Narrative
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786Kashmir’s reluctance to report abusers cost Shagufta her school, solace
As Kashmir is lately witnessing series of abusive cases, here’s a story of a daughter who lost her campus and composure to...
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Locks can’t end hostilities inside Kashmir’s hospitals
A recent alleged healthcare negligence case might have sealed a private hospital block in Srinagar, but Kashmir’s ailing healthcare needs a bigger...
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A butler who wanted to steal Radcliffe’s pen that partitioned millions of lives
A tea-server in Viceroy Mountbatten’s office saw harrowing history being discussed and debated like no other. 75 years later, the witness’s diary...
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That summer when a siege was laid on all lovers
‘My phone reminds me of photos clicked in August 2019 now. I look at myself in the photos and feel like a...
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‘Cow’, ‘Lambo’, ‘Nataraj Pencil’: Kashmir’s toxic body-shaming culture
“What people saw was a ‘fat figure’. They called her ‘darti pe boaj’, cylinder and what not. These tags became her nicknames....
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Kashmiri scholar’s US diary: ‘We need to imbibe American habits’
Living and working in America truly helped me understand how big Americans think and act, what makes their economy great and what...
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Throwback to 1950s—when friends became foes
Stark similarities have surfaced in Kashmir where a certain development doctrine has evoked the dusted document. Following the abrogation of Article 370,...
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How conflict became cancer for a Kashmiri mother
On a wintry day in Kashmir, a woman named Misra, conversed with a portrait, in a rundown neighborhood of the capital city...
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In Photos: Birds and vultures—Short story of a jungle
For outsiders, the jungle disguised as a place of serenity and solace. However, only the little birds know that the eagles have...
