Narrative
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2.7KHow 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...
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The ignored exoduses of Kashmiri Muslims—Part I: Slavery and subjugation
The word “exodus” has become almost rhetorical in the Kashmiri political discourse, however, the political connotations underpinning it have largely ignored the...
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Why Agha Shahid Ali’s new biography is a loose bag of emotions
Shahid is shown like any other human being who has the zest to perfect his writing and reach the zenith like an...
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Podcast: Of love-jihad, and manufacturing animosity
At the present hour welcoming summer, the old city and its allays come tuning with us about the histories which have caught...
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Blood and Bridge: Recalling World’s First Labour Movement
This day, 156 years ago, Kashmiri shawl weavers or Shawlbafs were brutally killed by Dogra gunners for resisting imposition of heavy taxes...
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Mazaar Posh: Yemberzal, flower of the graveyard
While tulips have taken center-stage in Kashmir, it is the Daffodil that announces the arrival of spring for the locals. A common...
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Chronicle of a fake letter: When comrade’s captivity exposed conspiracy theories
After Sheikh Abdullah removed him from the post-1947 Jammu rehabilitation scene, Krishan Dev Sethi—the comrade who recently passed away at the age...
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Troupe and Talisman of ‘Naya Kashmir’: BJP and its ‘B-Team’
Dal Lake might have played a spoilsport in their “Jashne democracy” ride, but the ruling party and its alleged proxy are making...
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Circa 1947: Accession debate and the unending conflict
Kashmir experts argue that the manipulation of the instrument of accession has not changed the stance of the local Kashmiris even after...
