Commentary
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10.0KDeconstructing ‘Kashmiriyat’: ‘A myth woven around history’
Before being shot dead by RSS man Nathuram Godse this day, 70 years ago, MK Gandhi had seen ‘a ray of hope...
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An Indian scholar from Cambridge maps the massacre at Gaw Kadal
The first time I came to Kashmir, I heard it more than once that every street in Kashmir has seen bloodshed, every...
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Why rewarding Rajasthan psychopath highlights an existential crisis for Indian Muslims
When Nathuram Godse assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, “women from respectable Hindu families sent him a sweater they had made for him.” 70 years...
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Return of the prodigal son and his encounter with Kashmir’s work culture
It was in the summer of 2014 when I decided to return home. I, like many others of my age had been...
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Extravagance has ruined the great institution of marriage
Weddings are no more a mere union of individuals and a private affair. They’ve rather become a symbol of wealth exhibition and...
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Jammu Massacre: What it meant to be a Muslim woman in Jammu in 1947
Modern history’s least documented massacre that reportedly heaped 2.3 lakh Muslim bodies in Jammu by Nov 1947 is tailed by countless stories...
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How is ‘She’ doing amid escalating braid chopping and vigilantism?
Being a woman in contemporary Kashmir is no fun as the fret of the puzzling prowlers keeps shadowing one’s senses. While the...
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Braid Chopping: ‘We’ll get through this, too, stronger than they think’
How does it feel like a Kashmiri woman when relentless braid-chopping episodes are only escalating a sense of scare? Here, the writer...
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Braid-chopping: ‘Vigilantism overtakes when the State fails to deliver justice’
The sentiment—Kashmir isn’t safe anymore—is taking grip in the valley since past few weeks. The incidents of braid-chopping and its consequent vigilantism...
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‘My dear countrymen, Kashmir is beyond the tourism video…’
‘Kashmir, warmest place on earth,’ says the new tourism video of Kashmir tourism department. The video captures the beauty of the valley,...
