Category: OBITUARY


  • Kashmir, In General

    Security apparatusโ€™ Lal Chowk light tribute to the fallen general apart, Bipin Rawat has left behind a competing military strategy being strictly implemented in Kashmir. Barely some months after the old guards changed with the late Hurriyat headmanโ€™s closed door in 2016, two defence doctrines were already in circulation and gaining traction as the new…

  • Ever since he shut his door on the Indian parliamentary delegation, the defiant old man was fighting a lonely battle with forgetfulness in his home captivity. In the wake of Syed Ali Geelaniโ€™s quiet farewell, a senior scribe who reported the 2016 summer upheaval recalls his field trip to then seething south. The killing of…

  • Living up to his word and wish to meet his sonโ€™s fate, Mohammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai passed away in the seclusion of his captivity. His demise has only drawn curtains over the sixty-year-long eventful political career dented by detentions. Kashmirโ€™s deserted streets amid another lockdown seem to have retreated a year back to the holy…