jammu & Kashmir legislative assembly.
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Date: 29 Oct 2011
Jammu and Kashmir, senior Congress leader and Minister for Irrigation and PHE Taj Mohi-ud-Din is considered as the senior mainstream politician of the Jammu & Kashmir State. He has enjoyed quiet an impressive political career. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the year 2002 from Uri constituency of Baramulla district and became a minister. He had again won from the same constituency in the 2008 Assembly elections. He joined Congress Party in 1986.
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Date: 29 Sep 2011
* “Forests in J&K under pressure”
* “JK seeks involvement of expert groups to save Green Gold water bodies”
* “Pollution of water resources, air pollution and deforestation putting unwanted stress on wild flora and fauna”
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Date: 15 Aug 2011
Interview with Radha Kumar, an interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir.
Prof. Radha Kumar, who offered to resign from the panel of three interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, is working towards completing the group's final report.
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Date: 6 Aug 2011
The story of Kashmiri Pandits is an extraordinarily difficult one to tell. Indeed, understanding the experience of the Pandits, caught between Kashmir's Muslim majority and the ambitions of the Indian state, is an intricate affair.
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Date: 6 Aug 2011
Author Mridu Rai about how the minority Hindu community fits into the Kashmir dispute.
The story of Kashmiri Pandits is an extraordinarily difficult one to tell.
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Date: 24 Jul 2011
Sajad Lone surprised many in Kashmir when he announced to contest the Parliamentary elections in 2009. According to him, the move to join the mainstream ranks was a strategic one, which will help him in achieving his goal through legitimate institutions of India.
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Date: 17 Jul 2011
Senior separatist leader, Moulana Abbas Ansari took the political circles in the valley by surprise when he met the team of interlocutors. The move irked Hurriyat Conference (M) which suspended its constituent party led by Ansari- Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen only to revoke the decision later.
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Date: 16 Jul 2011
Sanjay Kak: I think I have this dual identity both as a Kashmiri and as an Indian. As an Indian I would be very concerned about the growing militarisation of our society.
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Date: 30 May 2011
Having achieved the goal of killing of Al Qaeda supreme leader Osama bin Laden, avenging 9/11 terrorist attack, an end game is likely to begin in Afghanistan and in the Middle East.
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Date: 30 May 2011
SRINAGAR, May 30: Taking an exception to inordinate delay in delivering justice in Jaleel Andrabi murder case, a City Court today directed the authorities including Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to make every endeavour to extradite the accused Major Avtar Singh reportedly residing in United States of America.
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Date: 29 May 2011
MUZAFFARABAD: Hizb-ul-Mujahideen supreme commander and United Jehad Council (UJC) chief Syed Salahuddin has said that in principle he was not against a dialogue on Kashmir but “India has to accept that it is a tripartite issue.”
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Date: 26 May 2011
LT GEN (RETD) HAMID GUL, a hardliner on Indo-Pak ties, was in charge of ISI operations against the Soviets in Afghanistan. He is said to have played a pivotal role in training the mujahideen. He served as ISI chief from 1987-89, mainly during Benazir Bhutto’s tenure as prime minister. Excerpts from a telephonic interview.
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Date: 18 May 2011
Compiled by : Irfan S. Kashmiri
Syed Ali Shah Geelani is a veteran Kashmiri politician. Presently, he heads the Tehrik-e Hurriyat-e Jammu Kashmir. He talks about the Kashmir conflict and its possible solution in this exclusive interview with Yoginder Sikand.
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Date: 1 May 2011
By Junaid Rashid | The Honour Magazine
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in an exclusive interview with Honour, has rejected the reports about his plans to appoint his son Dr. Naeem Geelani as successor saying such premises are based on ignorance about Islamic way of politics.
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Date: 21 Apr 2011
Interview with Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Kashmir Watch exclusive
Feb 23, 2011
Syed Ali Shah Geelani is among the astute leaders of the valley who supports "Right to Self Determination" and "Freedom" of Jammu & Kashmir from India. This octogenarian leader hails from Sopore, Kashmir and holds a key position in All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G). In 2010 he launched "Quit Kashmir Movement" against Indian rule which lasted for several months mostly with shutdowns and strikes.
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Date: 21 Apr 2011
India has been able to side-step human rights conventions through a series of special laws for their armed forces.
Azad Essa
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