โGeelani was a father figure, a centre of gravity and a measure of morality for resistance politics in more than one way.โ SRINAGAR โ The death of nonagenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani is being seen as a big setback to the resistance politics in Jammu and Kashmir. There is none within the rank and…
Ever since he shut his door on the Indian parliamentary delegation, the defiant old man was fighting a lonely battle with forgetfulness in his home captivity. In the wake of Syed Ali Geelaniโs quiet farewell, a senior scribe who reported the 2016 summer upheaval recalls his field trip to then seething south. The killing of…
Living up to his word and wish to meet his sonโs fate, Mohammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai passed away in the seclusion of his captivity. His demise has only drawn curtains over the sixty-year-long eventful political career dented by detentions. Kashmirโs deserted streets amid another lockdown seem to have retreated a year back to the holy…