Narrative
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3.5KHow 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...
