In Depth
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10.1KSextortion and obscenity: The case of unknown video calls in Kashmir
Sextortion or obscene video-calling scam has become a new malady for money-minting in Kashmir. Aijaz Baba was sitting with his family one...
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3.6KSolidarity, symbolism and sedition: Case-study of three captive Kashmiris
Beyond played-up patriotism, and Indian cricket team’s symbolic support to the persecuted, pathos of three Kashmiri families are pointers of the barefaced...
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18.2KWhy Kalij Pheasant as JK bird is a wrong choice
Throughout the globe, governments prefer to adopt endangered or threatened birds. But the newly declared Kalij Pheasant is neither an endangered or...
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5.8KBeats and bandanas: Hip hop survives underground in Kashmir
A tucked away hall fumes with electric energy as powerful beats and bars dropped by local rappers gathered for a Cypher on...
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4.0KKashmiri breadwinner’s killing leaves his poor family in lurch
‘Their son was not a militant, but still he was killed. Government has to take responsibility of his family, like they are...
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4.3KBefore early winter, Kashmir echoed with festive songs of harvest
Be it the golden paddy fields full of buzz or the surrounding lawns of the small hamlets, the festive hands were reaping...
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3.5KBeing Azad in times of migrant departure
The non-native workforce’s departure due to targeted killings in Kashmir has conveniently sidelined the strife-stricken society’s migrant welfare role during the last...
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4.5K‘They’re mocking our religion’: Anger and frustration in Kashmir as Jamia Masjid remains locked for Friday prayers
Praying in the mild autumn sun, resting against the walls of Srinagar’s century old Jamia Masjid, Shakeela had come all the way...
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5.0KWalnut harvest, and an occupational hazard
Even though export of walnut generates enormous revenue for Kashmir, working conditions of labourers in the field are pathetic, and filled with...
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4.0KFrom bad air to binned cleaning-agents: Is Kashmir replicating Delhi?
Despite National Green Tribunal ban on burning of waste in open places, Kashmir continues to grapple with the pungent air emanating from...
