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In a new book, surfer Carmen Greentree, who had travelled to India in 2004 to meet the Dalai Lama, revealed how she instead ended up trapped on a houseboat in Srinagar.
With the number of visitors to Jammu and Kashmir falling severely, the recent killing of tourist Thirumani may have derailed the state’s most crucial industry.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
You mention, “freedom to walk on the streets freely without worrying about safety is a religion worth preserving”. This is slightly delusional, women will continue to be harassed and treated like an object in Kashmir, regardless of consuming alcohol or not. Also many Kashmiri men drink privately. As a European woman, I’ve been harassed by men in Srinagar all of the time, and they don’t need to be drunk to do it. It’s more a question of religious indoctrination, education, traditional norms and how this can deprive men and women of fulfillment. Complex issue that I don’t think is relevant to consuming alcohol but relates more to a question of freedom.
Thier is no personal view allowed in journalism for a journalist ,as journalist.
If anyone else has thinking about that in kashmir drunkards roam in vulgarity.and try to be Allowed to go scotfree with such nonsense activities in public ,he must go to place of his stay ,As per Constitution of India ?? and Law of land such activities are not allowed ? in anyway at Public places.
It’s ridiculous to relate a criminal or prohibited ? activities with religion ,law of land Applied n obligatory upon everyone else irrespective of caste ,creed n color.
Print was not expected to print such ridiculous thing.Ethics of journalism violated.
You mention, “freedom to walk on the streets freely without worrying about safety is a religion worth preserving”. This is slightly delusional, women will continue to be harassed and treated like an object in Kashmir, regardless of consuming alcohol or not. Also many Kashmiri men drink privately. As a European woman, I’ve been harassed by men in Srinagar all of the time, and they don’t need to be drunk to do it. It’s more a question of religious indoctrination, education, traditional norms and how this can deprive men and women of fulfillment. Complex issue that I don’t think is relevant to consuming alcohol but relates more to a question of freedom.
Thier is no personal view allowed in journalism for a journalist ,as journalist.
If anyone else has thinking about that in kashmir drunkards roam in vulgarity.and try to be Allowed to go scotfree with such nonsense activities in public ,he must go to place of his stay ,As per Constitution of India ?? and Law of land such activities are not allowed ? in anyway at Public places.
It’s ridiculous to relate a criminal or prohibited ? activities with religion ,law of land Applied n obligatory upon everyone else irrespective of caste ,creed n color.
Print was not expected to print such ridiculous thing.Ethics of journalism violated.