Narrative
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4.8KOn Teacher’s Day, a student recounts a ‘life-changing’ experience in the classroom
Traditionally, Teacher’s Day is a cherished date for the masses to remind themselves about the goodness of their teachers. But it’s equally...
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‘I’m a wife of a policeman, and I’m a liar!’
After insurgents responded with a rattling abduction spree in parts of southern Kashmir following police raids on their families, the deepened faultlines...
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An affidavit to the ‘Invisible People’
Someone would have said: You people don’t know how beautiful you are. The beauty of your souls goes unnoticed, and one thing...
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As India celebrates its 72nd I-Day, a young Kashmiri in America shares her idea of Independence
In a free foreign country, Kashmiris often pine for their homeland grappling with the perennial political struggle. But as a Kashmiri teen...
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What does it take to believe that your childhood friend has died?
How do you write the obituary when the deceased was a soulmate? How do you make your heart understand that he is...
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How a gunfight destroyed my best friend’s home
On June 29, when counter-insurgents arrived in Pulwama’s Thamuna area, they ended the gunfight on the usual note: by razing the residence...
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How the Grand Mosque was purified of blood after the dastardly attack
In the din of post-Friday protests on May 25, the desperate calls for help from the Jamia Masjid raised an alarm in the Old...
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A poetic rendezvous: In conversation with the Bard of Old City
As long as there has been war, there’ve been poets and writers, translating the debris and loss of the battlefield into a...
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April 10, 1993: The day a boat sank with the dead
This day, on April 1993, Srinagar’s trade heartland Lal Chowk went up in flames after the BSF troopers ran amok. After the...
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Neutrality in the times of War – Part II
Suddenly, one day, he was spotted wandering on the manned streets of Srinagar, hymning, “Ann pour Mansooier, Rahim loug daawas…” But the...
