In Depth
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2.4KThe 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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Life in Srinagar—Part I: Pathos and Pollution of Dal Lake
Despite its indigenous Hanji community fighting the protracted battle to protect and preserve their centuries-old identity, over 40 percent of houseboats vanished...
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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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From Karakul to ‘Koukh’: Kashmir’s Kabul kaleidoscope
With the resurgence of Taliban in Afghanistan, security analysts forecast an apparent shift in the valley. But beyond contemporary Kabul conquest, tribes...
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Kashmiri homes becoming unbearable in summers — why?
Before being brought down in a dramatic manner, drones would capture a corrugated cityscape which once had colourful flowerbeds blooming atop. Amid...
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‘We’re treated disgracefully’: Kashmir’s door-to-door vaccinators
The myths and the misconceptions that are being related to vaccines are often funny but mostly intense, resulting in the harassment of...
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Meet a changemaker fighting late-marriages in Kashmir
Challenging a culture of extravagance and a plagued social institution, a young Kashmiri entrepreneur is trying to make marriage affordable for Kashmiri...
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‘Beast in bush’ is no longer an ‘urban myth’ in Kashmir
At a time when uptown city pocket dwellers are claiming a beast sighting in their neighbourhood, the man-wild conflict which earlier devoured...
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13 years of wait – why’re dentists in Kashmir ‘losing dignity’?
A decade of deprivation has forced dentists to persistently press for their demands on the streets of Srinagar. But even then they...
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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...
