In Depth
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3.2KCity of perverts: How safe is it to go out for our children?
The alleged murder of a thirteen-year-old girl is not just another headline. It is a deep wound on the conscience of society....
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921Is Kashmir’s white spring fluff really pollen? What science says
Every spring, Kashmir witnesses a strange transformation. As winter fades and the Valley begins to bloom with almond flowers and fresh greenery,...
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875Don’t dig the well when the orchard is burning: Why Kashmir needs an empowered horticulture task force now
A friend visiting Kashmir from Lucknow recently went to the annual Kisan Mela organised by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural, expecting to see...
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551Nasha Mukt JK Padyatra signals a growing public movement against drugs
Across Jammu & Kashmir, a quiet but determined shift is taking shape. The Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan is no longer...
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891How Kashmiri monks transformed Buddhist thought in China
Kashmiri monks and scholars carried Buddhist philosophy, texts and learning across the Silk Route to help shape Chinese Buddhism. The valley of...
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901This Mother’s Day, remember women waiting to become mothers
This Mother’s Day, while the world celebrates mothers and the joy of motherhood, let us also remember the women whose hearts have...
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1.3KFrom Hunder to Kunair: Vanishing old-Kashmiri words preserved in Sheikh ul Alam’s verses
Among the great voices of Kashmiri spiritual literature, Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani, revered as Sheikh ul Alam, the patron saint of Kashmir, stands...
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1.8KZaal, Marg, Sum, Trag: Old Kashmiri words living in Vakhs of Lal Ded
Lal Ded, the fourteenth-century mystic-poet of Kashmir, known variously as Lalleshwari, Lal Arifa, and Lal Ded, composed her vakhs in a language...
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1.6KRewriting Sikandar Shahmiri’s legacy: Power, politics, and the myth of iconoclasm
Sikandar Shahmiri, the seventh sultan of Kashmir’s Shah Miri dynasty – who ruled from 1398 C.E. till his death in 1413 C.E....
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2.0KFrom Qalb to Inquilaab: How Kashmir became central to Faiz’s life and work
Faiz Ahmad Faiz was not only one of the greatest poets of the Urdu language, but he was the language unto himself....
