All posts tagged "Featured"
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11.0KIn Depth‘King of Santoor’: Remembering Ustaad Muhammad Abdullah Tibetbaqal
Thirty six years after his passage, Ustaad Muhammad Abdullah Tibetbaqal continues to evoke nostalgia, whenever his musical renditions make it to the...
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9.4KCrimeThe growing tribe of Ankur Sharma: Anatomy of a Pro-rapist ‘Leader’
He wears many hats: social activist, politician, lawyer and engineer. But Kathua’s Ankur Sharma is mainly in news as the pro-rapist outfit...
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9.7KFeatureApril 10, 1993: The day a boat sank with the dead
This day, on April 1993, Srinagar’s trade heartland Lal Chowk went up in flames after the BSF troopers ran amok. After the...
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3.7KConflictShopian Killings: The slain ‘human shield’s’ widow recounts the nocturnal terror
A year after the Indian Army used a Budgam weaver as a human shield in a blatant display of a war crime...
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2.7KConflictShopian Killings: When the ‘dirty war’ blurred the line between combatants and civilians
One among the four civilians killed in Shopian on April 1 was returning home after meeting his infant daughter. Another had left...
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2.1KIn DepthUnderstanding the ‘olive branch’ politics of the head of Unified Command
Today as chief minister Mehbooba Mufti completed her two years in office, her reign remains mired in crisis, chaos and controversies. Cutting...
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7.2KConflictThe state aggression that bled the peaceful protest at Brakpora
Shortly after (then) Kashmir police chief AK Bhan claimed that his personnel (along with Indian army) led by former counterinsurgent chief Farooq...
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7.3KHarassmentThe tale of a non-Kashmiri daughter-in-law caught between law and in-laws
Hope for a happier life and a more comfortable future brought Nishat Ara, a 39-year-old woman from Lucknow, the place she grew...
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10.7KFeatureNew tastemaker in town: The Everest climber Krushnaa Patil
If you’ve ever been to Books and Bricks (B&B) cafe in Srinagar, chances are that you’ve tasted the food cooked by Krushnaa...
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5.8KConflictBehind the viral photograph: Wagoora’s teacher-turned-insurgent
Following a midnight encounter at Budgam lately, an old woman’s wailing photograph went viral on social media and was confused with the...
