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1.9KExamining Asif Tariq Bhat’s Kashmiri epic in Faheem Ahmad’s precise translation
In the changing world of Kashmiri literature, the passage from oral tradition to the written novel has often been a tool for...
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2.6KNature buried in snow, and plastic: A photo essay from Gurez
Gurez: Under the shadow of the Habba Khatoon peak, Gurez Valley is facing a growing problem. What was once a clean and...
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2.1K‘My life is over’: A mother, a son, and Kashmir’s drug crisis devouring lives
A doctor meets with a drug addict at his hospital in Srinagar. In the conversation between the two reproduced below, some chilling...
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578Kashmir’s new normal: Cheering power, silencing scrutiny
Srinagar: In the complex socio-political terrain of modern Kashmir, a troubling new norm has come to define public engagement. This is not...
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663What patients truly want: Empathy, not empty reassurance
In the quiet, vulnerable corners where illness dwells — a sunlit hospital room or the shadowed silence of a home in recovery...
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1.6KOpinion: When India and Pakistan meet on the pitch, the world watches
India and Pakistan are once again locking horns on a cricket field; there is huge resentment among the Indian masses against this...
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2.1KHow Kashmir celebrates Milad
The celebration of the Prophet’s birth in Kashmir stretches back to the 14th century. It grew through khanqahs, relics, and gatherings that...
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1.7KWhy saying ‘Bismillah’ matters: Mindfulness lessons from a 16th-century Kashmiri sufi
Muslims begin almost everything with Bismillāh – from prayers to the simplest daily acts. In 16th-century Kashmir, the Sufi Baba Dawud Khaki...
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1.9KUnfolding 16th century essential: Structure and background of Qasīda-e-Zarūriyya
In the 16th century, Kashmir, an Islamic scholar enamoured by the companionship of his spiritual guide, heads into a mountain cave. After...
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859The long shadow of breast cancer in rural Kashmir
Many families are losing mothers in their 40s and 50s as stigma, scarce screening, and lifestyle changes fuel an alarming rise in...
