DEMONISING DISSENT
Arundhati Roy’s statements on Kashmir have earned her a lot of criticism from the ultra-nationalistic media and politicians. By muzzling dissent, the country is...
Understanding makes you strong
Two days after she shared dice with Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a seminar on Kashmir in New Delhi, Arundhati Roy spoke in a seminar at Sringar. Kashmir life reproduces the speech.
WILL HE? WON’T HE?
Kashmiris have a mixed feeling towards Obama’s India visit, while some expect him to talk Kashmir, most do not. Khursheed Wani reports. The public...
Living Torture
The government has scuttled a bill aimed at preventing torture by police and punishing the perpetrators. Khursheed Wani analyses why the state is reluctant...
Dismayed
The much hyped talk of appointing interlocutors for Kashmir have started as a damp squib, with most people dismayed by New Delhi’s choice. Iftikhar...
Scarred for Life
Hundreds of people injured during the current unrest are fighting a lonely battle for survival, and hope - of a better future. Though in...
Lost Light
People who know him as a soft spoken doctor may find noted ophthalmologist Dr Bashir Ahmad a changed man. He gets angry frequently and sometimes talks aloud. No big change, after what he been seeing in the last three months of unrest.
BRAVING BULLETS, SAVING LIVES
They are stopped, harassed, beaten up, but they turn up for duty day after day. Doctors and hospital staff kept the healthcare sector running...
The forgotten casualty
The huge death toll during the current uprising has pushed the hundreds of injured away from public and media attention, though many of them will live either disfigured or without sight or crippled for life. Kashmir Life reports.
NOT EVEN 1988!
With voices for freedom getting louder in the streets of Srinagar, proposals of Autonomy and Self Rule are doing rounds among pro-India politicians. But...
A law of lawlessness
With debate over revocation of AFSPA getting a lot of media attention, Kashmir Life looks into the law believed to be the source of gross human rights violations in J&K.
NATIVE NARRATIVE
A lot has written on the current Kashmir unrest by publications across the globe. Kashmir Life invites the primary stake holders Kashmiri people –...
DESPERATELY SEPARATE
Unlike the 2008 agitation which saw a united front of separatists, there are hardly any moves or talk of unity this time around. Khursheed...
Lethal Mindsets
After 64 deaths and more than 700 injured, the state is arming forces with ‘non-lethal’ weapons for managing protesting crowds. However, experts say the...
MAN OF THE MOMENT
He has talked violence when others shied away, he talks peace when others dare not. Khursheed Wani delves into enigmatic persona of the most influential man in Kashmir today, to whose power New Delhi has suddenly woken to.
