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.
‘Freedom is more precious’
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani refuses to budge from his stand and asks the government of India to ‘accept the ground reality of Kashmir’. Khurshid Wani talks to the octogenarian leader.
THE MAN
Born in 1929, Syed Ali Geelani was a schoolteacher for ten years till he resigned in 1959 to join Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) as a fulltime worker. A fire brand orator he represented Sopore in the state legislative assembly thrice in 1972, 1977 and 1987
Ineffective Inquest
As a commission of Inquiry gets ready to probe the 17 cases of civilian killings since June 11, Kashmir Life takes a look at...
CHOKED VOICES, STIFLING PEACE
The governments in Srinagar and New Delhi have used stone pelting to justify police action on Kashmiri protestors. While many here say the force...
FIGHTING PEOPLE
Kashmir is going through a crisis which the government is trying to define and tackle in a manner that tends to aggravate it. Kashmir...
FIRST PERSON
Kashmir Life photographer Bilal Bhadur was covering the funeral procession of two youth on Tuesday July 6, 2010. The procession on its way to Eidgah was stopped by police and paramilitary near Tengpora with teargas and baton charge. The paramilitary also charged upon the photojournalists injuring at least 12 of them including Bilal.
VICIOUS CYCLE
Kashmir is caught in the grip of a vicious cycle of killings and protests, with state enforcing a curfew to break the cycle. Khursheed...
The $ 3000000000 Gamble
India and Pakistan are racing to outdo each other in completing power projects on either side of the LoC on the same river. Finishing...
