Literature

Faiz’s Love: Allys and Kashmir

Faiz Ahmad Faiz was one of the greatest poets of Urdu language. He had a rare distinction of being an equally renowned...

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Of journalism and censorship: The forgotten Rahber

Rahber, an institution in Journalism, a photographer who covered the 1931 massacre, was the founder of an Urdu weekly. A member of...

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Of revelation and reason: Ibn Taymiyyah’s ‘literalist rationalism’

It has been an unfortunate norm in the history of Islamic culture that the greatest names, who defended it from the onslaught...

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Shaheen Bagh and the Idea of India: In conversation with the Editor and an Author

Shaheen Bagh – The Idea of India, published by Speaking Tiger Books, is an anthology of essays that deep-dives into the acts,...

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Short Story: Pangs of separation, and SOPs

The thunder shakes the earth—as if the firmament bawled like a half-widow. Mushtaq Ahmad from Srinagar’s Hazratbal sat firmly on the couch...

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Short Story: Kill the Fiscal

With new pledges and old harangues, unionists have restarted election campaigning for the upcoming polls in the valley. Relying heavily on undisguised...

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Dusted after ‘Mass Awakening’: Downfall of Progressive Writers’ Movement in Kashmir

Boston Tea Party or Renaissance might be regular classroom lectures in Kashmir, but its own native movements hardly find any mention in...

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Of memories, linguistics and literature: The House on the River

Shoeb Hamid is an unconventional scribe-storyteller from Srinagar—who doesn’t seem to carry the typical author’s air. His mannerism makes him street-smart with...

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The last Kashmiri guide of VS Naipaul: ‘The writer was brutally honest, generous’

When English singer-songwriters Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were spotted holidaying in Kashmir in the early sixties, Hotel Leeward in Dal Lake...