A recent Uri military-op conducted amid suspended cellular network once again highlighted the life shadowed by the skirmishes and strife on the garrisoned side-line.ย On the intervening night of September 18 and 19, a battery of the Indian army got activated to counter an infiltration attempt in Uriโs Gohalan area. The breach occurred days after…
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 Iโm not sure where to start. For an Indian, itโs the crown and an integral part of the…
When โstatusโ fell last summer, the romantics, like Shakeel and Zehra, of the Valley found themselves at the crossroads of the enforced crisis. Suddenly when messagesย stopped coming from mountains last summer, Shakeel struggled with his pining heart in his Delhi apartment. The first night was getting excruciatingly long and unbearable for the IT guy. Along…
โIn 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. โThe sea of…