Commentary
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2.9KA day before Eid, a One Day Peace
For a day or two, the air in and around Srinagar might almost seem devoid of the memories of tear gas and...
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7.0KA History of Abuse at ‘Leading’ Schools of Kashmir
Slap, Kick, Punch, Spit. Oh, these kids. Snap, crack, bang, grunt. Oh, these rogue kids, I tell you. These so-called students and...
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3.6KTriple Talaq must go, but not by a right-wing intervention propagating Hindu supremacy
The welfare of Muslim women is a must, but is the issue of triple Talaq being used to push for Uniform Civil...
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5.3KWhere villagers are hostage to militarisation: Gurez, the barbed paradise
I didn’t even know that a place called Gurez exists in Kashmir. When my close friend from work offered me a trip...
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2.5KAl-Araqeeb village: Palestinian Bedouins refuse to surrender 116 times
On August 1, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb was destroyed for the 116th time. As soon as Israeli bulldozers finished their ugly...
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3.4KMy experiences of the ‘Day of Independence’, and the lack of it
Date: 15th August, some 10 years ago. Place: Kolkata. A schoolgirl wakes up early in the morning. She jumps off the bed...
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7.2KIs harassment of women becoming a new normal in Srinagar?
A recent Facebook post by Ivana Perkovic, a tourist and a travel blogger from Amsterdam regarding the harassment(s) faced by her at...
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3.1KPower to the people: Why Palestinian victory in Jerusalem is a pivotal moment
Neither Fatah nor Hamas have been of much relevance to the mass protests staged around Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Neither have...
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4.0KOver the dead natives: Necropolitics of the Indian state in Kashmir
“When the army surrounds us from everywhere, where would the people go?” asks a teary eyed shopkeeper from Bemina. Standing in a...
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3.4KEngineering mass mentality: 86 kilos of rejection, from Kashmir to Chennai and back
When a student from the mountains finds home in the marine land of Chennai, a hackneyed Kashmir to Kanyakumari link often surfaces....
