FJ Kashmir

Book:  The lover boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama case was cracked  Author: Rahul Pandita   Publisher: Juggernaut .  inam ul rehman   As the car laden with many hundred kilograms of explosives rammed into a paramilitary convoy on February 14 , Kashmiris watched in disbelief that killing of such magnitude took place in “world’s most militarised area” where surveillance of every human is unparallel. After the initial disbelief murmurs of this blast being inside job started to do rounds. It picked up, and even photos were circulated to prove that the suicide bomber Aadil Dar was paraded before a press conference by police. Do these rumours have any source?  Of course, Aadil Dar the suicide bomber, and Aadil Dar the arrested one were different entities.   You know what is common between Noor Muhammad Tantary , Ashiq Nengroo , and Abbas Rather . Noor is considered revivalist of the Jaish-i-Mohammad , and one who put “many boys on a suicide mission”. As...

inam ul rehman   The first time I heard the name of Dilip Kumar was in the early 90s when my father mentioned to me that the name of our adjacent Dilsoz Colony was kept by the former when he used to frequently visit the Valley. At the time I had no interest in him.    I was puzzled why of all actors Dilip Kumar’s name of the colony stuck with the people.  Those days Doordarshan used to telecast classic Bollywood movies once a weeknight. As a teen, I had no interest in black and white movies which langured on. But the puzzle of why Dilip’s name stuck with the place made me uncomfortable.  Internet was not yet to be midwifed, google was in clouds, and the only source was books. But a school-going kid reading books on film stars was taboo.    So, I started to read magazines, particularly Urdu film magazines and there was plenty written on him. His film Saudagar was then a runaway success, Urdu magazines went over the top to praise his acti...