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1.9K‘Divide and rule, that’s the whole plan’: Reggae, resistance and rhythm in Kashmir
On the shores of one of the lakes around Srinagar, the quiet gathering assembled under the shadows of a mighty Chinar, does...
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Meet comrade Sampat Prakash, Kashmir’s vintage campaigner of Article 35-A
As the Article 35-A row intensifies, an 82-year-old Kashmiri Pandit recently caught people’s eye after he spoke against its abrogation during a...
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On Eid, the captive Syed Ali Geelani did a ‘boost talk’ to keep his NIA-battered camp afloat
Barred from offering his 19th consecutive Eid prayer, the Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Geelani invoked Quran, the Prophet and Iqbal in house...
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‘I hereby declare I don’t defecate in open’: SMC to conduct survey aimed at declaring Srinagar open defecation free
Srinagar: As confused parents found a note with their wards, that asked them to confirm that they did not defecate in the...
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A bullet that shattered a young mason’s dreams
Tirelessly working to fulfill his dreams, a young mason from Kashmir’s Islamabad was hit by a bullet in June 2018 and became...
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Time for ‘Shajkaan’: The springtime wild mushrooms under axe and jackboot
With advent of spring every year, women vendors from Uri and other far-flung areas walk down to Baramulla town with a basket...
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April 10, 1993: The day a boat sank with the dead
This day, on April 1993, Srinagar’s trade heartland Lal Chowk went up in flames after the BSF troopers ran amok. After the...
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New tastemaker in town: The Everest climber Krushnaa Patil
If you’ve ever been to Books and Bricks (B&B) cafe in Srinagar, chances are that you’ve tasted the food cooked by Krushnaa...
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The ‘militant moment’ in the change of guard
Barely a week after Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai became new Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief, his son fled home to join the militant outfit, Hizbul Mujahideen....
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Meet Kashmir’s ‘Tyrion Lannister’ who’s enduring the real life ‘Game of Thrones’
Lately when an ace Bollywood director posted a picture on Instagram and Facebook with the tagline, ‘With Tyrion Lannister at Pahalgam festival’,...
