The Fading Fathers!
Weighed and weathered down in wait for their disappeared sons, many fathers have faded, while those surviving are continuing their struggle in the face...
Tactical Tag
Chattergam killings added to the long list of army’s “mistaken identity” cases in valley. With army promising swift action in the case, Safwat Zargar...
A Wish to Walk Again
Circumstances forced aged father back to work as labourer when his only bread earning son was paralysed for life in a police action. Qazi...
Silencing Sailan
Terrified by a threat, 22 men, women and children of an extended family huddled together to save their skin in the summer of 1998....
“I think it is insidious what army is trying to do within Kashmir society”
Vrinda Grover, a New Delhi based lawyer, researcher, human and women’s rights activist tells Safwat Zargar that people of India will face consequences for...
Re-opening Wounds
As Omar Abdullah announced a fresh probe into the 2010 civil unrest that saw more than a hundred youth dead and scores blinded by...
Waiting For Gashe’
Nightmare for Ganai family of Shopian began in 2003 with the mysterious disappearance of their second son. After disappearance, death of their eldest son...
Death and Desperation
Fourteen years have passed since four members of Sajja’s family were gunned down by unidentified men. Who killed them and why, are some of...
A Nightmare For Life
Nineteen years have passed but the memory of losing her unborn child during interrogation still haunts Shameema. Nuzhat Mushtaq revisits the tragic events that...
Mother’s in Kashmir
Women in Kashmir symbolize the tragedy of this place. The pain, agony and separation from the children are the worst of all the misfortunes...
FAROOQ KHAN
History has interesting ways of repeating itself. The day the senior citizenry trekked to Bulbul Nawagam in Islamabad periphery to pay their tribute to...
Unheard Cries
While lethality and legality of pellet gun is still a matter of debate, silent and unending ordeal of victims and their families remain unheard....
“At least 100 army men were there in Kunan that night so one can...
He was the first government official to visit Kunan after the mass rape in 1991 and his report resulted in his immediate transfer. In...
The half in Dark
A year after Parliament attack convict Azfal Guru was hanged inside Tihar, his widow Tabassum is living a hushed life. Devoting most of her...
Evidently Wrong
As people were waiting for answers, the army’s court martial in the Pathribal encounter ended in a revelation suggesting ‘Operation Kripan’ that devoured five...
