The Daughter
Caught in the vortex of multi-polar violence, Razia Sultan’s fight to trace her disappeared father on both sides of LoC is of epic proportions....
Serving The Needy
At a time when charitable organizations in Kashmir valley have turned into lucrative businesses, a woman has been clandestinely working over the last 50...
Manufacturing Hatred
Slapped with what Amnesty International termed a ‘draconian’ law, two boys of Srinagar city talk to SYED ASMA about the pain and humiliation they...
Abused Childhood
In a society obliterated by violence over the last 23 years, there are shocking tales of children abused by their stepparents which have gone...
Stuck in Divorce
Reinterpretation of the institution of Muslim marriage in a high court judgement has infuriated the Kashmir clergy. As a former high court judge seeks...
‘Manufacturing’ a Terrorist?
A Lashkar commander who was killed in Sopore on Oct 21 was a forward-looking, selfless youth with a modern outlook. Some had advised him...
Outsourcing a Sacrifice
Millions of Muslims converge to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia. As they offer mandatory animal sacrifices, the meat is supplied to the impoverished African...
Losing Morals?
There has been a gradual rise in the number of abandoned babies admitted at various hospitals in Kashmir. Although childless couples have come forward...
A Marriage, a Tragedy
It was a tragedy of immense proportions. A family in Srinagar’s Bemina locality was busy in preparations for a marriage ceremony when their house...
Pandit Migrants: A Statistical Report
Since 1990, tens of thousands of people who left Kashmir are living the life of migrants at various places outside the Valley. For the...
Children of Lesser God
Giving birth to a defective child invites social stigma. Sadly, both parents and their child become victims of a villainous society. If we can’t...
21 Years Later
Way back in 1991, a fateful woman was abandoned in Jaipur by her careless Kashmiri husband , who took away their infant son and...
THE SCOOTY REVOLUTION
There was a time in Kashmir when women were not encouraged to leave their homes, for the violence had made them easy targets. Now...
The Pedagogy of Sectarianism
It didn’t shake a table when a Sikh posing as a ‘devout Muslim’ led prayers at the fateful Jamia Mosque in central Kashmir’s Sendbal...
The Orphanage Business
Kashmir orphans are a dispossessed lot. Some of them are slowly falling prey to a stressful life spent behind the closed walls of ramshackled...
