Opinion
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704Of Vakhs and Shruks: The gnostic exchange between two Kashmiri mystics
“If Lal Ded roasts our hearts on the fire of love, then Nund Reshi does nothing less than move a mountain.” Lal...
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Honorifics in retrospect—why western branding is bad for Kashmiri literature
From Rasool Mir, being dubbed as ‘The John Keats’ of Kashmir, to Mehjoor as ‘The Wordsworth’ and Abdul Ahad Azad as ‘The...
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Kashmir: Why investing in real estate is a good bet
Real estate is a great area for investment in Kashmir since it provides both a security blanket and significant returns over the...
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Death as meditation on life: Rishism in Kashmir
Rishism in Kashmir was an opportunity for women to find new ways of spiritual and literary expression. Kashmir’s indigenous Sufi order, Rishism...
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Words and warheads: Kashmir in explosive exchange
The two neighbours lately traded fresh nuke threats—but at what cost? South Asia once again woke up to a ticking-bomb reality when...
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World Braille Day: No guiding light for Kashmir’s sightless people
It all started with the code for army, but nearly 200 years later it’s yet to become a source of light for...
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Of Islamophobia and white man’s myth: A book that deconstructs world order
In Tangled in Terror, Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan seeks to divorce Islamophobia from Islam and Muslims. In the face of racial or Islamophobic...
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Before Iqbal’s ‘shikwa’, there was Soch Kral’s divine petition
One Sufi song has been creating waves in Kashmir for years now, but its second-to-none poetic distinction remains a mystic mystery till...
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Jinxed journey: Inside Kashmir bus where lovers reunite as strangers
Old lovers bump into each other as travellers and embark on a reticently retrospective ride. An unnamed man is on his commute...
