In Depth
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5.0KA disappeared student, driver, daily wager, tailor, farmer surfaces on APDP’s calendar in Kashmir
Among those who “vanished in thin air” in Kashmir since 1989, twelve people have fared on 2019 calendar of Association of Parents...
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5.8KFrom Mohsin to Mohsina: The struggle of a teenage transgender from Kashmir
At the end of 2017, an important book by Dr. Aijaz Bund on the transgender community set off a series of limited...
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4.1KOf memories, linguistics and literature: The House on the River
Shoeb Hamid is an unconventional scribe-storyteller from Srinagar—who doesn’t seem to carry the typical author’s air. His mannerism makes him street-smart with...
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8.1K‘Gulabs’ are fading: Why Kashmir Valley is no longer a ‘bed of roses’
After feeding the local industry and mesmerising emperors, Kashmiri rose or Koshur Gulab is now facing the obscure fate, which has already...
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7.3KMeet the Kangri maker who is fighting to keep the firepot warm
In a small village in Pampore, Abdul Satar Ganie is leading by example to keep his village’s unique Kangri, known for its...
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4.7KFrom gun to stick: Mohammad Saeed’s walk to woe
As a hothead downtowner, Mohammad Saeed grew up as a diehard Mirwaiz family follower, who braced himself up for a ‘Sarhad Paar’...
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3.0KKashmiri juveniles ‘in the dock’: Criminalised for Life?
After being acquitted by the court, juveniles in Kashmir often get stuck in a vicious loop, which ends up derailing their normal...
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3.9K2018: The year of funerals, political coups, and burning homes
2018 turned out to be the deadliest year of the last decade in Kashmir, where violence and uncertainly overshadowed everything. Apart from...
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5.5KThis 10-year-old Kashmiri shepherd has a fiancé and a family to feed
When his father could no longer work due to old age and bad health, it made young Gulzar a default headman of...
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4.6KGame on: Meet Kashmir’s online warriors who use PUBG as a weapon to fight drug menace
After taking the world by storm, online multiplayer game Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds (PUBG) has found strong roots in Kashmir where boys...
