All posts tagged "Featured"
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9.0KConflictYaseen Yatoo: The ‘thinking commander’ who was against ‘Selfie Militancy’
When Yaseen Yatoo was yet to become Mehmood Ghaznavi way back in 2015, he had expressed his ‘serious concern’ over the glamorization...
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6.9KConflictDetailing the dreaded 90s: The varsity’s nightmarish newsprints
Part of history, and horror now, the happenings of the 90s—when military operations like ‘Catch and Kill’ would subject the rebellious population...
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4.9KDevelopmentHow the Rambagh-Jehangir Chowk fly-over has ‘diverted’ lives
Srinagar: Traffic is a mess which people in most parts of the world see. However, people also see solutions to it. In...
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3.4KCommentaryMy experiences of the ‘Day of Independence’, and the lack of it
Date: 15th August, some 10 years ago. Place: Kolkata. A schoolgirl wakes up early in the morning. She jumps off the bed...
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6.8KConflict‘Grave Talk’: Conversations with a dead son
Srinagar: Every grave in the Mazar-e-Shouda (Martyr’s Graveyard), situated in the summer capital Srinagar, is revered. All those who are buried here...
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5.3KConflict‘This is not Kunan Poshpora’: Why are Shopian villages grappling with fear?
The dark assault began in the intervening night of June 13-14. In the twin Shopian’s villages – Vehil and Turkawangam – Indian...
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3.7KEnvironmentAt the bottom of society: Rag pickers of ‘modern Srinagar’
After a full day at work, Sheikh Samsuddin in his late 70’s hardly feels like doing anything. All he wants is a...
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5.2KFeature‘The Militarised Yatra’: A tool to claim land and resources, notes an environmental fact-finder
It was supposed to be an environmental study to map the impact of religious tourism. But it soon unravelled the different realities...
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12.6KWeb 101Seven Influential Men of Kashmir History
Kashmir’s history is shaped by conflicts, springing from its geographic position, diversity and economy. Located in South Central Asia, it’s unique nature...
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4.0KCommentaryOver the dead natives: Necropolitics of the Indian state in Kashmir
“When the army surrounds us from everywhere, where would the people go?” asks a teary eyed shopkeeper from Bemina. Standing in a...
