Opinion
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1.8KWhere do the memories go?
My father travelled a lot for work. I am not entirely sure what he did. We lived on an island inhabited by...
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3.1KKashmir and the Abbasid revolution
Often considered as the first major political upheaval in the Arab history, the Abbasid revolution would go on to completely change the...
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1.6K‘In what cage do I belong’: On being British and Muslim
In the September of 2019, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan published her debut book of poetry, Postcolonial Banter. The book revolves around being British and...
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2.4KBook of Counsels: Imam Ghazali’s translated treatise is a spiritual treat
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali aka Imam Ghazali may be considered as the 11th century’s mujaddid [a renewer of the faith], but his relevance...
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2.5KIs the quest for easy money becoming a grand delusion for young Kashmir?
In his Class 8, Moonis is already building castles in the air. Hailing from a lower-middle class family of Kashmir, his wishful...
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1.8KEid and its essence: Are we squeezing the soul out of our festivals?
There are moments in life when the ground beneath your feet shakes, then come the moments when you wish the sky would...
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2.1KForgotten etiquettes: The lines between genuine concern and intrusive curiosity
I spent my formative years in Kashmir, and the latter part of my life has taken me to various corners of the...
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2.4KOf melons and sheep
In an uncanny Kasfesque town of Krashnoy, (neither to be confused with Krasnoy from the novel ‘Malafrena’, where learnt men assuage the...
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5.5KKashmir’s Finest: In Memory of Qazi Mamoon
In the mid-2000s, as the internet boom began to trickle into the Kashmir Valley, a young boy from Burn Hall School forged...
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3.2K‘The toothache of tragedy’: Reportage of the Tiny Journalist
“The Tiny Journalist becomes a statement to narrative and its power to guide us to the right questions. These questions move beyond...
