History
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252Chronicle of a fake letter: When comrade’s captivity exposed conspiracy theories
After Sheikh Abdullah removed him from the post-1947 Jammu rehabilitation scene, Krishan Dev Sethi—the comrade who recently passed away at the age...
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Queen Didda: Between facts and fantasy
The histories are of marked by men or women who become the epicentres of debate for generations to come. Kashmir history in...
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Myths and misconception: Origins of the name ‘Kashmir’
In this article, the author tries to go beyond the traditionally accepted etymologies behind the origin of the word Kashmir According to...
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Of journalism and censorship: The forgotten Rahber
Rahber, an institution in Journalism, a photographer who covered the 1931 massacre, was the founder of an Urdu weekly. A member of...
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Oral Memory: Kashmiri proverbs as political commentary
A Kashmiri woman’s innocent take on politics has won hearts on the Internet as she talks about the new Governor. But Kashmiris...
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With no official function in Kashmir, Kashmiris across the globe observe Martyrs’ Day
This is for the first time since 1948 that there is no official function on Martyrs’ Day Martyrs’ day was removed as...
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Turkey converts Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia museum back to mosque
Srinagar: Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, on Friday ruled that Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia can be converted from a...
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‘I see India turning into Akhand Bharat’: Qazi Nisar’s letter to Rajiv Gandhi in 1987 warning against Hindu Extremism
In a letter written in 1987, to the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, Qazi Nisar Ahmed, the slain Mirwaiz of South...
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Ghulam Rassul Galwan: The Kashmiri explorer Ladakh’s high altitude battlefield is named after
There are rare instances where a major geographical feature is named after a native explorer who put it on a western map....
