Commentary
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2.5KKashmir’s economy is changing fast and here’s what it must do next
On a bright autumn morning in Pampore, the fragrance of harvest lingers over the fields, which for generations were the economic lifeblood...
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549In a noisy world, reading teaches us how to hear again
The world never stops. Noise everywhere. Phones buzzing. Screens flashing. People rushing. Cars honking. Messages piling up. Reading asks for something different....
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1.9KIqbal and the making of muslim political modernity
The political decline of the Mughal, Ottoman and Safavid Empires in the eighteenth century did not signal a period of cultural and...
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1.7KLiterature as witness: On Roy, and the writer’s refusal of silence
I placed an order for Roy’s latest book at a local online bookstore. As excited as I always am before receiving my...
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1.7KFrom self-sabotage to acceptance: Learning to let yourself be happy without fear
Life can be steady, and things can be falling into place, and yet a voice in the back of our mind whispers,...
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1.6KMoney, mutton, and morality: Is the food rotten or our conscience?
The rotten meat being uncovered is also exposing our rotten morals. For profit, our own have poisoned our plates. And with that,...
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1.4KWhy writing still matters in a distracted world
Joan Didion said, “The craft of writing is the art of thinking.” Simple. True. And more important now than ever. We live...
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1.9KThe small acts of art that keep us human
In a world loud with distraction, it’s the quietest creations that help us feel, heal, and remember who we are. Sometimes I...
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1.6KHow we let Gulmarg slip away
A construction frenzy has devoured the Meadow of Flowers. Now, the authorities promise a crackdown. But where was the enforcement all these...
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1.5KYour phone’s not entertaining you. It’s making you forget yourself.
It starts quietly. Like a clock ticking in a forgotten room. You don’t even notice it at first – that hollow feeling....
