Ground Reality

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N.Vohra directive to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP to make their position clear for formation of the popular government in the state was  a timely action as the political situation in the sensitive border state can not be allowed to remain fluid for a long period But Mehbooba’s meeting with him in Jammu has not cleared the suspense over the government formation. The BJP has also sought ten days time to work out strategy for coalition’s survival. Both the partners will have to abridge the trust deficit and for that a slew of steps must be initiated from both the sides.Contentious issues like Release of Jailed separatist Masrat Alam and his rearrest,beef ban debates, renewed controversy over state’s flag, flood relief measures have already generated lot  of differences between the two sides. The situation in the Assembly was also not very conducive as it had witnessed fighting with a ruling party MLA .Now, both the allies have pla...

A decade ago ,A Hindi film Omkara , directed by Vishal Bhardwaj,made buzz among cinema buffs , every ingredient of the spelling stuff was appreciated –characters, directions, dialogues, photography ,but no one  knew much about  the 45 year  man behind the camera to catch action of the crime thriller. The Film based on legendary writer Shakespeare’s  much acclaimed piece “Othello”,but now a days, cool climes of Bijebehara reverberate with Omkara and its Cinematographer Tassaduq Hussain Mufti. Lost in his father’s profound memories ,Tassaduq is seen with her sister Mehbooba Mufti  ,almost all time ever since they lost Father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed ,but now tongues wag fervently that  he would say good bye to his Bollyood stint to be in politics. Lot of churning is underway in the Kashmir valley and speculations are rife when the People’s Democratic party (PDP) chief and Aanatnag MP will step into her father’s shoes to don the mantle of the Jammu a...