In Depth
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1.6KThe art of living after wanting to die
Some books do more than tell a story; they challenge the way life itself is viewed, and Veronika Decides to Die is...
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1.9KFrom right to commodity: The neo-liberal remaking of education in India
Amid the Galgotias controversy, the author asks who owns knowledge, tracing debt, data and dispossession in India’s teaching-for-profit education regime. The piece...
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2.1KCity of Kashmir: Srinagar, a popular history–Review by Muhammad Nadeem
It is a peculiar kind of heartbreak to love a city that exists more in the past than in the present. You...
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1.7KThe ‘kond’ in our Koshur baghban
Kond=Narcissist. For many Kashmiri parents of millennials, the 2003 Hindi film Baghban, directed by B. R. Chopra, became a moral weapon. Its...
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1.7KWhy writers must learn to read differently
There is a moment familiar to every reader when a novel closes upon itself and leaves behind a quiet echo. We admire...
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756A story of passion and pain returns to the spotlight
As the teaser trailer of Wuthering Heights, an adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 19th-century novel on the intoxicating love story of all time,...
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2.4KAlgorithm of distraction: Kashmir Instagram and the death of thought
I woke up early in the morning to activate my Instagram for the weekend. I had deactivated it only yesterday. Partly in...
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2.7KThe linguistic world of Gurezi Shina and its strong Kashmiri influence
In Gurez, language does not announce itself as a marker of identity; it simply exists, woven into daily life. Shina is spoken...
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2.6KIn Photos: Open Razdan Pass in January raises climate questions in Gurez
Gurez: The movement of traffic across Razdan Top in the middle of January is nothing short of a miracle. However, this unprecedented...
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1.2KBefore creativity, there is imagination: How ideas are born in silence
Imagination does not arrive loudly. It does not demand attention. It slips in when the mind is still, when the noise of...
