Kashmir’s political spoof and satire is getting rib-tickling with the advent of new characters delivering unwitting punches as a matter of routine now. Tune in to the podcast to listen to how Kashmiri politicians’ satirical statements are disgracing the languages.
As spring became synonymous with tulips in the valley over the years, many refreshing signs heralding the new season took a backseat. Among them are Srinagarโs purple flowers reinforcing Kashmirโs Central Asian connection and the change of heart in an emergency enforcer. In the rumbling convoys of the early nineties, Ram Lal came as an…
Iโm writing this anonymously because Iโm afraid my mother will face the repercussions. Should such fear be expected from the educational sector of the government? Is this normal? Only days before the holy month would commence, weddings were being conducted, feasts held, markets flung open without social distancing, and officials at the airport, the ones…
The latest ‘alleged’ suicide of a married woman from Anantnag has once again renewed the domestic abuse discourse in Kashmir with many seeking the larger community crisis-managerial role in rescuing the distressed inmates from going extreme. Tune in to listen to the podcast of a common Kashmiri’s discourse about the growing menace.
A young promising life perished lately in Srinagar after battling addiction-ailment for weeks. In the backdrop of this fresh fatality, leaving another Kashmiri family shattered, the author reproduces a former druggieโs firsthand account of his dope life.ย I was in my flourishing youth, about to do something big as I thought. But life had a…
Bereft of a healthcare centre, fire service, bridge, drainage, drinking water, roads, bank, and other basic facilities, a village in north Kashmir is living a medieval life in modern times.ย Disquieting dispatch came at dawn when darkness was literally departing.ย But the arrival of a fresh-faced courier only created another blackout for the countryside caught…
Before eviction drives would uproot nomads from the jungle last year, a trip to Shopian slopes amid Covid curbs recreated the old world trek. But now, when nomads are about to return, will their summer home be the same? Home captives were yet to go for a retreat in mountainsโwhere forest guards would play jungle…
Mother eavesdrop on the archangels: โIs the burning city short of coals? They gather the autumnal leaves and set fire to the past.โ Cashmere slides from green to โyelloveโ to cold crimsonโ fiery like a heavenly hell. โDon’t you see the sluggishness of the season? The winter is knocking at the door. The city is…
Soaring street strays might seem part of life now, but the canine terror they create makes many believe that life has gone to dogs in the Valley.ย Back to Kashmirโs โDog Centerโ after nine months, Hajira is cooling her heels in a crowded corridor. She sheepishly watches mauled men, women and children being taken for…