Opinion
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6.6KWhy Kalij Pheasant as JK bird is a wrong choice
Throughout the globe, governments prefer to adopt endangered or threatened birds. But the newly declared Kalij Pheasant is neither an endangered or...
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The Genius of Akhter Rasool
A maverick Kashmiri designer’s sudden demise due to a cardiac arrest on Sunday (October 10, 2021) created tearful tributes and left a...
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Mother—An epitome of simplicity and compassion
Although any death of a loved one can be emotionally devastating, but sudden or untimely deaths give traumatic experiences. It was the...
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A trip to ‘la-la land’ — be prepared to expect the unexpected!
When the defiant old man Geelani died recently, an Indian travel writer was holidaying in Kashmir along with his wife. He found...
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Poets of Kashmir: Inspiration and the Artistic Process
Poetry that has emerged from Kashmir spans across mystical baeth, love songs, travel narratives, philosophical studies and dramas written in verse. Since...
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The ignored exoduses of Kashmiri Muslims—Part I: Slavery and subjugation
The word “exodus” has become almost rhetorical in the Kashmiri political discourse, however, the political connotations underpinning it have largely ignored the...
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Why Agha Shahid Ali’s new biography is a loose bag of emotions
Shahid is shown like any other human being who has the zest to perfect his writing and reach the zenith like an...
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Ordinary violence in ‘Rumours of Spring’ by Farah Bashir
Girlhood is both confusing and aspirational. It is a time to figure out your place in the world as the margins that...
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‘From majority to disempowered minority’: Politics of Delimitation in JK
It is never an event. It is always a process of several steps, at times far from one another, that slowly progress...
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Contextualising the alleged case of forced conversion and Sikh minority rights in Kashmir — Muzamil Jaleel
The controversy surrounding the marriage of a Sikh girl and the politics around it needs to be put in proper context. First,...
