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Solidarity, symbolism and sedition: Case-study of three captive Kashmiris

Beyond played-up patriotism, and Indian cricket team’s symbolic support to the persecuted, pathos of three Kashmiri families are pointers of the barefaced...

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Why Kalij Pheasant as JK bird is a wrong choice

Throughout the globe, governments prefer to adopt endangered or threatened birds. But the newly declared Kalij Pheasant is neither an endangered or...

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Kashmiri breadwinner’s killing leaves his poor family in lurch

‘Their son was not a militant, but still he was killed. Government has to take responsibility of his family, like they are...

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Before early winter, Kashmir echoed with festive songs of harvest

Be it the golden paddy fields full of buzz or the surrounding lawns of the small hamlets, the festive hands were reaping...

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Being Azad in times of migrant departure

The non-native workforce’s departure due to targeted killings in Kashmir has conveniently sidelined the strife-stricken society’s migrant welfare role during the last...

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‘They’re mocking our religion’: Anger and frustration in Kashmir as Jamia Masjid remains locked for Friday prayers

Praying in the mild autumn sun, resting against the walls of Srinagar’s century old Jamia Masjid, Shakeela had come all the way...

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From bad air to binned cleaning-agents: Is Kashmir replicating Delhi?

Despite National Green Tribunal ban on burning of waste in open places, Kashmir continues to grapple with the pungent air emanating from...

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The Genius of Akhter Rasool

A maverick Kashmiri designer’s sudden demise due to a cardiac arrest on Sunday (October 10, 2021) created tearful tributes and left a...

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Inside toxic classrooms of Kashmir where humiliation is norm

The normalized classroom culture of humiliation and toxic moral policing are continuously casting shadows on the overall personality development of students. It...