Society
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1.2KOpinion: What the rape culture tells us about our society
A thirty-year-old man rapes a teenage girl in Kashmir. No outrage, no anger, nobody raises an alarm. Nobody questions this power that...
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‘Moklovukh’: Notes around my baby girl’s birth
In the series titled The Memory Project, Free Press Kashmir aims to recreate the clampdown through people’s memories and document lived experiences...
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Sikh leaders across Kashmir come out in unison against ‘attempts to spread tensions between communities’
The statements came after a robbery case at a Gurdwara in Srinagar and hanging of a Sikh man in Kulgam Srinagar: Sikh...
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Muslims in South Kashmir’s Tral help perform last rites of Kashmiri Pandit
‘Loss of Jagar Nath saddened whole village’ Srinagar: Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Muslims in South Kashmir’s Tral region arranged stuff to help family...
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Vaisno Devi shrine in Jammu serves Sehri and Iftiyar to Muslim labourers in quarantine, wins praise
As the lockdown due to coronavirus continues, thousands of people have been stranded during the pandemic, many people are stuck in quarantine...
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A silversmith’s ‘broken’ account of his craft and city
Braving situational strife and market mess which collectively put a lock on his shop for nearly a decade, a silversmith from Khwaja...
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‘I often come home crying’: Eve-teasing, the ‘unexorcised demon’ of Kashmir
New Crime Branch Gazette has painted a very grim picture of the Jammu and Kashmir vis-à-vis crime against women. The report says...
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He left a sweet taste during bitter times: The legend of ‘Kabab wale Chacha’
Every dawn and dusk, a non-local Kashmiri walks through the lanes of Downtown, Srinagar to sell Frymes (Fried flour Kebabs), making him...
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A 60-year-old man’s quest to keep cycling alive
At a time when obsession for four-wheelers is growing in Kashmir, a 60-year-old bicycle mechanic from downtown Srinagar continues to repair and...
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Sikhs host Iftaar dinner for Muslims in Srinagar
Srinagar: To promote composite culture of Kashmir and brotherhood between different communities, members of Sikh community hosted an Iftaar dinner for Muslims,...
