Literature
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806Of Islamophobia and white man’s myth: A book that deconstructs world order
In Tangled in Terror, Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan seeks to divorce Islamophobia from Islam and Muslims. In the face of racial or Islamophobic...
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Before Iqbal’s ‘shikwa’, there was Soch Kral’s divine petition
One Sufi song has been creating waves in Kashmir for years now, but its second-to-none poetic distinction remains a mystic mystery till...
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Jinxed journey: Inside Kashmir bus where lovers reunite as strangers
Old lovers bump into each other as travellers and embark on a reticently retrospective ride. An unnamed man is on his commute...
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‘Social Media has eliminated gap between literary mafia and public’: In conversation with Rumuz-E-Bekhudi
Reading something unusual, at times, may seem unreal—we think how did they let this pass the radar—because we are all so accustomed to...
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Of dying pen: Why we need to revive the beautiful bond
Pen in our pocket seems like a dream now. We’ve always heard about the importance of a pen. If we haven’t, then...
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Of cats and coyotes—a short story of chaos
‘An unusual mood engulfed the city. In the midday, the sun hid behind the clouds and darkness fell over. The mother cat...
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I will come with a lighthouse: A saga of two Ks
‘I was intrigued by the relation of the book with Kashmir, its striking reference to “Welcome to heaven on earth”.’ Sayan Aich...
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Sahitya spotlight: Did they just confuse Kashmiri criticism with chronology?
Authored as ‘biography’ and awarded as criticism, one of Sahitya winners lately failed to do justice with the spirit of the literary...
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In Photos: Birds and vultures—Short story of a jungle
For outsiders, the jungle disguised as a place of serenity and solace. However, only the little birds know that the eagles have...
