Muhammad Nadeem
Muhammad Nadeem is a writer, critic, and translator with over a decade of editorial experience in the media and publishing industries. A postgraduate in Mass Media and Communication, he is currently serving as a Copy Editor at Kashmir Life.
Khwab’s Kashmiri Journey
Debasmita Dasgupta’s Terminal 3 follows 17-year-old Khwab Nazir, a Kashmiri jiu-jitsu player, navigating dreams, conflict, and resilience. Through vibrant visuals, it highlights Kashmir’s beauty,...
Cartooning Kashmir
Heeba Din’s Drawing Political Narratives with Humour in Kashmir examines how cartoons in Kashmir serve as instruments of political meaning, blending humour, semiotics, and...
1860: A Kashmir Memoir
A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas blends travel, ethnography, and empire, depicting the Himalayas through beauty and domination. It reveals colonial attitudes toward nature,...
Kashmir’s Madhouse: A Swiss Psychiatrist’s Story
In The Madhouse at the Lotus Lake, Erna Hoch’s memoir of psychiatric practice in 1980s Kashmir, the Swiss psychiatrist explores psychiatry’s fragile intersection with...
Lhasa’s Kashmiri Spy
In 1830, Lhasa, a Kashmiri trader’s battered notebooks became evidence of a clandestine war waged not with muskets but with ink and inkpots, mapping...
Vajpayee’s Hindutva Bridge
Abhishek Choudhary’s Believer’s Dilemma is a meticulously researched, psychologically sharp account of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Hindu Right from 1977 to 2018. It...
Who is Iqbal Ahmad, the Numismatist of Kashmir?
by Muhammad Nadeem
Pir Mohammad Iqbal, formerly Assistant Curator at the SPS Museum in Srinagar, is more popularly known by his pen name, Iqbal Ahmad....
Kashmir: Book and Bans
As the Chinar Book Festival celebrates the written word in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir government has banned 25 books for allegedly promoting “anti-national”...
Srinagar Remembers
In Yaadgah, Berlin-based Kashmir scholar Arshi Javaid gathers a group of women to map their lived experiences of Shehr-e-Kashmir through memory, not merely as...
Leila Aboulela Honoured with PEN Pinter Prize 2025
by Muhammad Nadeem
SRINAGAR: On a warm Wednesday summer evening in London, Sudanese-Scottish author Leila Aboulela stood at the heart of English PEN’s annual gathering...
Ghadar: The Revolution India Erased
In The Ghadar Movement: A Forgotten Struggle, Rana Preet Gill excavates a buried chapter of India’s freedom struggle, reviving the stories of revolutionaries erased...
What Is the Strait of Hormuz and How Could Its Closure by Iran Impact...
by Muhammad Nadeem
Amid rising Iran-Israel tensions, Iran may close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil trade route. These risks disrupt global supplies, potentially...
The University of Florida Unveils Free Online Archive of 10,000 Historical Children’s Books
By Muhammad Nadeem
SRINAGAR: In a significant development for educators, historians, and literature enthusiasts, the University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature has launched...
Was Aurangzeb a Tyrant or a God-Fearing Ruler?
by Muhammad Nadeem
Modern critiques of Aurangzeb's religious policies often ignore both Islamic legal tradition and historical context.
The reign of Aurangzeb Alamgir, the sixth Mughal emperor,...
Untying the Knot
Set in nineteenth-century Srinagar, The Last Knot by Shabir Ahmad Mir is a lyrical tale of artistic defiance and spiritual resistance. Blending Kashmiri folklore...
