Abdul Ghani Bhat

‘Professor’ Bhat was caged by circumstances of his own making

Abdul Ghani Bhat, a leading Kashmiri separatist, co-founded the MUF and chaired the Hurriyat Conference. His life was marked by decades of separatist involvement, political maneuvering, and personal tragedies. He died at 90, his health and influence diminished over time.

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My now-banned book brought out many startling revelations

My now-banned book brought out many startling revelations

Ever since my book, In Search of a Future was banned on Wednesday, people have been asking what it says. Relatively few know, for it…

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Intel and wrong strategic framing hamstrung IAF on 7 May

As bits of information, including videos, dribbled in on 7 May, one realised that some IAF planes seemed to have been hit. Amid the booms…

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Did India leap up the escalation ladder to force Pakistan down?

If one looks at the war-like moves last week as a chess game, several bits of evidence suggest that India knocked a slew of Pakistani…

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A witches’ cauldron of divisive memories stirred in J&K’s assembly

The debate over 13 July 1931 and Maharaja Hari Singh in the J&K Assembly risks polarizing Jammu and Kashmir, echoing past unrest like the Amarnath land row (2008) and Burhan Wani’s killing (2016). With opposing narratives from PDP’s Waheed Para and BJP’s Sunil Sharma, tensions could escalate into another summer of agitations.

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Kashmiri Pandits reject Mirwaiz’s deceptive outreach

SRINAGAR: Youth 4 Panun Kashmir (Y4PK) and Panun Kashmir have unequivocally denounced Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s insincere outreach regarding the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits, calling it…

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