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 11:04 | 14/May/2008
Politics of dual currency
Peerzada Arshad HamidSrinagar People's Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to come up with a detailed draft on its much hyped proposal 'Self-rule', that the party kicked up a storm after suggesting introduction of dual currency in state as well Pakistan administered Kashmir. The need for introducing dual currency was felt by PDP patron and former Chief M... more...
 15:18 | 5/May/2008
Azad's three years in office
Peerzada Arshad HamidSrinagarWhen Ghulam Nabi Azad took over as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on November 2, 2005, it marked the comeback of Congress rule in state after a gap of 30 long years.  After Azad took over the coveted post as part of power sharing agreement with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — a regional party — everyone viewed the... more...
 12:39 | 29/Apr/2008
Water at a cost
Peerzada Arshad HamidKhui (Baramulla) For the family of Ghulam Rasool Sheikh getting water for domestic use is an uphill task. Everyday the womenfolk in his house had to drive handcart to a neighbouring village, four kilometers away, to fill water in barrels and plastic tanks from a canal. Sheikh's family in village Aglar of Khui belt is just one a... more...
 00:44 | 23/Apr/2008
Reservations, and the debate goes on . ....
Peerzada Arshad HamidSrinagar Voices for and against the reservation are strong enough in this strife torn state of Jammu and Kashmir as well. The general category students in Medical and Engineering across the state are critical of the apex court’s decision and anger is palpable within these professional colleges.  With general category candidates... more...
 22:19 | 7/Feb/2008
Behind the names of houseboats
Peerzada Arshad Hamid Srinagar  Staying in the houseboats is a unique experience and equally unique are the tales behind the foreign names displayed on these houseboats as sign boards.  For 1200 odd houseboats inside the serene waters of Dal Lake, Nigin Lake and Chinar Bagh here, the names that identify them have interesting stories attached to the... more...
 23:51 | 27/Jan/2008
Rising pollution endangers villagers
Peerzada Arshad Hamid Islamabad/Anantnag Continuous haze, round the clock deafening noise and a beeline of trucks is all one can see in the vicinity of stone crushers set up at village Bumthan. Inhabitants of the village continue to suffer because of the ill–effects caused by these stone crushers that as per villagers have made their life ‘hell’.  ... more...
 00:18 | 19/Jan/2008
Roadside barbers- a living legend
Peerzada Arshad HamidAnantnag Forty five-year-old Abdul Salam Hajam is one among the 20 other barbers, who have set up their makeshift shops under the open sky in the General Bus Stand here to earn the livelihood. He along with his other fellows regularly reaches the bus stand at 9 in the morning and leaves the place around 5 in the evening. Huddle... more...
 00:01 | 13/Jan/2008
Uproar over colleges
Peerzada Arshad Hamid SrinagarThe recent decision of government to open 18 new degree colleges across J&K has caught government on wrong foot. Facing severe criticism from people, the government’s move is likely to backfire in the coming assembly elections, later this year. Experts in the valley too are aghast over what they say “politicisation” of... more...
 13:21 | 7/Jan/2008
Bouquets and Brickbats
Peerzada Arshad HamidSrinagar It is quite heartening for me that so many people visit my blog “kashmirnews” on rediff and have something to say. My previous post - sewerage workers in Srinagar- was an effort to highlight the plight of people involved in the in human job. Their pathetic work conditions and the risks involved in making our cities wor... more...
 23:43 | 31/Dec/2007
The world of Half widows
Peerzada Arshad HamidSrinagar Caught in the twilight of conflict, women are the worst kind of sufferers in the ongoing insurgency in Kashmir . Because, of their deeper attachment with their families, womenfolk silently continue to bear the burnt of violence directly as well as indirectly.  While some mourn the killings of their dear ones, others ye... more...
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 shiva r | 18:34 | 22/Feb/2008
Friends: (200)  | City: srinagar  | Interests: making friends, m...
A Note
Its been a while I havent stepped into iland...well it was sheer laziness..tho I did see a couple of posts..commented on quite a few...I have made some good friends ..who as of now only send fwd mails..lol.I am wary of gettin too close lest I falter...I do not intend to be be very open too due to personal / service constraints.And to make matters m...  more...
 s | 17:17 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (159)  | City: Kanpur  | Interests: music,writting,pa...
