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3.0KThe 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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5.1KThe 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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13.5KStalled 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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12.8KPride 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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7.5KWhy 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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3.4KKilling 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...
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4.0KWomen in public spaces: Where are the washrooms?
“I have the bull by the horns,” exclaims a hyper-active Dr. Shafqat Khan, the Commissioner-in-charge of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. In a neatly...
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6.3KIn death and defiance: How Kulgam changed
As the prized guerrilla met his end at Kokernag last summer, Kulgam mourned massively. The Intensity of rage in the province presently...
