Of Rhymes, and Rhymesters
When five poetry aficionados from different professions and places discovered a common thread in virtual world, they floated a cause to give podium to...
Narrator of Pain
From the strife-torn Kashmir when Shahnaz Bashir came out with his woeful tale of the ‘half mother’, many reacted saying that a new spokesperson...
Forgotten Dispatches
France’s ‘botanical romantic’ Victor Vincelas Jacquemont (1801-1832) spent 1831 summer in Kashmir at the peak of exploitative Sikh misrule. Letters, he sent home from...
Scars of the Pellet Gun – Review
"This book is not in any way a political lecture, but it is a compassionate and an enthralling work of the author who has...
Poetic Dreams
After the Kashmir situation orphaned her, the young girl from North Kashmir decided to become narrator to revive the reading habits in youth with...
Sans Geelani
Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri was Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (November 3, 2002 – November 15, 2007) and is considered an...
Love of Language
He spent his life’s saving for the promotion of Kashmiri literature by distributing books free of cost. Shakir Mir sketches Gumgeen’sliterary journey and his...
“What is the point of saying we are pro-resistance when we cannot preserve the...
Suvir Kaul, the A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, describes himself as part belonging to, and part being an outsider...
No RAW Deal!
While demolishing stake-holding claims of many Kashmiris, former RAW chief A S Dulat has triggered a new challenge for his successors in India’s intelligence...
Shabir Shah’s Mandela Days
A S Dulat managed Kashmir as IB’s top guy and later RAW boss. He has made sensational revelations about events, politics and persons in...
The Prophecy
“Great art is one in which we can hear the very heartbeat of life,” Mohiuddin once said. Perhaps that’s why his works reflect the...
Crucial Evidence
John B Ireland, an American citizen, set out sailing Asia, Africa and Europe for six years between 1861 and 1866. He used to write...
“…There is some realignment within the administration (in Jammu)”
Minutes after his Kashmir conflict and Muslims of Jammu was formally released last week, journalist Zafar Choudhary spoke to Durdana Bhat about the state...
CuK’s “precondition” disgruntles book suppliers of valley
Bilal Handoo
SRINAGAR
The book supply lines that feed libraries of educational institutes across Kashmir aren’t always devoid of dubious deals. At least, this is what...
“I don’t think justice is going to be given to you!”
Coalition of Civil Society Kashmir invited Mridu Rai, author of ‘Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights and The History of Kashmir’ to deliver a...
