Posts By Gowher Bhat
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639CommentaryIn a noisy world, reading teaches us how to hear again
The world never stops. Noise everywhere. Phones buzzing. Screens flashing. People rushing. Cars honking. Messages piling up. Reading asks for something different....
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1.5KHarassmentGold, shame, and silence: The cost of being a daughter
It begins in silence. A match struck somewhere deep inside a house, maybe in Haryana, maybe in Kashmir. A woman screams. Just...
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1.7KEducationBehind the hype: The real cost of Kashmir’s private coaching centres
Across India, private coaching centres have become almost synonymous with academic ambition. Social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X—are flooded with videos,...
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1.6KCommunityThe quiet spark: How imagination awakens creativity in daily life
In the quiet corners of our daily lives, creativity often lies dormant, overshadowed by the relentless march of logic and routine. We...
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1.6KEducationThe rules we don’t see: Culture and the making of a child
A child wakes up. Light spills into the room. The world outside moves slowly. The child’s day starts, like every other day....
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1.4KEducationWhy travel is the only education you’ll actually remember
Sometimes the world feels too big, too loud, too unfamiliar. Even here in Kashmir, with the soft mornings by the Jhelum, the...
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1.5KEducationWhy schools that embrace creativity build smarter, happier and more empathetic students
In the modern educational landscape, standardised testing and rigid curricula often dominate school priorities, leaving little room for creativity. Yet, numerous studies...
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1.4KEducation
Literature, fiction, and education: A Journey through knowledge and imagination
Education is the bedrock of every progressive society. It serves not only as a means of transferring knowledge but also as a...
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1.5KCommentaryWhy writing still matters in a distracted world
Joan Didion said, “The craft of writing is the art of thinking.” Simple. True. And more important now than ever. We live...
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2.0KArtThe small acts of art that keep us human
In a world loud with distraction, it’s the quietest creations that help us feel, heal, and remember who we are. Sometimes I...
