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8.6KHow conversion of Bemina from flood basin to residential area endangered Srinagar
When the first resident footfall was traced in the flood basin called Bemina way back in the early eighties, hardly anyone sounded...
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7.4KCall for Guantanamo: Is Delhi media deliberately belittling Kashmir’s torture history?
As the pitch to pack Kashmiris to a Guantanamo-type prison got louder in Delhi media circles lately, voices in Valley assert that...
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5.8KSurrender policy in the times of Op All-Out: Is it the return of old demons?
Kashmir police chief flanked by allied forces’ top bosses recently made a surrender offer to insurgents in a joint presser. But if...
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10.5KResistance and Muharram messages: ‘Kashmiri Shia Muslims have always been pro-movement’
Kashmir has come a long way from its ‘La Sharqiya La Garbiya’ days to the present day state of affairs when Burhan...
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3.8KInside the ‘filthy’ world of SMC’s poster boy
At a time when ‘entrepreneurs’ are the new role models in town, State Municipal Corporation tried making one out of a Bandipora’s...
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8.2KDark demons and child rape: How this faith healer abused countless young boys for decades
Sopore, Kashmir. The room smelled of charcoal. The lanterns simmered as the Peer stood in front of it, a huge shadow cast...
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6.9KDetailing the dreaded 90s: The varsity’s nightmarish newsprints
Part of history, and horror now, the happenings of the 90s—when military operations like ‘Catch and Kill’ would subject the rebellious population...
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6.8K‘Grave Talk’: Conversations with a dead son
Srinagar: Every grave in the Mazar-e-Shouda (Martyr’s Graveyard), situated in the summer capital Srinagar, is revered. All those who are buried here...
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5.3K‘This is not Kunan Poshpora’: Why are Shopian villages grappling with fear?
The dark assault began in the intervening night of June 13-14. In the twin Shopian’s villages – Vehil and Turkawangam – Indian...
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3.7KAt the bottom of society: Rag pickers of ‘modern Srinagar’
After a full day at work, Sheikh Samsuddin in his late 70’s hardly feels like doing anything. All he wants is a...
