Fiction 
Azadpur’s Children
By: Saima Rashid Kashmir, 2030… “We will get it, today or tomorrow. Azadi is our birthright and we shall have…
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Doomed Daughter!
Bilal Handoo It is one of those medieval houses in old Srinagar that stirred up nostalgia. On its first floor,…
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Between reverie and reality
Sheikh Tabish It was an early winter morning. I and my friend had planned to visit Pari Mahal—a beautiful place…
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Tryst with rejections
Bilal Handoo Out from the bustling bazaar of old town Baramulla, he walks as if in seclusion. He often walks…
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Small is beautiful, dogs!
Junaid Ashraf All the dogs of the high-walled city of Capitaloslovakia came rushing—all at once, seemingly depressed. They walked through…
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This Hope is hopeless
Bilal Handoo He celebrated like a Brazilian soccer fan over ‘their victory over them’. But more than one party’s win,…
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Yearning for Mother
Bilal Handoo Last year on Mother’s Day, Tabasum’s face was beaming with smile. Her younger sibling, Murassa was too cheerful. 365…
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The fatal feud!
Aarif Muzafar Rather The word Azadi struck his ears at the age of 7. It was the period when Kashmir…
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Mother, I don’t need their scholarship!
Muntaha Amin A treacherous journey had ended. I was finally home along with mates. They had shown us door—as we…
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The confined tale
Bilal Handoo It is raining heavily tonight. A haunting darkness has wrapped hundreds of households in downtown Srinagar. The clock…