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Kashmir Diary 2: World’s Future in this Room
Set against the vast, healing landscape of Wullar Lake in Bandipora, this Kashmir diary portrays a modest primary school where children of fisher-folk and daily...
Amarnath Yatra: Ecological Questions Kashmir Can No Longer Postpone
The article examines Jammu and Kashmir’s decision to audit facilities along the Amarnath Yatra routes against a decade-old, still unanswered question: what is t...
'Satluj' Rekindles Memories of Jaswant Singh Khalra and Jalil Andrabi
The controversy over Sutlej, a film based on Punjab human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra, has revived a deeper debate on how societies remember those who ...
On 'Satluj' and Memory as Resistance
The story examines the brief OTT release and swift removal of the film Punjab 95, retitled Satluj, after years of scrutiny by India’s Central Board of Film Cert...
‘Chauhaan’ Teaser and the Darkening of Bollywood’s Kashmir Lens
The teaser of Ajay Devgn’s upcoming film ‘Chauhaan’ marks a stark, troubling turn in Bollywood’s portrayal of Kashmir. Once framed as a romantic paradise with K...
13 July 1931: The Culmination of Kashmir's Trilogy of Sacrifice
The story traces how 13 July 1931 became the defining moment in Kashmir’s long struggle against Dogra autocracy, completing a trilogy of sacrifice that began wi...
KP Conclave: A Good Beginning but Hard Work Awaits
The Global Kashmiri Pandit Conclave, Pragaash, in Srinagar marked a poignant, symbolic return for displaced Pandits, many revisiting temples and neighbourhoods ...
Beyond Prison Walls: Kashmir and Rise of Carceral State
The story examines how Kashmir has moved beyond conventional notions of prison as a site of post-conviction punishment to a pervasive carceral regime that gover...
The New Weapon in Socio-Political Warfare
The story examines “social face disfigurement” – the systematic destruction of a person’s public credibility through media narratives, misinformation and select...
It’s a Wake-up Call for Society When Children Begin to Pour Out Hatred
The article reflects on a viral video of a child hurling abuse at the Education Minister over summer vacations, arguing that the real crisis is not the child’s ...
Funeral as a Chess Move
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed as a grand act of “funeral diplomacy,” transforming a religious farewell into a calculated display of power a...
Implosion in PaJK: Pakistan’s Bullets, Bans, and Broken Promises
In Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the Joint Awami Action Committee has mobilised a mass movement against soaring food and fuel prices, inflated electr...
Weaponising the London Kashmir March
An estimated 10,000 members of the Kashmiri diaspora marched in London to protest Pakistan’s harsh crackdown in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir, wh...
Ultimate Oasis: Why Kashmir Must Choose Value Over Tourist Numbers
Kashmir’s tourism boom is often hailed through record visitor numbers, but this article argues the Valley must pivot from quantity to value. In a fragile mounta...
Who’s Afraid of Peace?
The article examines the backlash in India against a joint peace letter signed by over 100 eminent Indians and Pakistanis urging renewed dialogue between the tw...
India–Pakistan Track II must also include Afghanistan and China
The article argues that a rare convergence of voices—from India’s RSS leadership, Kashmiri religious and political figures, and over 100 eminent citizens in bot...
‘They May Attach My Property, But Not Conscience’
The piece is a first-person reflection by a Kashmiri businessman-turned-politician whose property faces legal attachment, yet who insists that his conscience re...
History Must Diagnose, Not Merely Narrate
The article argues that history must function as a rigorous science of truth rather than mere storytelling or political propaganda. Using analogies with medical...
Kashmir Diary: Moonlit Valley and a Dreamy Girl Who Wouldn’t Smile
In this evocative Kashmir diary, the writer revisits a moonlit valley that recalls classic Hindi films yet carries fresh, untold stories. Amid deodars, orchards...
Beyond Borders: Next South Asian Crisis Could Be Water, Not Kashmir Alone
For decades, Kashmir has been framed as a territorial and sovereignty dispute between India and Pakistan, but the region’s glaciers and rivers are now emerging ...