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*This article is an honorary entry for the Kashmir Solidarity Day Competition* "Did you take everything? Where is your ticket? And... passport?" "Yes, Ammi. It's in the bag already." "Ummm...Oh, what about your Aadhar card? They won't allow you inside without it" "Ammi",I said holding her. " Stop worrying so much. I have already kept it inside my pocket." "I wanted to go with you, my son. But it wasn't in my fate this time. He (S.W.T) has his own plans"  "Neär khoudayas hawaalë . Suii karrê reãchh" (Allah hafiz. He will protect you),  said Ammi. At 12 o' clock in the afternoon, my flight to Jeddah Sharif departed. Seated next to some unknown passenger, Ammi's voice kept reverberating into my ears for many hours. I had always dreamed about performing Hajj with my Ammi. It was nothing short of a tragedy that her passport got misplaced at the eleventh hour. But she ensured that I should l...

All different societies of Shanawar joined hands, organized an event. Mainly, "Kashmir Solidarity Day!"  The event commenced by Qiraat and Naat Society; SAPS head Shehla Zubair recited the Holy Quran. Shifaa khalid (batch of 2020) recited a Naat.  The Debating Society with two speakers (English and Urdu) presented excellent work.  Shanawar Literary Society (and our very own President Nowsheen jan along with efforts by VP Maryam Ejaz) and Mushaira Society recited some of the winning works.  Our Quiz society had an audience round to promote participation and a lighthearted competition.  Dramatics Society presented a Skit based on Kashmir! (Based on a true story).  Shanawar's societies got together and achieved a great feat today! Highlights below:  #Kashmirsolidarityday #FJMU

Ghulam Muhammad, Nawaz Muhammad and Atta Muhammad, all had been martyred. These words fell like bomb shells on Noor Fatima. Under the recently promulgated Article 370 and 35-A of this constitution, a Hindu boy, Karishan Kumar purchased a plot nearby her house and started harassing all the young girls. When they resisted, Karishan and many other rascals charged into the locality, firing briskly and indiscriminately. He shot all male members dead. He challenged very proudly: Torture, tyranny, oppression ----our ambitions. Treason, treachery, oblivion ----our weapons. Is there anyone to resist us? Noor Fatima went inside, took hold of her husband’s gun and came out courageously and replied: “If the male members of my family have been martyred, I am alive. My faith is alive. My mission is alive.” Her words echoed throughout the whole valley and thousands of voices joined her, declaring: "We are alive. Your atrocities can spill our blood and cut our bodies but they ca...

I belong to that place whose elegance  can't be compared to the whole world. I came from the place that is a reflection of heaven on earth; it is blessed with nature's beauty and love. It is rightly said by someone: "IF THERE IS PARADISE ON EARTH, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE." Yes, I belong to KASHMIR.  But it is unfortunate that this beauty has been ruined by the tyrants of India.  This heaven has been transformed to hell, the walls of which are painted red with the blood of innocents, the aura of this eden keeps on smothering. T his land of our's holds the bodies of sons who once used to be honey bunches of their mothers. Father's couldn't see their bundles of joy as they feel conspiracies of the decoy, husbands couldn't become the comfort of their wives as they were brutally murdered with bloody knives. Here, the blood keeps on running from rivers; seeing this horror, every one shivers. If, in this 21st century, there is any extre...