Do Award Givers Actually Know Whom to Select – Former Militant Gets Padma Shri

Obama was awarded the Nobel peace prize, probably because America didn’t wage any war against any nation that year. Awarding a Padmashree to a former militant is however not bearable in any case. The alleged former Kashmir militant Ghulam Muhammad Mir has been charged of murder and rape as well. His credentials are under serious suspicions.

Well one man’s terror is other’s freedom fight is an old maxim. But the novelty in this case is that Indian Home Ministry feels Mr. Mir to be a ...read more