Commentary
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1.1KKashmir’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...
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Hindu Rashtra, Kashmiri Pandits and the Muslim Sultanate
The Hindu Rashtra project of Brahman supremacy was established and successfully executed in Kashmir, long before the idea hit popular imagination in...
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Menstruation in Ramzan: A ‘shame’ that isn’t
Menstruation predates language, so do the taboos associated with it. The primitive civilisations saw menstruation as an anathema, but even the most...
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Making the Spiritual Journey: ‘The Exquisite Pearl’ by Shaykh Abdul Rahman Saadi
A toxic mixture of 21st century work practices, addictive social media apps, and “always on” Internet connected devices is depriving many of...
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‘Kashmir fights for reality, not just memory’: An ode to the coloniser
A coloniser’s goals can be summarised succinctly in three words. SLAUGHTER, PLUNDER, ENJOY!!! It affects millions of lives, from the direct victims...
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‘Bohemia from Batamaloo’ hustles on the streets and sings his heart out, with socks in mind
He regularly ventures out on the streets, visits offices and knocks at residential gates, exhorting and persuading people to buy his socks....
