Commentary
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1.4KLaws, land and disempowerment: Large scale encroachment and illegal takeover of Waqf properties in Jammu
The Sangh and its affiliates have launched a vicious campaign based on falsehoods against Jammu Muslims. This is not happening in isolation,...
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#WorldMentalHealthDay: Why millennials die of suicide
Johann Hari in his book ‘Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression-and the Unexpected Solution’ talks about how we as individuals...
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Of revelation and reason: Ibn Taymiyyah’s ‘literalist rationalism’
It has been an unfortunate norm in the history of Islamic culture that the greatest names, who defended it from the onslaught...
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Five seminal texts that engage the question of Women’s Rights in Islam
Canonization of religion has led to male-supremacy, a phenomenon that makes many to question the interpretation of texts In my undergrad days...
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Shifting landscape and searing anxiety in Kashmir
A volley of amended Acts post-Article 370 abrogation has unleashed a sense of distress in the valley where commoners are currently struggling...
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Kashmir’s one year as an ‘integral part’ of Modi’s India
What would George Orwell have made of Kashmir’s situation in 2020? His prophetic work on extensive government over-reach, mass surveillance and repressive...
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Administering silence on the women of Kashmir
On July 4, New Delhi based TV Channel India Today ran a special program juxtaposing two simultaneous lockdowns in Kashmir, the period...
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Is the New Media Policy and censorship on free press a new phenomenon? History proves otherwise
The New Media Policy has been called Orwellian by international press bodies, but censorship in Kashmir did not start with it. The...
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The politics of visuals and propaganda of photographs
Bashir Ahmed, a civil contractor, resident of HMT, Srinagar, was shot dead in Sopore yesterday. The police has said that he was...
