In 1990, Sarla Bhat, 27, was working as a staff nurse at Srinagar’s SKIMS hospital to support her family, even as fear forced her community to flee.
On April 15, 1990, Sarla was abducted from her hostel. For four agonizing days, JKLF terrorists subjected her to brutal torture and sexual assault. When her body was dumped in Mallabagh on April 19, her killers had carved the acronym "JKLF" directly into her flesh from a knife.
The horror continued for her family. When Sarla’s bullet-ridden body returned to Anantnag, the neighborhood was already a ghost town emptied by the exodus. Marooned and helpless, the grieving family could not find enough people to carry her to a funeral pyre. As they attempted her final rites, a grenade was hurled at their home. This targeted terror forced the last remaining Hindu families to flee.
Systemic apathy followed. Though a police complaint was filed in 1990, the file was buried. It took until 2025 for a Special Investigation Agency to reopen the case, naming four terrorists. Two are dead, one is absconding, and one is imprisoned: Yasin Malik, who was once pampered as a Damaad by New Delhi, invited to the high table as one of the esteemed "stakeholders in the Kashmir peace talks." Yesterday, chargesheet was filed in this case.
Sarla’s case is not isolated. Thousands of women faced similar brutality in Kashmir during the late 1980s and 1990s, leaving behind stories that have been completely erased from the records today.
At the BRICS foreign ministers' conclave last month, EAM Jaishankar called out sanctions imposed outside international law as measures that "disproportionately affect developing countries." Strong words. Rightly said.
But words need backing.
India claims the mantle of the Global South. Yet when extraterritorial sanctions from Western jurisdictions disrupted a fully law-compliant Indian refinery, severing access to its own paid-for digital infrastructure, our response was a court petition. Not a law.
The EU built a blocking statute to protect its operators. China built one for policy autonomy. Canada built one for sovereignty. Each of them forced the US to think twice before letting sanctions bleed into their jurisdictions.
India is BRICS Chair in 2026. It is hosting conversations about a fairer global order. It cannot keep speaking sovereignty while leaving its own companies legally defenceless.
Enact the blocking statute. Let the law do what diplomacy alone cannot.
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The Coca-Cola Company should consider blending Diet Coke with 20% ethanol or 15% isobutanol to help address the global shortage. It'll help boost farmer income as well.
Under 'Operation Delta Hunt,' the number of illegal Bangladeshi nationals arrested across the state as of 10 AM today stands at 501: Gujarat DyCM Harsh Sanghavi Office
Jihαdan mυlli Richa Ali Fazal was putting entire blame only on Males, but Chad Aunty ji came & shut down this propagandυ feminist.
These scυms can act smart only on Twitter where they easily block people, but in real life you have to face questions & cannot block anyone.
This guideline on Namaz is from government of Qatar, which funds Al Jazeera
Basically, it's illegal to do Namaz in open in Qatar, Al Jazeera's home country but same Al Jazeera is calling it human rights violation in India
My blood boiled seeing her Pahalgam attack video. Instead of talking about terrorists, she straight up shifted the blame on Modi & forces like “why no protection?” & that garbage got millions of likes.
Which fascist govt lets you openly abuse PM, army, earn followers & likes from it ?
She made a video on Abu Azmi once, then deleted it & apologized instantly. Now she made video against CJP/AAP coz collab didn’t happen as they didn't let her milk their 21M followers, her account is withheld.
Yet she will be back & ranting about Modi, lol
Uncouth creature with Stooop!d bio...
Arey bhai, yeh kya chal raha hai iska...
Priyanka Chopra ke bots remove hue the, aur tera account toh upar se neeche tak pura bots he hai 😭
Toh obviously scrutiny toh hogi na.
Ajay Rai, the UP Congress president, was shamelessly caught on camera hurling filthy abuses at PM Modi in Mahoba. He sneaked in by bypassing police protocol and security just to meet the NEET student who is a victim of brutal sexual assault.
Before him, Samajwadi Party MP Ajendra Lodhi had already made similar disgusting remarks against the PM.
When political discourse sinks into such gutter-level abuse and personal attacks, it exposes not just frustration but the rotten, toxic culture deeply nurtured inside these parties' leadership. Repeated electoral defeats have replaced any introspection with pure bitterness, dragging sections of the opposition even further away from dignity, restraint, or any constructive politics. Pathetic.
@theskindoctor13 The only problem now on Maharashtra treks are public …. We are way too many who wish to go on trekking and it crests chaos and fear of accidents are real.
The PM reducing his security footprint to lead by example on fuel conservation is undoubtedly a commendable gesture. A leader setting personal examples instead of merely giving lectures is something people genuinely appreciate.
But at the same time, one must also remember that the Prime Minister is among the most high-risk individuals in the country. His security is not a personal luxury, it is a matter of national importance. Symbolism is powerful, but safety at that level cannot be compromised even slightly.
As citizens, we can certainly take inspiration from the message of reducing unnecessary consumption. But I sincerely hope our leadership does not take avoidable risks in trying to make that point. Some responsibilities are simply too important.
It’s on! Suvendu Adhikari will be the Bengal CM. Great choice.
He has already demonstrated his leadership and risk taking capacity by taking on Mamata directly and defeating her in her own bastion, twice.
He has been in TMC. He knows how the politically supported crime networks operate, who protects whom, where the money flows, how intimidation works, and how deep the criminal-political nexus runs. Few people would understand the anatomy of Bengal’s entrenched power structure better than someone who has seen it from the inside.
He is aggressive, confrontational, and authority-driven, closer to Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma. Bengal’s situation may now require exactly that kind of leadership.
I'm sure the wrath of God awaits Bengal's crime and terror networks through the rise of Suvendu Adhikari.
Jai Bangla.
What will didi do now?
She can't go to the Assembly because she lost the election. If she makes one of her MLAs resign to fight a bypoll, Suvendu Adhikari will stand against her and defeat her for the third time.
She can't ask any of her Rajya Sabha MPs to resign and make way for her because she no longer has a majority in the Bengal Assembly, and BJP would snatch that seat if fresh Rajya Sabha elections are held due to resignation.
She can't go to the Lok Sabha either till at least 2029.
So where will she go after getting up every day?