Age
                In thirty years you will have money. In forty years you will have fame. In fifty years you will have gray hair in sixty years you will have sweet grandchild name.  more...
 pankaj jain | 12:34 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (144)  | City: Agra  | Interests: Music, Chatting ,...
petrol price
Over the weekend, I filled up my car's fuel tank, and I thought petrol has become really expensive after the recent price hike. But then I compared it with other common liquids and did some quick calculations, and I felt a little better. To know why, see the results below – you'll be surprised at how outrageous some other prices are!   Petrol (regu...  more...
 ekantapadhika | 09:38 | 29/Apr/2008
Friends: (152)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: sab kuchh aur kuc...
Yeh Duniya Agar Mil bhi jaaye tho kya ha...
Yeh mahalon, yeh takhton, yeh taajon ki duniyaYeh insaan ke dushman samajon ke duniyaYeh daulat ke bhookhen rivajon ke duniyaYeh duniya agar mul bhi jaayen tho kya hai? Har ek jism hai ghayal, hare ek rooh pyaasiNigahon me uljhan, dilon me udaasiYeh duniya hai ya aalam-badhawaasiYeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye tho kya hai? Jahan ek khilona hai insaan...  more...
 PRAVIN KALA | 13:54 | 29/Apr/2008
Friends: (354)  | City: Aurangabad  | Interests: EVERYTHING FOR HA...
TRY BEST..............
लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,क 79;शिश करने वालों की कभी हार ...  more...
 Sameera Nandi | 16:35 | 13/May/2008
Friends: (261)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Movies, music, re...
Sky is falling
Wondering what to write as a follow-up to my post with maximum number of comments. It is not for nothing that they say “sex sells”. Sex definitely provokes comments JIt feels great to have so many people and so many viewpoints. The general view being that “it’s your choice, do whatever makes you happy”. That is what I think, too. There are many oth...  more...
 cathy | 12:29 | 14/May/2008
Friends: (108)  | City: philippines  | Interests: music
HOW DID YOU KNOW
I remember so wellThe day that you came into my lifeYou asked for my nameYou had the most beautiful smileMy life started to changeI'd wake up each day feeling alrightWith you right by my sideMakes me feel things will work out just fineHow did you knowI needed someone like you in my lifeThat there's an empty space in my heartYou came at the right ti...  more...
 Binu Abraham | 14:11 | 30/Apr/2008
Friends: (794)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Reading
Check ur mobile is original or not
Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the-international mobile equipment identity number appears. It is a 15 digit serial number. Then check the 7th and 8th numbers:IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 02 or 20 this means your cell phone was assembled in Gray market which is very Bad qualityIF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 08 or 80 this mean...  more...
 kamalesh | 07:42 | 12/Feb/2008
Friends: (345)  | City: Madurai  | Interests: chatting
online earnings only for indians
Dear friends,                    All of you listen me. easy way online earning business in india for indians only. my earning growth starts from January.Rs.140/=only is your investment it gives life long income.If you like visit:www.skamarajan.cash2all.com    more...
 datanentrygo | 07:49 | 19/Mar/2008
Friends: (302)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: computerjobs
Jobs of editorial proofreading.
Jobs of editorial proofreading. Editorial proofreaders they can also recommend changes in word choice or inappropriate punctuation. Jobs of editorial proofreading. http://jobcenter.webs.com/pr.htm  more...
 sohamswami | 09:46 | 8/May/2008
Friends: (652)  | City: HIMALAYAS  | Interests: TO SEARCH THE ETE...
SEARCHING FOR TRINA
DAYS AFTER DAYS,NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, I HAVE SEARCHED FOR HER IN VAIN.EVERY NEURON OF MY BRAIN LONGED FOR HER,AND EVERY VEIN AND ARTERY THROBBEDIN MY DREAM,IN MY SENSES,IN MY AWAKENINGS,IN MY FEELINGS, SHE REMAINSSO NEAR YET SO FAR .I LONG FOR HER LAUGHTER,TO TOUCH  HER HAIR,LIPS,SMELL....THROUGH THE RAIN DROPS ON MY BODY,THROUGH THE SUNSHINE ENGULFIN...  more...
 kartik shriv... | 18:09 | 9/Mar/2008
Friends: (486)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: writing poetries ...
Salam Bhopal..............
