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Photo Essay: Shab-e-Meraj, empty Mosques, and locked-up Khaanqahs

While lighting an incense stick with the flame of a melting candle, Zarnaq, a ten year old girl at Hazratbal told me...

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An art that came from Samarqand in the 15th century, struggles to survive in Kashmir

Kashmiri craftspersons say that it is a watershed moment for them, to either go further into debt or abandon the art altogether. ...

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Photo Essay: Annual fishing and cleaning festival of Panzath Nag

Kashmir is home to a number of springs and fresh-water bodies. One such spring, the largest in South Kashmir, is Panzath Nag...

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In Pictures: House damaged after Armed Forces blast 20 kg IED in Pulwama

The explosives were recovered by the armed forces from a car with fake registration, the forces said Pulwama: The armed forces on...

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Photo Essay: Pillage in a pandemic

On May 8, Indian Armed Forces raided Central Kashmir’s Nasrullah Pora village after Deputy Superintendent of Police was injured in clashes. The cop...

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A silversmith’s ‘broken’ account of his craft and city

Braving situational strife and market mess which collectively put a lock on his shop for nearly a decade, a silversmith from Khwaja...

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In Photos | Ailing parents of a disappeared person, their withering wait and unpaid medical bills

Recently when four Kashmiris returned home after 23 years of wrongful imprisonment, an old and ailing Kashmiri couple became hopeful of the...

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‘Srinagar was my elegy and I was her poet of doom’

Throughout its history, Srinagar has left indelible marks on travelers, sightseers and natives who’ve mapped their ground impressions for the world to...