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7 years after Article 370, Kashmir’s Wounds Remain Open
Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, Kashmir remains far from the political normalcy and integration promised in August 2019. The former state was d...
The Price of Uncertainty
The story reflects on the deep sense of helplessness and grief in Kashmir after the killing of labourers and a police officer, portraying a valley trapped in cy...
“Blood Is Thicker Than Water”: Re-reading Sheikh Abdullah’s Remark at the United Nations
The article revisits Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s famous declaration at the United Nations that he was bound to Jawaharlal Nehru by “blood,” unpacking its layered...
Beyond Article 370: Kashmir's Unfinished Economic Question
The article argues that debates over Article 370 have overshadowed a deeper, unfinished question: Kashmir’s economic future and the pursuit of economic justice....
The Treason of Pakistan’s Intellectuals
The story is a searing critique of Pakistan’s progressive intellectuals, especially in the diaspora, who once spoke boldly about military domination but now avo...
Ayaz Nazki and His 'Bebooj Nama'
Ayaz Rasool Nazki’s Bebooj Nama: Kashmir History – Selected Readings resurrects a long-suppressed Kashmiri narrative by treating folklore, satire, mock-epics an...
Article 370 Abrogation: Seven Years On, Kashmir at the Edge of a Reckoning
Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir remains trapped between New Delhi’s narrative of stability and a Kashmiri reality marked by t...
Does Bail Mean Freedom? Unfinished Liberty of Khurram and Irfan
The story probes whether bail in Kashmir truly restores freedom, using the prolonged detentions of human rights defenders Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj as a s...
The Anger Beneath the Surface
The story examines how Gen Z-led protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, sparked by the NEET paper leak and derogatory remarks about unemployed youth, have evolved i...
Gen Z Laughing Through Dissent
Gen Z’s inventive protests against India’s corrupt examination system forced the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and promises of reform, bl...
Forgotten Stakeholder: Kashmir’s Voice in Indus Waters Treaty
The article argues that while the Indus Waters Treaty is hailed as a durable India–Pakistan water-sharing accord, it fundamentally excluded the people of Jammu ...
J&K’s Panchayati Institutions Need an Ecological Mandate
The article argues that Jammu and Kashmir’s newly operational Panchayati Raj Institutions must be given a clear ecological mandate as the region faces intensify...
The Day Pakistan Lost Kashmir
The story argues that Pakistan’s violent suppression of protests in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir has shattered its long-claimed moral high ground on ...
Human Interventions that Trigger Flash Floods
Recent flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir have exposed how fragile Himalayan rivers are when natural extremes collide with human interference. While scientists s...
From Tihar to Open-Air Prison: Unfinished Freedom of Khurram and Irfan
The story examines how the bail granted to Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj amounts to an “open-air prison” rather than...
South Asia’s Implosion: Gen Z Cockroaches and the End of Obedience
Across South Asia, a politically awakened Gen Z is challenging authoritarian regimes that long relied on obedience dressed up as order. In India, the Cockroach ...
Paper Leaks, Anger that they Trigger are products of a Society in Disarray
The story examines India’s recurring exam paper leaks as a symptom of a deeper societal and systemic breakdown. It describes brutal crackdowns on largely peacef...
A Protest That Awakens The People
An online outcry over exam leaks has erupted into a nationwide youth-led protest challenging a system that treats young Indians as expendable. The Cockroach Jan...
South Asia's Geopolitical Perfect Storm
South Asia is portrayed as entering its most dangerous geopolitical phase since the Cold War, with India at the centre of a rapidly deteriorating regional order...
July 13: History, Memory, and the Azan Narrative
The article revisits the July 13, 1931 firing in Kashmir, arguing that history must be reconstructed through a critical reading of multiple sources rather than ...