Tag: Clampdown


  • The mountains that overhung her called for one word; Home. The water raging against the stones called for the presence of beauty so sublime. The bleating of the goats and the calves felt never this near to her, yet there was anxiety all over the air. She might have been the daughter of mountains for…

  • Kashmir: Homeland and dispute. Even though people talk of it as paradise, it is everything else than a paradise for a resident. Kashmir. This one word inspires so many thoughts, brings forth so many things, images, that Iโ€™m not sure where to start. For an Indian, itโ€™s the crown and an integral part of the…

  • โ€˜In the night of broken glass, I pray someone finds my diary, somebody knows my storyโ€™ The cycle of dark nights had just begun, when I sat to scribble the saddest lines. It was 3:00 am, on August 4, 2019, and Kashmir was once again cut-off from the rest of the world. โ€œThe sea of…