Narrative
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1.9KBlood 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...
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Of journalism and censorship: The forgotten Rahber
Rahber, an institution in Journalism, a photographer who covered the 1931 massacre, was the founder of an Urdu weekly. A member of...
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Shifting landscape and searing anxiety in Kashmir
A volley of amended Acts post-Article 370 abrogation has unleashed a sense of distress in the valley where commoners are currently struggling...
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Tribute to a teacher
Reluctant to leave the warm lap, draped in care, I was scared. Unknown faces, strange voices and memories of home, made me...
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Oral Memory: Kashmiri proverbs as political commentary
A Kashmiri woman’s innocent take on politics has won hearts on the Internet as she talks about the new Governor. But Kashmiris...
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Memory: ‘Khaber kya chuk karun’; Sinister Plans
In the series titled The Memory Project, Free Press Kashmir aims to recreate the clampdown through people’s memories and document lived experiences of...
