Posts By Mir Yasir Mukhtar
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3.7KSpecial ReportHe robbed his mother, almost killed his father—Kashmir’s deadly drug tale
“Due to the consumption of heroin, I’m Hepatitis C Virus positive and if I wouldn’t stop I would die sooner.” A young...
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2.9KDrug Abuse
In Kashmir, ‘Messi’ is mourning ‘Ronaldo’ after a big loss
Usually seen dabbling with his football in the alleys, his friends saw less of him each passing day. Danish Rafiq leaves his...
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2.7KDrug Abuse
Kashmir in drug net: The two friends who cure, not criminalise, addicts
In past five years, two college friends have helped 150 addicts to shun drugs and it is these people who now work...
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4.1KDrug Abuse
Kashmir in drug net: Dark visitors of an abandoned house
Amid crackdown on Drug-Mafia, a medico’s shocking update on Kashmir’s ‘epidemic of drug abuse’ has only questioned the community complacency on the...
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3.3KFeature
Dread, distress and dope: Young Kashmiris pushed to walls
As Kashmir unlock phase has begun, many lockdown-battered youngsters caught in the Covid wave are battling the new normal within weary walls....
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3.1KPhoto
In Pictures: Fasting in fraught times
As a fresh wave of Covid-19 sweeps Kashmir, the holy month of Ramzan once again begins with curtailed routine. When Persian ballad...
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3.1KIn Depth
Inside the Friday Convention of Kashmir’s third gender community
As the third and final part of stories on the plight of the third gender in Kashmir, a well-known community member from...
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8.2KIn Depth
The cross-dresser who became a deserter: The story of Shabnam Subhan
As part two of a series of stories on the plight of the third gender in Kashmir, the tale of Shabnam Subhan...
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4.8KIn Depth
From Mohsin to Mohsina: The struggle of a teenage transgender from Kashmir
At the end of 2017, an important book by Dr. Aijaz Bund on the transgender community set off a series of limited...
