In Depth
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8.2KDark demons and child rape: How this faith healer abused countless young boys for decades
Sopore, Kashmir. The room smelled of charcoal. The lanterns simmered as the Peer stood in front of it, a huge shadow cast...
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5.3KWhere villagers are hostage to militarisation: Gurez, the barbed paradise
I didn’t even know that a place called Gurez exists in Kashmir. When my close friend from work offered me a trip...
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6.9KDetailing the dreaded 90s: The varsity’s nightmarish newsprints
Part of history, and horror now, the happenings of the 90s—when military operations like ‘Catch and Kill’ would subject the rebellious population...
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6.8K‘Grave Talk’: Conversations with a dead son
Srinagar: Every grave in the Mazar-e-Shouda (Martyr’s Graveyard), situated in the summer capital Srinagar, is revered. All those who are buried here...
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5.2K‘This is not Kunan Poshpora’: Why are Shopian villages grappling with fear?
The dark assault began in the intervening night of June 13-14. In the twin Shopian’s villages – Vehil and Turkawangam – Indian...
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3.6KAt the bottom of society: Rag pickers of ‘modern Srinagar’
After a full day at work, Sheikh Samsuddin in his late 70’s hardly feels like doing anything. All he wants is a...
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5.1K‘The Militarised Yatra’: A tool to claim land and resources, notes an environmental fact-finder
It was supposed to be an environmental study to map the impact of religious tourism. But it soon unravelled the different realities...
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8.2KTaken for a ride: The bus menace in Kashmir
Just the other day when I gave a ten rupee note to the bus conductor and he returned only four rupees back...
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6.5KWorkplace harassment: Story of a ‘wrecked’ Kashmiri techie
I admire Google because at one time I felt the company gave direction to my dreams but it didn’t love me the way...
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4.6KGuerrilla warrior, rattle strategist, tech wizard: Who really was Abu Dujana?
Before the deadly dawn of Oct 28, 2015 would silence one of the mysterious militant chiefs of Kashmir, South Asia’s most active...
