Opinion
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7.2KJammu 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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Jammu’s forgotten massacre: A tale of two ethnic cleansings
November of 1947, the state of Jammu and Kashmir, where Gandhi saw a ray of hope, was a tumultuous time for its...
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Homeland Hues: ‘Why is the pariah making industry of Kashmir still alive?’
I was born and raised in Srinagar — a city forming the central stage in the socio-political dynamics of Kashmir. But I...
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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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Kashmiri Sikhs: The vibrant minority that has always stood behind the majority
Their Kashmiri roots are either traced as Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s lieutenants or Guru Nanak’s Brahmin converts, but beyond that introduction Kashmiri Sikhs...
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Braid Chopping: Hang on a second!
The streets of Kashmir have always served as a constant reminder of Kashmir’s volatile, rebellious and conflicting nature. If Kashmiris have thronged...
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Trek to Gangbal: ‘To say too beautiful would be an understatement’
I had a jittery feeling the night before we were set to leave. The plan had been hatched 48 hours in advance....
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Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on October 5
Stockholm: “The Swedish Academy has decided to announce the name of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize laureate on Thursday, October 5, at 1:00...
