Two telephone lines were opened Thursday, prompting locals, mostly women, to line up at the DC office in Srinagar to call children staying outside J&K.
Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
What do you mean by MODI GOVERNMENT….say your government….as a citizen of this country…..it reflects your hypocrisy …..don’t preach law ….legality …. constitution…..this Chaos is created by your party……you could have written just a para on this issue….better you focus on writing a book on bankruptcy and downfall of Congress and join BJP,this party needs writers of your calliber…don’t best your time and brain on showing loyalty to this damaged regime of Congress party
The real authoritarianism was “when Nehru didn’t allow state funeral for the ex-president Rajinder Prasad”. It was when “Indira Gandhi manipulated the defeat of the official Congress party nominee Dr Sanjiva Reddy for Presidentship”. It was when ” Prime Minister Manmohan used to touch the feet of Rahul and Sonia”. I’m not touching “emergency”. Modi followed the complete democratic process of passing the Abrogation bill is Parliament and it was failure of your party that, not to speak of other opposition, even your own party persons voted for Modi.
Mr.tharroor must understand that Kashmir muslims are misguided by pak muslims &their Punjabi Muslim military to creat turmoil in lndia through Kashmir youngsters by their militants vim military madrassas near loc,wherePak lsl& military &jihadi training is given to young pok kashmiri &their blood relationship in j&k., that’s costing innocent lives of somany civilian &lndian army have to counter these atrocious actions of Pak to export.terror.to even Western countries through osamas still exists.pak don’t want Peace & that’s evident for last 70yrs as Congress failed to save somany civilians in the country sticking on to old 370 articles,unable to solve Kashmir problem. unless Pak.is silenced Kashmir problem. can’t be solved.
I think somewhere along the line , we , perhaps , are not interested in appreciating the requirement of 370 at that juncture of post independence in relation to what ‘ Kashmir was ‘ and it’s identity in relation to India and Pakistan including the treaty signed by the then PM of India and Maharaja Hari Singh — we have come a long way since then and successive govts in Kashmir have failed to protect the said identity of Kashmir ( it’s exclusiveness ) including paving a way for it’s merger with the union of India . Overnight moves in total secrecy , clamping curfews , arresting leaders , transferring prisoners and putting the Armed Forces on hight alert with a large scale deployment of PMF have only created serious doubts amongst many and has annoyed our ‘ lovely neighbour ‘ tremendously resulting in a massive build up by him also so as to internationalize the issue to it’s advantage . Bold moves do involve risk but was it worth it , the coming days will tell us . As far as Legality goes , Shashi is right when he says that let the Honourable Supreme Court decide — and yes please stop hounding people as far as their personal lives are concerned —- I think the investigating / law enforcing agencies are doing their job fairly well as regards the death of the said high profile politician’s wife’s death . Incidentally , I do not know any politician of any party including not having met anyone / not inclined to meet , eithier .
A very bold step. For a long time, the J&K remained in a state of turmoil. The people there were always insecure. The relationship with the neighbors boiling. Doesn’t the people of J&K deserve peace. India for a long time used one method and was not effective for decades. Now another Government think of another method; time alone can say if this method works. However, there are legal and constitutional impropriety involved; those aspects need to be overcome.
Any legislation passed in parliament by tharoor definition is parliamentary authoritarianism or majoritarian. That is exactly what democracy is about.use English carefully than bombastically is the advice to the literate fools.
Please read Article 147 of J&K constitution. The Article 147(c) says that J&K legislative assembly cannot make amendment to J&K constitution which affects J&K relation with Indian Constitution.
So this article is to safeguard interests of Indian state not the opposite as suggested by the author. It prevents J&K assembly to ends its relationship with India on their own, but doesn’t curtails the power of Indian state to change its relationship with J&K.
Now Mr. Shashi Tharoor,
How looong we Indians (if you consider yourself “ONE”) should tolerate the local Political Leadership sitting on our heads and trying to piss in our Ears????
Print should be banned in India..are u with Pakistan on Kashmir or India… take a stand today n prove ur an Indian orgn… understand ur issues with PM, but Mr Shekar Gupta ur journalism has stooped to such a level that now when most opposition too supported the Govt on article 370 , ur still writing this this shit..u must be arrested to check if ur orgn is funded by any isi affiliated organisations..
