History
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3.1KKashmir town’s twin title returns to rattle
An ancient Kashmiri town is back to news for its competing name being prescribed with power. Maryam was taken aback by an...
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Wailing witnesses: The Chinars of Kashmir
Chinars! What must have passed under their comfortable shades, of men assembling at noon complaining of toils, admitting thankfulness, women solemnly swearing...
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Throwback to 1950s—when friends became foes
Stark similarities have surfaced in Kashmir where a certain development doctrine has evoked the dusted document. Following the abrogation of Article 370,...
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The ignored exoduses of Kashmiri Muslims—Part I: Slavery and subjugation
The word “exodus” has become almost rhetorical in the Kashmiri political discourse, however, the political connotations underpinning it have largely ignored the...
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From Karakul to ‘Koukh’: Kashmir’s Kabul kaleidoscope
With the resurgence of Taliban in Afghanistan, security analysts forecast an apparent shift in the valley. But beyond contemporary Kabul conquest, tribes...
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Kashmiri homes becoming unbearable in summers — why?
Before being brought down in a dramatic manner, drones would capture a corrugated cityscape which once had colourful flowerbeds blooming atop. Amid...
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Hafizas of Kashmir: Dancers, and dark history of institutionalised flesh trade
By Showkat Rasheid Wani, and Khawar Khan Achakzai. The British had no legal and moral rights to transfer the hereditary and...
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Blood and Bridge: Recalling World’s First Labour Movement
This day, 156 years ago, Kashmiri shawl weavers or Shawlbafs were brutally killed by Dogra gunners for resisting imposition of heavy taxes...
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Kadal Nama: A brief history of historical connectors
Srinagar city was known as the ‘Venice of the East’ for the various waterways that ran through its heart. In fact, water...
