Injustice and desperation
It has been more than 12 years since the victims of Pathribal faked encounter were laid to rest. But their charred bodies, identified after they were exhumed, continue to incinerate the lives of the...
A History’s Witness
K D Sethi is a dark old horse that has been a part of and an intimate witness to some of the most important political events in Jammu and Kashmir. Tasavur Mushtaq interviewed the ageing communist...
Glimpses Of Ancient History
A portion of the precious sixth century Gilgit Manuscripts discovered accidently by cattle grazers were taken to Delhi by Pandit Jawar Lal Nehru. A facsimile edition Gilgit Lotus Sutra was launched in Delhi recently...
Wronged Hostages
A recently released book ‘The Meadow’ shines the light on some of the darkest days in Kashmir’s contemporary history. In the impeccable piece of investigative journalism, the authors reveal how western trekkers taken hostage...
Gore And Gloss
Public memory, particularly of horror, is such a heritage that often guides societies away from feeding conditions that could lead to a repeat of atrocity. But establishments sometimes seek to erase discomforting markers of...
Sopore Massacre
An eyewitness of the infamous “Jan 6 Sopore massacre”, Abdul Hamid Bhat, narrates the horrid tale of the slaughter and arson by men in uniform to Saima Bhat
On Jan 6, 1993, it was 8:55...
Rekindling Persian Past
Persian literature contains an immense treasure of Kashmiri culture and history almost totally obliterated from the present realm. But, as Majid Maqbool reports, there is a renewed interest in the language in students at...
‘Deceit’ of Dialogue
New Delhi has often responded to political crises in Kashmir by renewing official and track-II dialogue with separatists. This approach slowly graduated from arbitrary deployment of points-men to appointment of official interlocutors, but without...
A Tradition Survives
The ‘bribe for berth’ case involving Kashmir’s first family is nothing new. It is just a standard practice of how politics has operated here for decades, a Kashmir Life report.
Politics in Kashmir, US Ambassador...
Silenced Yet Still Resonating
Ali Mohammad Shahbaaz, a revolutionary poet, a satirist, a philanthropist and an educationist was a strong poetic voice that was silenced 15 years ago. Mudasir Majeed meets his family and found out that this...
That Missing Meem Sahab
Thirty years after the young Scottish girl vanished in Sonamarg, her visually-impaired father still harbours a flickering hope that she is alive and will come home one day. The police case has taken many...
A March For History
August 11, 2008 will remain ingrained in Kashmir’s psyche, the day Kashmiris responded to the blatant economic blockade by right-wing Hindu nationalists in Jammu to break the resolve of a people. Showkat Nanda offers...
Unknown, Unsung
While Abdul Qadeer Khan was on trial in Srinagar Central Jail for exhorting people to rise against the monarch, a crowd gathered outside the jail was fired upon. Zahir-ud-Din tracks the various theories surrounding...
Crashed godhood
As Yoga guru Baba Ramdev continues to dominate news headlines across India, J&K has forgotten Dhirendra Brahmachari. Under patronage of Indira Gandhi, the Bihari godman created a Rs 500 crore fortune before dying in...
Too Many Tragedies
Scores of mourners carrying the body of slain Mirwaiz in 1990 were killed when forces opened fire on the funeral procession, adding a black day to Kashmir’s bloody history. Hussain Danish reports.
A brightly lit...
