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2.4K‘The Militarised Yatra’: A tool to claim land and resources, notes an environmental fact-finder
It was supposed to be an environmental study to map the impact of religious tourism. But it soon unravelled the different realities...
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Taken for a ride: The bus menace in Kashmir
Just the other day when I gave a ten rupee note to the bus conductor and he returned only four rupees back...
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Workplace harassment: Story of a ‘wrecked’ Kashmiri techie
I admire Google because at one time I felt the company gave direction to my dreams but it didn’t love me the way...
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Guerrilla warrior, rattle strategist, tech wizard: Who really was Abu Dujana?
Before the deadly dawn of Oct 28, 2015 would silence one of the mysterious militant chiefs of Kashmir, South Asia’s most active...
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The burnt schools: Practically unusable, classes held in the open as schools remain open for symbolism
It was midnight. They rushed with loud screams and moist eyes as they watched the local school raged with flames in the...
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The Kashmiri Pandit’s Dilemma: To come back or not?
‘2016 made us feel that the 90s migration was the right decision. Coming back due to a government job was a mistake’....
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Stalled Show: How Kashmir’s cinema halls became torture centers
It’s a Friday. Before the day ends, the schools and colleges are closing for the weekend. The offices are emptying. Coats and...
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Pride and Prestige: Is a lamb’s foetus used to appear elite?
Lamb foetuses are aborted in their mother’s womb to be skinned for a furry and soft piece of pride; a skull cap,...
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Why are Indian soldiers killing each other in Kashmir?
A decade long military posturing in Kashmir has it that whenever any ‘war-weary’ soldier gets consumed by a comrade’s gun, it has to...
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Killing people on all sides: Naa-Maloom Afraad, the anonymous gun
‘Namaloom Afraad’ or unidentified gunmen, not new to Kashmir, came back into the discourse after Lt. Omar Fayyaz’s death. With their recent...