The author is indeed a very learned politician. The argument that people of the state viz. J&K needed to be consulted is required to be interpreted in a democratic fashion. The people of J&K have been electing their representatives ever since the first general election in India. Under the fig leaf of ‘370’ the state leadership, however, has been robbing a large section of the common citizens residing in J&K of the very basic provisions of the constitution of India of which J&K is an integral part; pray Why? They have always been betraying separatist tendencies, some day some one had to call this bluff! Now that it has been done, the reasons advanced by the home minister in Lok Sabha are required to be addressed, if diplomat in Mr. Shashi Tharoor is still wanting to defend why ‘370’ was not abrogated by previous congress governments. The fact is, it was a much required action in the interest of entire nation and it must be welcomed. Congress party should actually say SORRY to large number of citizens of J&K, and then accept the abrogation whole heartedly as all nationalists are doing. Thank You!
Sir, today very few ppl are seen standing with the right.. thanku for being a voice of sanity in ghis growing madness..i have 1 question vis a vis the kashmir issue.. and that is why is the supreme court not taking this issue up.. why are the lives of so many people so cheap.. why is no protest happening for them.. why are they alone in this struggle..
Oh dear. Another example of the vaunted defeatist Indian mentality, cultured in the historic laboratory of endless, past defeats. Grow some spine Mr Tharoor. When it is time to mend or even break archaic laws break them. The future belongs to the bold, not to the furtive.
Before Tharoor decides the call the abolition of 370 a constitutional fraud, he may well review the frauds committed by British in league with Gandhi, Nehru and Congress to divide India. Let him also not forget the way Indira Gandhi abolished the princely titles and privileges. Was that in compliance with either the letter or the spirit to the erstwhile rulers? The professional achievements of Tharoor aside, let him be reminded of the Indian sentiment – Existence of Pakistan, it’s occupation of POK and all arguments in support are a constant reminder of the British atrocities committed on people of India in league with Gandhi – Nehru and subsequent Gandhi delinquents. It has been aptly articulated by Tharoor on different fora. The resolution of this issue will come with TOTAL integration of India. Rest is all – ‘bakchodi’.
With this view he has removed himself from the possibility of being considered as Prime Minister of India.
Sad that he has fallen for loyalty to the party instead of standing by an united country.
Congress had 70 years to solve this problem they created, instead of bringing development and jobs to the region Shashi is talking politics.
This guy who is on bail for murdering his partner forgot to mention which parliament passed 35A . He will try to justify that I and only I is correct and all other Indians are stupid?
Ohh boy you guys in the Congress are so intent on pissing on yourselves!!!! Go on show the world how stupid you are Shashi!!!
As you said “Since I am not a lawyer, I decided to leave the debate to the courts and confined myself” stop writing about unconstitutionality and inlegality of Modi’s action.
The country is very much in need of eliminating terrorism. Only way that will happen is by changing the demography. Removing or eliminating 370 will get there, not today but for the next generation.
Shashi, This is exactly what Pakistan is also saying. Did you guys speak to each before writing this? The more Congress speak the language of Pakistan the more your party get decimated. Keep doing good work for Congress mukht Bharat.
Constitutional consultation with people of Kashmir is not relevant as most of the Hindus have been killed and over the years, Muslims have been infiltrated into Kashmir, thanks to the past Governments. Most important aspect is that Kashmir was anjintegral part of Hindu land India rather it includes not only PoK but even Pakistan itself.
Great. How did then Congress government bifurcate Andhra Pradesh unilaterally without consent of the Andhra Pradesh legislature? What happened to these arguments then?
If Modi government is authoritarian, Shashi Tharoor should had been arrested and put in Tihar Jail for murdering Sunanda Pushkar. Congress current stand on 370 would reduce it’s MP tally to 4 in 2024. In coming state Elections , Congress will be severally punished by People.
