Posts By Muskan Yousuf
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1.8KArtThe thud of shush—death of creativity in Kashmir
As Sumaira and Sikander were speaking of their finished but unbegun stories, it felt more like the ghost of their lost part...
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2.5KNarrative
Shadows of 2006 sleaze return to haunt Kashmiris
A series of scandalous crimes has revived the community’s fears of outcast tags that gave sleepless nights to a native back in...
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3.0KIn Depth
Rehman Rahi’s language legacy has a new heir-apparent and he has a book too
Whatever literature, small or big, is wrought out in Kashmir, is largely either in English or occasionally in Urdu. Not many writers...
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5.6KCulture
Of Vakhs and Shruks: The gnostic exchange between two Kashmiri mystics
“If Lal Ded roasts our hearts on the fire of love, then Nund Reshi does nothing less than move a mountain.” Lal...
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3.6KCulture
Honorifics in retrospect—why western branding is bad for Kashmiri literature
From Rasool Mir, being dubbed as ‘The John Keats’ of Kashmir, to Mehjoor as ‘The Wordsworth’ and Abdul Ahad Azad as ‘The...
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2.6KCulture
Kosher mystic in letter and spirit—Rahi goes on
His doting for the Kashmiri language is an eternal love story. In a maudlin atmosphere created by a veteran versifier’s departure lately,...
