Post Pellets
What happened to those blinded by controversial hunter guns post Burhan Wani’s killing last summer? Tabish Rafiq Mir visits a few survivors to see...
1947: First Blood
Within 24 hours after Kashmir acceded to India in 1947, the Srinagar airport was not only the epicentre of the first war that India...
Distant Burials
Families whose members were buried by authorities in distant graveyards citing pandemic want the restrictions must be eased now for all, reports Farzana Nisar
Dressed in...
Nowhatta Nightmare
Every time Kashmir is on protest, areas surrounding the historic Jamia Masjid are under curfew. Once restrictions are over, tensions pile up making police...
Widows of Tosa Maidan
With Bajpathri threatening to set off a winter of discord in Kashmir for figuring in a probable list of new firing ranges, the old...
Chased to Death
Casualties of unrest 2016 were of mixed nature. As many as 12 deaths were caused by the chase in which the targets drowned, reports Saima...
A Catharsis
The historic Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir reluctantly permitted by the government created an aura that saw emotions brimming over. The event conducted to display the pain and...
A Daughter’s Fight
Fourteen years after a chemist from Rawalpora was taken by army and subjected to enforced disappearance, his daughter held his funeral-in-absentia. Fighting twists, turns,...
Not In Ishrat
Six years ago, a tenth standard girl felt threatened in a situation and jumped from the first storey of her home in north Kashmir,...
A Widow’s Life
An overwhelming 91 per cent of widows choose not to remarry in Muslim majority Kashmir as they are stigmatized and their children are not...
Death of Fear
Fear is a key element of managing abnormal situations and it has been in vogue for decades now in Kashmir. With youth clashing with...
No Pellets Please
As the Kashmir pellet victims are desperately trying to find some miracle cure that could enable them to have some kind of eyesight, the...
Last Journey
Feroz Ahmad Ahanger, a truck driver by profession was on his way home from New Delhi after shopping for his marriage when militants struck...
Pellet Debts
After their youngest son was hit by pellets at the peak of 2016 unrest, Rasheed and Wazira Sheikh borrowed a lot of money from...
Pellets & Classroom
A number of students who were hit by the pellets during last two unrests have faced problems in continuation of their studies. While most...