What do you mean by MODI GOVERNMENT….say your government….as a citizen of this country…..it reflects your hypocrisy …..don’t preach law ….legality …. constitution…..this Chaos is created by your party……you could have written just a para on this issue….better you focus on writing a book on bankruptcy and downfall of Congress and join BJP,this party needs writers of your calliber…don’t best your time and brain on showing loyalty to this damaged regime of Congress party
Whole INDIA is happy with MODI. 90% people have celebrated removal of article 370
The real authoritarianism was “when Nehru didn’t allow state funeral for the ex-president Rajinder Prasad”. It was when “Indira Gandhi manipulated the defeat of the official Congress party nominee Dr Sanjiva Reddy for Presidentship”. It was when ” Prime Minister Manmohan used to touch the feet of Rahul and Sonia”. I’m not touching “emergency”. Modi followed the complete democratic process of passing the Abrogation bill is Parliament and it was failure of your party that, not to speak of other opposition, even your own party persons voted for Modi.
Mr.tharroor must understand that Kashmir muslims are misguided by pak muslims &their Punjabi Muslim military to creat turmoil in lndia through Kashmir youngsters by their militants vim military madrassas near loc,wherePak lsl& military &jihadi training is given to young pok kashmiri &their blood relationship in j&k., that’s costing innocent lives of somany civilian &lndian army have to counter these atrocious actions of Pak to export.terror.to even Western countries through osamas still exists.pak don’t want Peace & that’s evident for last 70yrs as Congress failed to save somany civilians in the country sticking on to old 370 articles,unable to solve Kashmir problem. unless Pak.is silenced Kashmir problem. can’t be solved.
Congress is like Bheeshma, who knows Krishna is Paramatma , but he can’t stop taking Duryodhana’s side. This whole article is misleading.
Ab kay ko rote ho…move on…
I think somewhere along the line , we , perhaps , are not interested in appreciating the requirement of 370 at that juncture of post independence in relation to what ‘ Kashmir was ‘ and it’s identity in relation to India and Pakistan including the treaty signed by the then PM of India and Maharaja Hari Singh — we have come a long way since then and successive govts in Kashmir have failed to protect the said identity of Kashmir ( it’s exclusiveness ) including paving a way for it’s merger with the union of India . Overnight moves in total secrecy , clamping curfews , arresting leaders , transferring prisoners and putting the Armed Forces on hight alert with a large scale deployment of PMF have only created serious doubts amongst many and has annoyed our ‘ lovely neighbour ‘ tremendously resulting in a massive build up by him also so as to internationalize the issue to it’s advantage . Bold moves do involve risk but was it worth it , the coming days will tell us . As far as Legality goes , Shashi is right when he says that let the Honourable Supreme Court decide — and yes please stop hounding people as far as their personal lives are concerned —- I think the investigating / law enforcing agencies are doing their job fairly well as regards the death of the said high profile politician’s wife’s death . Incidentally , I do not know any politician of any party including not having met anyone / not inclined to meet , eithier .
A very bold step. For a long time, the J&K remained in a state of turmoil. The people there were always insecure. The relationship with the neighbors boiling. Doesn’t the people of J&K deserve peace. India for a long time used one method and was not effective for decades. Now another Government think of another method; time alone can say if this method works. However, there are legal and constitutional impropriety involved; those aspects need to be overcome.
I guess the learned man Mr. Shashi Tharoor is not understanding what temporary provision means.
Any legislation passed in parliament by tharoor definition is parliamentary authoritarianism or majoritarian. That is exactly what democracy is about.use English carefully than bombastically is the advice to the literate fools.
Please read Article 147 of J&K constitution. The Article 147(c) says that J&K legislative assembly cannot make amendment to J&K constitution which affects J&K relation with Indian Constitution.
So this article is to safeguard interests of Indian state not the opposite as suggested by the author. It prevents J&K assembly to ends its relationship with India on their own, but doesn’t curtails the power of Indian state to change its relationship with J&K.
Now Mr. Shashi Tharoor,
How looong we Indians (if you consider yourself “ONE”) should tolerate the local Political Leadership sitting on our heads and trying to piss in our Ears????
Print should be banned in India..are u with Pakistan on Kashmir or India… take a stand today n prove ur an Indian orgn… understand ur issues with PM, but Mr Shekar Gupta ur journalism has stooped to such a level that now when most opposition too supported the Govt on article 370 , ur still writing this this shit..u must be arrested to check if ur orgn is funded by any isi affiliated organisations..
