All posts tagged "Society"
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1.7KCrimeWoman forced to deliver on road in sub zero temperature after Lal Ded hospital refuses to admit her, baby dies
Srinagar: A woman was forced to deliver her baby on the road in Srinagar after authorities at the Lal Ded hospital, the...
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The cross-dresser who became a deserter: The story of Shabnam Subhan
As part two of a series of stories on the plight of the third gender in Kashmir, the tale of Shabnam Subhan...
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From Mohsin to Mohsina: The struggle of a teenage transgender from Kashmir
At the end of 2017, an important book by Dr. Aijaz Bund on the transgender community set off a series of limited...
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Meet the Kangri maker who is fighting to keep the firepot warm
In a small village in Pampore, Abdul Satar Ganie is leading by example to keep his village’s unique Kangri, known for its...
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This 10-year-old Kashmiri shepherd has a fiancé and a family to feed
When his father could no longer work due to old age and bad health, it made young Gulzar a default headman of...
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Militant killed in Pulwama was an MBA, had quit job in top bank to start business before picking up the gun
Ishfaq’s father was a popular militant commander from Pulwama ‘His last Facebook posts were only in praise of jihad’ Srinagar: The militant...
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Kashmir’s ‘Wall of Kindness’: ‘The best part is no one knows who gave and who took’
Srinagar: The Bund in Lal Chowk, Srinagar, a ‘Wall of Kindness- Deewar-e-Meharbani’ has come up. The wall, painted red and white has hangers, ...
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‘My baby boy died. It had a head full of hair’: Mentally challenged woman allegedly gang-raped near Makhdoom Sahib shrine
Srinagar: Zameer (name changed) lies on a bed in Lal Ded Maternity Hospital’s general ward. She is not in the state to...
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54 percent of Indians encourage their children to become teachers, says global study
Indians are the most positive when it comes to choosing teaching as a career, UK-based Varkey Foundation’s ‘Global Teacher Status Index (GTSI)...
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View from the ragpickers’ shanties: ‘We feel much safer here’
Non-local ragpickers who scrounge for trash find conflict zone called Kashmir ‘safer’ than ‘shining’ mainland India. Even though they live shabbily and...
