History
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5.2KFrom 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...
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Kota Rani: Forgotten ‘Last Hindu Queen’ of Kashmir
Kashmir has been under the ascendency of various rulers who have ruled the land and extended its frontiers. However, there are very...
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Chronicle 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...
