Adfar Shah

Adfar Shah is a Scholar of Sociology at India’s Central University Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He can be reached at adfer.syed@gmail.com

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Adfar ShahFebruary 11, 2015
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PDP & BJP – Kashmir’s upcoming unusual union

“Coalition” seems to be the buzz word in contemporary politics. Both the term and what it denotes seem to be…
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Adfar ShahFebruary 3, 2015
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Kashmir &The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act: A peoples’ perspective

By Adfar Shah Compliments to the Army for quickly accepting the recent blunder of killing two innocent Kashmiri boys and…
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Adfar ShahNovember 10, 2014
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Celebrating Allama Mohammad Iqbal – the Philosopher Poet of the East

By Adfar Shah & Fayaz Bhat Celebrating November 9 as Iqbal’s 137th Yom-e Iqbal just by announcing a public holiday…
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Adfar ShahSeptember 27, 2014
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Kashmir’s killing floods – playground for journalists

By Adfar Shah Ferocious Floods that recently hit Kashmir through continuous rains spread over a period of seven days sequentially…
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Adfar ShahSeptember 10, 2014
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Nature’s fury in Jammu and Kashmir

By Adfar Shah The floods in Jammu and Kashmir considered yet another worst natural calamity after Uttrakhand tragedy last year…
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Adfar ShahJuly 6, 2014
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Return of Kashmiri pandits

By Adfar Shah India’s newly elected Prime Minister Mr Modi leading National Democratic Alliance (NDA=BJP+ other supporting parties) at the…
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Adfar ShahMarch 22, 2014
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Kashmir’s young voices: witnessed observation

Adfar Shah As a scholar and a person of keen interest in the sociology of Kashmir society, I keep on…
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