Analysis
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5.8KStaff Picks: Understanding Caste in Kashmir
Caste is the hereditary classification of society based on occupation, social status or economic position which distinguishes one group from the other....
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Revisiting 1940s: The legacy of Pakistan movement in Kashmir
On annual Kashmir Day on February 5, Islamabad reiterated ‘Kashmir and Pakistan are one soul in two hearts’. But much before the...
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The Pashmina Shawl: It’s almost doomsday, a re-birth is needed, not life support
Pashmina which became Kashmir’s first global introduction is now facing the death-knell fate of the Kashmiri silk. As an important part of...
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What the Triple Talaq Bill is, and how it’s anti-women and anti-Muslim at the same time
In the back drop of a non-existent Hajj subsidy being withdrawn, the motive behind such moves appears, openly, not about what it...
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Of students, sleuths, scribes and ‘security’: 2017, the year of new-narrative building
Kashmir’s news industry was booming when FressPressKashmir made a comeback this spring. Then, New Delhi and its regional counterparts were busy restoring...
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LoC trade can’t be de-linked from politics in the contested Kashmir region
Almost a decade old cross-LoC trade initiative between Indian and Pakistan administered Kashmirs that was intended to give people hope, and ‘heal...
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Kashmiri Sikhs: The vibrant minority that has always stood behind the majority
Their Kashmiri roots are either traced as Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s lieutenants or Guru Nanak’s Brahmin converts, but beyond that introduction Kashmiri Sikhs...
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Courting the global south: Will Israel become a UN Security Council member?
There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Since...
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The Genocide of the Rohingya: Big Oil, Failed Democracy and False Prophets
To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made...
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Nuclear apocalypse: Trump and Kim should not hold the world hostage
Not too far away from Seattle, Washington there are eight ballistic-missile submarines carrying the world’s large shipments of nuclear weapons. The 560-foot-long...
