In Depth
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8.7KIndia in top ten list of highest contributors at United Nations since 2000
The UN stand on Kashmir, regardless of India’s fiscal contribution has deemed itself to act as an independent body working for peace...
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4.2KZakat is an obligation, but is it ebbing destitution?
As the holy month Ramzan is bidding adieu, the faithful are exploring means to fulfil the ‘third pillar of Islam’ by paying...
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9.6KThe advent of ‘Athrout’ as a helping hand
When a young Muslim preacher bumped into an underprivileged woman inside a Srinagar church, the encounter instantly changed his worldview and led...
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2.8KSheikhpora’s broke winnow-makers are now falling prey to a ‘mystery blindness’
In the recent past, people from Sheikhpora travelled across Kashmir with their handmade winnows. They were much-sought after artisans around. But now, they...
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6.9KFrom paddy fields to political haven: Hyderpora’s defiant evolution
What used to be a simple agrarian community had to fast shed its image amid tumultuous political events in Kashmir. And today,...
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2.6KSuffering in silence: Why isn’t charity coming to Kashmiri Widows’ rescue?
Besides fasting, Muslims pay alms to the downtrodden and needy in the holy month of Ramzan. But the condition of deprived widows...
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2.2KIs New Delhi using ‘talks’ to find its lost Kashmir plot?
After failing to contain its “integral part” through an NIA crackdown, judicial offensive and a martial approach, New Delhi has now proposed...
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14.2KFor the love of language: Kashmir’s new age Urdu poets—Part I
From the 13th century saintly figures like Lal Ded and Shiekh ul Aalam to progressive writers like Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor and Abdul...
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7.1KWhy orphanages are not the answer
After a speedy CRPF jeep mowed down an orphan in Nowhatta on June 1, the plight of orphans in Kashmir has inadvertently surfaced,...
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7.4KThis ‘Sahar Khan’ from Kashmir awakens the faithful with ‘military’ ballads in Ramzan
When Kashmir’s military omnipresence forced masses indoors during nineties, a man from Srinagar’s Chanpur volunteered to become a ‘Sahar Khan’. What unfolded...
