Opinion

Reading before memory fades: A life between law and history

Legal autobiographies offer profound technical insights and revolve around the professional journeys of their author. However, Fali S Nariman’s “Before Memory Fades…”...

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A crisis at sea, and a responsibility at home: Tackling energy shocks with resilience

The Strait of Hormuz may lie thousands of kilometres away from India’s coastline, but its importance is felt in every Indian household...

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How the teachings of Nund Rishi continue to guide Kashmir

In the beautiful valleys of Kashmir, the teachings of Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani (R.A.) continue to inspire people even today. He remains one...

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When a language loses its landscape: Handur and shin mani in Kashmiri language

Ask a young person in the Valley today what the Kashmiri word for “glacier” is, and you will likely get a puzzled...

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What my six-month-old taught me about wonder

On a quiet winter morning in Kashmir, when the cold seeps into the walls and the sky outside looks pale and still,...

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Prescribed without explanation: A Kashmiri woman’s fertility journey

In Kashmir, a woman does not need to be a certain age for the pressure to begin. Whether she is in her...

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Beneath Sanskrit and Persian: Tracing the forgotten Dardic kinship between Shina and Kashmiri

While the precise origin of the Kashmiri language remains unclear, it is an indisputable and evident fact that, over the centuries, Kashmiri...

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The art of living after wanting to die

Some books do more than tell a story; they challenge the way life itself is viewed, and Veronika Decides to Die is...

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From right to commodity: The neo-liberal remaking of education in India

Amid the Galgotias controversy, the author asks who owns knowledge, tracing debt, data and dispossession in India’s teaching-for-profit education regime. The piece...