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Bihar’s Enduring Paradox: Elections, Unseen Scars of Democracy, Roar of Castes
From rat-eaters to broken transformers and the seismic shift of the caste census, the crucial Bihar elections become a battleground for survival, governance, an...
Of Saints, Lovers, and Melancholy: Dooru’s Triad in Kashmir’s Hearts
South Kashmir’s three distinct voices poets – Gami, Rasul Mir and Asad Mir – are immortalised for their mystic, romantic, and sorrowful poetry in Kashmir.
Rejoinder: When Criticism Turns into Catharsis
Shabana Mehmood counters Murtaza Shibli’s recent Kashmir Times article on India’s engagement with the Taliban, arguing that it distorts facts, ignores context, ...
RIP Professionalism: The Cheer Leaders of Kashmir
When pseudo-journalists become jingoistic cheerleaders, instead of interrogating power, deconstructing narratives, and giving voice to the voiceless, they rob t...
One Year On, Omar Abdullah Ruling Without Power
A year after taking office, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah presides over a government caught between promise and paralysis — elected by the people but answera...
Cannons to right of them, Cannons to left of them
Commentator and former ISI chief Lt Gen Asad Durrani reflects on the recent flare-up between Afghanistan and Pakistan, tracing its roots through decades of shar...
Can the Gaza ceasefire be converted into lasting peace?
Trump's Unconventional Diplomacy: A Path to Lasting Peace in the Middle East?
Marghoob Banihali and the Moral Radiance of Kashmiri Letters
Among the few litterateurs who lifted Kashmiri from a dialect to a language, Banihali embodied the moral pulse of ‘our collective being’.
Taliban, Pakistan and India - A new dynamic?
India’s outreach is pragmatic, but can it be an effective counter-weight against Pakistan’s military power?
PaJK protests rooted in governance, not identity
Joint Awami Action Committee’s call to abolish refugee seats has sparked unease in many quarters particularly in Kashmiri community across the Line of Control, ...
Kashmiri Language In a Digital Void
Lack of software support and digitization efforts apart, the attempts to revive Kashmiri digitally are getting lost in the algorithms that prioritise clicks ove...
Books as Crime? Whether J&K High Court Will End the ’Unprecedented Situation’?
The Battle for Free Expression: J&K's Unprecedented Book Ban Under Scrutiny
Javed Akhtar, Bollywood and Urdu’s Ghostly Existence – Rashid Ali
Bollywood's Lingering Ghost: The Silent Struggle of Urdu in Hindi Cinema
Kashmir’s Twin Unrest: Reform vs. Resistance
The protests in PaJK have been driven by demands for governance reform and economic justice, while turmoil across the LoC in J&K is rooted in questions of polit...
Habba Khatoon: The ‘Vanished’ Queen of Kashmir
While historical chronicles have preserved records of Yusuf Shah Chak in ink, no historic manuscripts make a passing reference to Habba Khatoon ‘Zoon’. Her hist...
India, Canada and ‘Khalistan Movement’: Violence Trots the Globe-III
Geopolitical manipulation of the Khalistani movement, the complex maze of competing narratives and Indian intelligence operations have turned grievance into blo...
RSS at 100: Most Powerful Shadow Organisation
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh marks its centenary, the gap between rhetoric and ground reality has become part of the story; and, a century in, it has the ...
Aqualogues: The Festival Where Water Found Its Voice
At the water festival in Ahmedabad University, conversations flowed between art, science, and spirituality—reviving the ancient belief in water as a sacred pres...
India, Canada and ‘Khalistan Movement’: From 1947 to 1984-II
As Sikh alienation, triggered by RSS narratives and India’s political control, deepened, Bhindrawale turned into a phenomenon, leading to the blunder of Operati...
The Himalayan disasters point to reckless construction, not merely climate change
As Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab struggle to recover from the widespread devastation this monsoon, it is futile to only blame climate change. ...