Thirty two years ago, she lost her usual sightseeing after witnessing the deadly world unfolding from her window. Hours after the bridge butchery when dusk finally settled over Gaw Kadal, Sarahโs world became black forever. Standing on Zoon Dub or a cantilevered balcony designed in Kashmirโs traditional homes for the moon viewing, she would gaze…
Soon after the 1947 Dogra Raj downfall, a Kashmiri versifier writing misery and mutiny faded away in the prime of her youth as if she never existed until Mountain Inkโs Meher Qadri unearthed the poetโs buried legacy with a questionโโIs she the first uncrowned poetess of Kashmir?โ At the cusp of World War-II in 1938,…
This is the second attack in the last 20 days on Kashmiris in the Jharkhand capital. Four Kashmiri youths were earlier assaulted on November 11, and forced to chant โJai Shri Ramโ. SRINAGAR โ At around 11 am on November 27, 2021, Riyaz Ahmad received a phone call from a bustling marketplace in Ranchi.ย This…
Several statements and comments by various international and national human rights bodies, and activists have rallied for the release of Kashmiri Human Rights defender Khurram Parvez. SRINAGAR โ Indiaโs top anti-terror agency, National Investigation Agency, Monday arrested renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, 42 from Kashmirโs capital city Srinagar inviting sharp reactions from global…
Around two dozen โAzad loyalistsโ have resigned from the party saying โunscrupulous elementsโ have hijacked the party. SRINAGAR โ Over two dozen Congress members in Jammu and Kashmir, considered close to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, have tendered resignation to the…
Last few days of traumatic events have unearthed the buried memories of the lived experiences making the mood melancholic in mountains. Anisa crosses this bridge as rarely as possible. But mostly, she crosses it as she has no other choice. Itโs any other bridge in the city โ a mass of concrete with iron poles…
Saba finally bids goodbye to Mogli and leans in for a longer hug than she had expected as if their wombs had aligned and were conversing one last time. Hawkish eyes and hostile gazes are back to make every mortal a suspicious soul in her town. Some flattened symbols and signs are equally making a…
โThe highest unemployment rate manifests the after-effects of deliberately induced economic shocks to J&K’s economy post special status abrogation.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the governmentโs claims of increased job possibilities following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmirโs special status, a recent poll by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has revealed that the rate of…
Police have filed criminal charges under stringent anti-terror laws against medical students for celebrating Pakistanโs victory. SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday filed a criminal case under stringent anti-terror laws against students of medical college for allegedly celebrating Pakistanโs victory in the recently held cricket match, evoking sharp reactions.ย ย The case was…
SRINAGAR โ Sheikhpora Pandit Colony in Central Kashmirโs Budgam district wore a deserted look on Friday. The previous day a Kashmiri Pandit teacher and a Sikh teacher were gunned down by โunknown gunmenโ. Two days before their killings, a renowned Kashmiri Pandit businessman, Makhan Lal Bindroo, was killed in his shop. Otherwise a bustling place…