Injustice and desperation
It has been more than 12 years since the victims of Pathribal faked encounter were laid to rest. But their charred bodies, identified after...
A History’s Witness
K D Sethi is a dark old horse that has been a part of and an intimate witness to some of the most important...
Glimpses Of Ancient History
A portion of the precious sixth century Gilgit Manuscripts discovered accidently by cattle grazers were taken to Delhi by Pandit Jawar Lal Nehru. A...
Wronged Hostages
A recently released book ‘The Meadow’ shines the light on some of the darkest days in Kashmir’s contemporary history. In the impeccable piece of...
Gore And Gloss
Public memory, particularly of horror, is such a heritage that often guides societies away from feeding conditions that could lead to a repeat of...
Sopore Massacre
An eyewitness of the infamous “Jan 6 Sopore massacre”, Abdul Hamid Bhat, narrates the horrid tale of the slaughter and arson by men in...
Rekindling Persian Past
Persian literature contains an immense treasure of Kashmiri culture and history almost totally obliterated from the present realm. But, as Majid Maqbool reports, there...
‘Deceit’ of Dialogue
New Delhi has often responded to political crises in Kashmir by renewing official and track-II dialogue with separatists. This approach slowly graduated from arbitrary...
A Tradition Survives
The ‘bribe for berth’ case involving Kashmir’s first family is nothing new. It is just a standard practice of how politics has operated here...
Silenced Yet Still Resonating
Ali Mohammad Shahbaaz, a revolutionary poet, a satirist, a philanthropist and an educationist was a strong poetic voice that was silenced 15 years ago....
That Missing Meem Sahab
Thirty years after the young Scottish girl vanished in Sonamarg, her visually-impaired father still harbours a flickering hope that she is alive and will...
A March For History
August 11, 2008 will remain ingrained in Kashmir’s psyche, the day Kashmiris responded to the blatant economic blockade by right-wing Hindu nationalists in Jammu...
Unknown, Unsung
While Abdul Qadeer Khan was on trial in Srinagar Central Jail for exhorting people to rise against the monarch, a crowd gathered outside the...
Crashed godhood
As Yoga guru Baba Ramdev continues to dominate news headlines across India, J&K has forgotten Dhirendra Brahmachari. Under patronage of Indira Gandhi, the Bihari...
Too Many Tragedies
Scores of mourners carrying the body of slain Mirwaiz in 1990 were killed when forces opened fire on the funeral procession, adding a black...