Dec. 2-3, 1984-The Bhopal Gas Tragedy........One Of The Biggest Disasters in the World in Which More Than 20,000 People Were Killed and More Than 170,000 Were SEVERELYAFFECTED........It Has Been 23 Years Since Then But the Effect of thatDisaster is Still Continuing.......Here are Few Lines Dedicated to AllWho Were Affected by This Disaster...........  more...
 kishor Jagirdar | 03:15 | 6/May/2008
Friends: (124)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: adventure sports,...
Emerging global food crisis - A wake up ...
From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the spectres of hunger and unrest, experts warn. A billion people in Asia are seriously affected by the surging costs of daily staples such as rice and bread, the director general of the Asian Development Bank, R...  more...
 Baldeo Pandey | 00:47 | 14/Apr/2008
Friends: (1208)  | City: Chandigarh  | Interests: Trust ...
Bhod Gyalo!
At Jantar Mantar….Rising fists…. Bhod Gyalo! Bhod Gyalo!Manju Ka Tila…..Dreaming eyes….. Rangzen! Rangzen!Fort Kochi...‘Torch of Shame without flame’,Hey! Sino Monsters! Bodies could be butchered,Not souls….Frightened sinners,Blood licking beasts…Frustrated to see…Sons and daughters of soil committed for ultimate sacrifices…In Amdo, Kham, Machu, Pa...  more...
 Ritesh Gupta | 15:12 | 6/May/2008
Friends: (28)  | City: Agra  | Interests: Internet, Music &...
That is fact. Brain is the most outstanding organ. It work for 24hrs and 365 days, right from that time you born until you fall in love…. SHAKESPIER  more...
 lalit mohan | 12:54 | 5/Nov/2007
Friends: (15)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Photography, musi...
Intro
I have interest in p hotography, music, trekking, traveling, singing, swimming, dancing, driving and eating.   So the like minded people around the whole globe show there interest and share there interesting adventures with me and take me along sharing there expereinces. So get started to travel into the journey. Lalit  more...
 24by7 | 18:27 | 10/May/2008
Friends: (134)  | City: Mumbai Mere Jaan  | Interests: everything & anyt...
Mothers Day
"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."     more...
 Sunil Meshram | 15:22 | 8/Jan/2008
Friends: (315)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: everything that m...
Most Honourable OCCUPATION !!!
IF SANITATION work in India brings with it untouchability, disease and death, why then do the Dalits not just give it up? At the least, why can’t they go on strike and ask for better working conditions? It is not that they did not try. In Delhi’s Balmiki Bara in Aryapura, Rajinder Kumar, a Delhi Jal Board sewer worker, offers us some non-textbook h...  more...
 vira | 11:29 | 2/May/2008
Friends: (1601)  | City: Nagpur  | Interests: music,photography...
Regular cars are better Reasons why regular cars are far superior than Formula One racing cars No door... I mean, people have to climb in. Actually, ANYBODY can climb in and steal it. Pffft! No roof... The people who drive these things are left open to the elements. Like, even convertible cars have something you can pull over your head. No radio (A...  more...
 Vikas Vij | 18:16 | 3/May/2008
Friends: (524)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Everything
The "Rice" Crisis
First, a Persian couplet:Gar na beenad barooz-e-shapparah chashm Chashma'e aaftaab ra cheh gunaah If a bat cannot see the brightness of the dayThe blame for this cannot be put upon the sun THE "RICE" CRISISIn her remarks at a Peace Corps Conference earlier this week, Condolezza Rice listed the following 4 causes for the looming food crisis in the U...  more...
 rahat sayyad | 20:30 | 13/Jun/2007
Friends: (60)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: music,religious,p...
WHAT U WISH HAD KNOWN SOONER.....
                                                         1} Alwayz stay after class or work becoz thas where connections r made2}while driving a car thru a gate,always,ALWAYS,make sure the gate is open ! the consequences may be fatal to ur car3}just b'coz some one flirt's with u incessantly doesn't necessarily mean he or she  likes you4}don't ever ...  more...
 Mahen Mishra | 13:27 | 6/May/2008
Friends: (245)  | City: Rourkela  | Interests: being in and arou...
Very very touching....
Hi friends,I got this in my mail and after reading this I could not stop tears to fall from my eyes. I don"t know wether it is true or just a story but its really very very touching story. I wish its just a imaginative story.================================================= ===================================The boy couldn"t have been more than 5 or...  more...