Shades and Shadows of Strife: Growing Up Trauma in Kashmir
A toddler’s viral image from the recent Sopore shootout site not only sent shockwaves around, but it once again broadcasted the conflict-torn childhood in Kashmir
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Path to Past: 10 Books on Kashmir History for Summer Reading
In times of pandemic, here’s a list of ten history books one can pick up to revisit the past objectively and know how those bygone occurrences shape present day events and continuing dilemmas in the ‘Vale of Kashmir’
Kupwara’s Killer Well and A Wedding Tragedy
Four men from a godforsaken northern Kashmir hamlet—where tap water is still a distant dream—went to clean a disused well for a wedding preparation. They returned dead and the merrymaking moment at once became a mass-mourning
Post-Script: Kashmir Lost its Promising Advocate
When even strangers feel a personal loss over a certain human departure, it perhaps reflects the level of tragedy. That’s how Shopian’s apple of an eye who had in him a streak of brilliance is being remembered after his sudden death
Has Civil Services Exam Become A Herculean Task For Kashmiris?
At a time when concern in some quarters remains that Kashmiri students aren’t breaking into the ranks of UPSC exams anymore, many aspirants who want to break the jinx are facing practical hitches and communication curbs back home
‘China Attacks Map, India App’: Netizens React to ‘Digital Strike’
As the world celebrates Social Media Day, the decision to ban apps like TikTok from India a day before seems to be quite ironic for its 119 million Indian users cum influencers who used the social media platform for many purposes from entertainment to teaching. In Kashmir, the response largely remained the wittiest
Meet Zahid Manzoor, A Special Kid With Special Talent
Born as a specially-abled kid in a poor family, a Kashmiri boy coming from the boroughs of Budgam has emerged as a real life fighter besides an inspiration for those who whine about their weaknesses in life
Advisories Are Back in Kashmir, So Is Anxiety
Two leaked advisories have created fresh anxiety in the Kashmir valley where the lockdown-ridden people are predicting hot summer, even as the administration is terming the couple of circulars as the usual governance documents
‘7 Lakh Kashmiris’ Fear to Lose Their Pashmina Threads to LAC Tensions
Dented with dogged discord and craving for life-support for decades now, Kashmir’s six-century-old Pashmina industry supporting around seven lakh people is now facing existential threat amid the Sino-India standoff at LAC
From Tibet to Galwan: 70 Years of Sino-India Twisted Ties
Behind the fresh LAC faceoff is the seven-decade-old fraught history dominated by dragon’s menacing advances and territorial ambitions
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