Dialogue in Kashmir; garlic prices in MP; alternate voting; and more.

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [Will the Centre Listen to Mehbooba's Repeated Request for Dialogue in Kashmir?]( Mudasir Ahmad [BJP's decision to oppose the other parties' call for a unilateral ceasefire suggests that the Centre won't let go of its iron-fist approach.]( [Saying a Prayer for Our India, the Best Land in the World]( Apoorvanand [We who used to make space for namazis in train, in our homes, offices and even offer a prayer mat to them have gone silent. Goondas have become our voice. This silence will drown India if we allow it spread.]( [Garlic Prices Hit Rock-Bottom in MP as Bhavantar Scheme Proves Ineffective]( Kabir Agarwal [The wholesale prices of garlic have crashed to as low as Re 1 per kg, and farmers argue that the Bhavantar scheme deserves a share of the blame.]( [Ebola in the DRC: How a Global and Local Response Has Been Mobilised]( Nevashan Govender [The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spiked. At least 17 people have died, according to the country’s health ministry.]( [Pak Army Trains Fire on Sharif for Saying Establishment is Delaying 26/11 Trial]( The Wire Staff [The former prime minister’s claim on the Pakistani establishment’s support for terror groups was in reference to the international community not accepting Islamabad’s “narrative” of being a ‘victim’ of terrorism.]( [Debate: Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Lost Minority]( Manash Firaaq Bhattacharjee [Jinnah’s initial demand for Muslims to be able to share power with Hindus was a legitimate approach towards political equality, though he later took it to the frustrating ends of communal politics.]( [Protecting the Memory of Maulana Hasrat Mohani, Muslim and Communist]( Raza Naeem [Mohani used to say, “I was initially a nationalist. In 1925, I abandoned this idea and adopted the principles of communism. Now I am a communist.”]( [Forget Proportional Representation – Alternate Voting is What India Needs]( Nilakantan R.S. [The advantage of alternate voting is that it eliminates the need for voters to second guess or vote tactically.]( [Religion and Politics in the Palestinian-Israeli Conundrum]( Chirag Dhara [The author spent three months at the beginning of 2018 in West Bank, Palestine. Here, he writes about how different religions co-existed peacefully in Palestine for centuries and why the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict is fundamentally a political one.]( [Ankit Chadha, the Storyteller Who Left the Stage Too Soon]( Chintan Girish Modi [The dastango fought hate and bigotry with love and humour.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](