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Justice

Death Trap

As the army’s authority over the use and misuse of Tosamaidan meadow expired after five decades, the fascinating but tattered landscape is in sharp...

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...

Born Orphan

Every child born in Kashmir during 90’s opened his eyes in hostility. In most of the cases the first thing they witnessed was death,...

The Conundrum At Kunan

From a day long protest at the peak of militancy in 1991 to the return in sharp public focus in 2013, the Kunan case...
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The Kunan Questions

The remote Kupwara village is a milestone in Kashmir’s tragedy. For the last more than two decades, the entire anger is directed towards the...

Waiting For Justice

People heard the killer preside over the mourning but would talk in whispers till the judiciary took over. Papa Kishtwari, the erstwhile villain who...

Kunan Victims Recount “The Ordeal”

At a seminar in Srinagar, various victims from Kunan spoke publicly of their ordeal and threw questions to the society, reports Bilal Handoo "Our children...

The Mother’s Struggle

Threatened by the government-backed gunmen to keep quiet, Bakhti Begum sold off her land to keep up the fight for her son who became...

A Murder most foul

The events that unfurled after the killing of teenager Tufail Mattoo put the entire Kashmir Valley on boil in 2010. After persistent denials, a...

Perfecting Role-play

As National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party slug it out on who was drawing political mileage out of the hanging of Afzal Guru, both...
Silence of graveyard: Lal Chowk wears a deserted look after seperatists called for shutdown against hanging of Afzal Guru -- Photo: Bilal Bahadur

Afzal Guru A Posthumous Probe?

As a deceptive normalcy returns to Kashmir amid separatist-sponsored strikes and government imposed curfews, a lot of reportage is emerging on Afzal Guru case...

Pushed To The Wall

In various cities and towns across India, Kashmiris are prone to face harassment and societal exclusion. These dangers became visible recently when various groups...
The para-military forces had placed concertina wires on the road leading to the village of Afzal Guru in Sopore --Photo: Abid Nabi

With Grieving Gurus’

Temporarily inaccessible for law and order reasons, Sameer Yasir opted a crisscross trek to reach the tiny Mazbug, home of Afzal Guru to understand...

Kashmir’s Own 9/11

As unionists and pro-freedom leaders have come together to echo fears of political radicalisation among the youth, there is little doubt that the decision...