After burnishing his brush brilliance in the sweltering campus in Delhi from the last three decades, a prominent painter is back home in Srinagar to help his young tribe grow in the creative world. To help us strengthen the tradition of quality reading and writing, we need allies like YOU. Subscribe to us.
Confused as the โhouse of comradesโ where endless discussions on Marx and Lenin during the Cold War era would spread intellectual airs in Srinagar, a buzzing hangout lost its relevance and place thirty years ago. Even as the coffee-makers have multiplied since then, that classic coffee has stayed a sentimental sip for many. When a…
Before New Delhiโs new land laws for Jammu and Kashmir would force local unionists to raise demographic change fears in the region, the abrogation of Article 370 had long set the stage for the landscape alteration. After losing its special constitutional positioning on 5 August 2019, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir is fanatically…
We have great facilities here. polished rods, double-coated with grease and oilโ specialized wires for electrocuting; pliers, easy to handle, precisely sharp. and burners, we got rollers made of walnut wood and nails of varied sizes. A machine, portable and specially designed, with valves to insert truth- attached to a pit, through a pipe, where…
In Central Kashmirโs Budgam district, an elderly pandit is a treasured healer for commoners seeking โkoshur ilajโ for their burn injuries and chilblains. But beyond his โdast-e-shafaโ, the non-migrant pandit is a symbol of Kashmirโs syncretic past. In his poorly-lit room, Pandit Jagarnath Koul is examining the burn-scar on his patientโs hand very keenly. The…
As the Front man, he gave everything to the cause dismissed as โwildernessโ by a figurehead. And now when the same league is out for a new political bargain, the erstwhile supporter is seeing a clear dรฉjร vu. Sheikh Abdullahโs mid-seventy handshake with Indira Gandhi began backfiring when a secret police laid a net to…
As the pandemic-affected world observes Universal Children Day on November 20 with a resolve to improve childrenโs welfare, kids in Kashmir continue to await hassle-free campus life and respite from the stressful strife. Asif is stuck in weary-walls of his home since last summer when schools became shut shops in Kashmir following a traumatic thaw…
A child, who witnessed a recent gun-battle, goes down the memory lane and describes his horrific memories. He speaks of the memories from the rubble, recalls the horrific incident that brought the nightmare and the feeling of homelessness in his life.