Gowhar Geelani

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Meena Kandasamy |Vaishna Roy

Jammu and KashmirUntil the beginning of August 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly had been granted the sole authority to define “permanent residents” or State subjects, making them eligible for certain rights and privileges, including the right to own immovable property, jobs, education and scholarship, and importantly, the ability to purchase land.

2 weeks ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Meena Kandasamy |Vaishna Roy

On April 3, US President Donald Trump shocked the entire world by unleashing unprecedented tariffs on several countries, including China and India. In the Rose Garden of the White House, as part of his Liberation Day announcement event, Trump repeatedly referred to “reciprocal tariffs”. This announcement has snowballed into a full-blown trade war between the US and China after Trump imposed renewed tariffs of over 100 per cent on Chinese goods imports.

2 weeks ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy

The latest decision by the M.K. Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government to pass a firm anti-Waqf Bill resolution and simultaneously move the Supreme Court to challenge the contentious Act resonated in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on April 7, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to adjourn the proceedings for the day. Amid pandemonium and protests against the controversial Waqf Act, the Speaker adjourned the House twice.

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Timothy Snyder |Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

Historians analyse important periods and events that shape and impact the world in myriad ways. With analytical sweep and the ability to critically evaluate historical events and different periods, intellectual historians also make stimulating predictions for humankind’s collective future. We often get to hear that what has happened in the past may happen again. History may or may not repeat itself but it warns and compels us to draw lessons and informed conclusions—for good or bad.

Nov 9, 2024 | rt.com | Gowhar Geelani

The Chinar is fast disappearing. It is the heritage tree (a deciduous Platanus Oriental) of Kashmir, India’s northern border region. It is linked to Kashmir’s romantic splendor, spiritual vibrancy, ecology, politics, literature, and much more. But due to urbanization and unplanned development, many have been cut down, setting alarm bells ringing. This has caused anxiety among environmentalists, heritage activists, cultural commentators and civil society actors.