Posts By Arif Nazir
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3.3KFeatureWhen candles return to light darkness in Kashmir
Kashmir’s ‘dark humour’ apparently came of age in the recent powerless phase when some celebrated couplets and culture found expression in the...
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3.2KAchievers
‘Pulitzer rekindles hope of new prospectus in Kashmiri journalism’
“It’s a statement to the whole world and an achievement at multiple levels.” Two years after Kashmiri journalists first brought home the...
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The soulful voice that no longer resonates in Kashmir’s grand mosque
A year after his demise, the late Jamia Masjid muezzin is making many nostalgic for his melodious voice and faithful devotion. Days...
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Sufis, Strings and Saaznawaz
“Nowhere in the world or even Central Asia would one be able to locate the Sufiyana Mausiki in it actual form other...
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When auto-drivers became ambulance-drivers for their bleeding brethren
The CCTV footage of Amira Kadal grenade blast clearly shows local auto-drivers lifting and ferrying injured persons to hospitals. Their prompt response...
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Why machine is no match for this Kashmiri craft master
If the society changes its attitude of ‘looking down’ at the crafts that have come to Kashmir from Central Asia, Majeed assures...
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How conflict became cancer for a Kashmiri mother
On a wintry day in Kashmir, a woman named Misra, conversed with a portrait, in a rundown neighborhood of the capital city...
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5.0KAdventure
Of mountain mysteries and missing scholar: Meet Kashmir’s go-to mountaineer
18 months later, as Bemina’s Hilal is still missing in the mountains, a young trekker who knows the contours and courses of...
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Master and Mercedes: Inside Kashmir’s British era garage
One of the noted characters of Srinagar of yore was Master Rajab whose garage continues to hold the imperial charm amid the...
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When Kanger became graveyard of reputation in Kashmir
Following Hyderpora civilian killings, Kashmiri relegated unionists hinted at the ‘graveyard of reputation’ cliché of the valley’s politics and thus unwittingly revived...
