Commentary
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5.8K‘From majority to disempowered minority’: Politics of Delimitation in JK
It is never an event. It is always a process of several steps, at times far from one another, that slowly progress...
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Contextualising the alleged case of forced conversion and Sikh minority rights in Kashmir — Muzamil Jaleel
The controversy surrounding the marriage of a Sikh girl and the politics around it needs to be put in proper context. First,...
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Lone Brothers, and the hunting expedition of Roosevelts via Kashmir
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (TR-Jr.) (1887-1944) and Kermit Roosevelt (1889-1943), the two eldest sons of 26th President of USA Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) inherited...
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An Adage: Mei kyah hatya ker me (Did I commit murder?)
Long before banning of beef in India, and the blasphemy law in Pakistan, a deadly combination of both was implemented and practised...
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Education, and pedagogy: Why we need de-schooling
Our society has fabricated a self-pitiable ‘education’ system in which qualifying exams has become a delusional testimony of how good or bad...
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‘You can’t feed a lion grass, or would you?’: A Kashmiri chef responds
You can’t force omnivores to be carnivores, or vice-versa. The cultural food or general culinary habits of a particular people are developed...
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Myths and misconception: Origins of the name ‘Kashmir’
In this article, the author tries to go beyond the traditionally accepted etymologies behind the origin of the word Kashmir According to...
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Using Roshni to keep us in the dark, and the bogey of Land Jihad — Muzamil Jaleel
By announcing a plan to retrieve the lands instead of acting against influential bureaucrats who transferred the lands illegally, the J&K administration...
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Laws, 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...