The author is indeed a very learned politician. The argument that people of the state viz. J&K needed to be consulted is required to be interpreted in a democratic fashion. The people of J&K have been electing their representatives ever since the first general election in India. Under the fig leaf of ‘370’ the state leadership, however, has been robbing a large section of the common citizens residing in J&K of the very basic provisions of the constitution of India of which J&K is an integral part; pray Why? They have always been betraying separatist tendencies, some day some one had to call this bluff! Now that it has been done, the reasons advanced by the home minister in Lok Sabha are required to be addressed, if diplomat in Mr. Shashi Tharoor is still wanting to defend why ‘370’ was not abrogated by previous congress governments. The fact is, it was a much required action in the interest of entire nation and it must be welcomed. Congress party should actually say SORRY to large number of citizens of J&K, and then accept the abrogation whole heartedly as all nationalists are doing. Thank You!
Sir, today very few ppl are seen standing with the right.. thanku for being a voice of sanity in ghis growing madness..i have 1 question vis a vis the kashmir issue.. and that is why is the supreme court not taking this issue up.. why are the lives of so many people so cheap.. why is no protest happening for them.. why are they alone in this struggle..
Oh dear. Another example of the vaunted defeatist Indian mentality, cultured in the historic laboratory of endless, past defeats. Grow some spine Mr Tharoor. When it is time to mend or even break archaic laws break them. The future belongs to the bold, not to the furtive.
Before Tharoor decides the call the abolition of 370 a constitutional fraud, he may well review the frauds committed by British in league with Gandhi, Nehru and Congress to divide India. Let him also not forget the way Indira Gandhi abolished the princely titles and privileges. Was that in compliance with either the letter or the spirit to the erstwhile rulers? The professional achievements of Tharoor aside, let him be reminded of the Indian sentiment – Existence of Pakistan, it’s occupation of POK and all arguments in support are a constant reminder of the British atrocities committed on people of India in league with Gandhi – Nehru and subsequent Gandhi delinquents. It has been aptly articulated by Tharoor on different fora. The resolution of this issue will come with TOTAL integration of India. Rest is all – ‘bakchodi’.
With this view he has removed himself from the possibility of being considered as Prime Minister of India.
Sad that he has fallen for loyalty to the party instead of standing by an united country.
All the anthe bhakths are here. Desperate to justify fekuchand modi
Congress had 70 years to solve this problem they created, instead of bringing development and jobs to the region Shashi is talking politics.
This guy who is on bail for murdering his partner forgot to mention which parliament passed 35A . He will try to justify that I and only I is correct and all other Indians are stupid?
Ohh boy you guys in the Congress are so intent on pissing on yourselves!!!! Go on show the world how stupid you are Shashi!!!
As you said “Since I am not a lawyer, I decided to leave the debate to the courts and confined myself” stop writing about unconstitutionality and inlegality of Modi’s action.
The country is very much in need of eliminating terrorism. Only way that will happen is by changing the demography. Removing or eliminating 370 will get there, not today but for the next generation.
Shashi, This is exactly what Pakistan is also saying. Did you guys speak to each before writing this? The more Congress speak the language of Pakistan the more your party get decimated. Keep doing good work for Congress mukht Bharat.
Constitutional consultation with people of Kashmir is not relevant as most of the Hindus have been killed and over the years, Muslims have been infiltrated into Kashmir, thanks to the past Governments. Most important aspect is that Kashmir was anjintegral part of Hindu land India rather it includes not only PoK but even Pakistan itself.
Great. How did then Congress government bifurcate Andhra Pradesh unilaterally without consent of the Andhra Pradesh legislature? What happened to these arguments then?
Shashi, please stick to k!lling wifes. Let big boys play their game.
LOL!
Agree
If Modi government is authoritarian, Shashi Tharoor should had been arrested and put in Tihar Jail for murdering Sunanda Pushkar. Congress current stand on 370 would reduce it’s MP tally to 4 in 2024. In coming state Elections , Congress will be severally punished by People.
Just imagine how tragic it would have been if Congress had won elections (shudder) and Tharoor became some Minister. How lucky the people of India!
Congi traitor plan would be to continue bleed India. The way Congi traitors have been talking on this issue, they won’t win 10 seats next time.