Demilitarizing Khar Maedan
With a small portion of the Tattoo Ground retrieved from army for a public park, the government’s struggle spanning decades has barely started bearing...
Toba, Ye Asylum!
When the midnight stroke divided the Indian sub-continent, millions lost their homes and hearths, while hearts suffered in craving for their roots. One such...
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...
Batamaloo Blaze
In 1965 summer, when army was flushing out Pakistani infiltrators in the city suburb, Batamaloo went up in flames. Half a century later, the...
Op Gibraltar
Half a century eclipsed since Pakistani dictator Ayub Khan pushed regulars disguised as Mujahedeen behind enemy lines into Kashmir thinking it would fetch him...
Not Good, Guddi
25 years of conflict has flipped many fortunes. When Basharat Shah, a Batamaloo gold medallist from AMU disappeared, his family changed forever. Guddi, his...
Maze of Military Justice
In its latest report, human rights watchdog Amnesty International says the continued use of AFSPA has created a vast web that frustrates the idea...
Pellet Blinds
Skipping the raging debate over lethality of the non-lethal weaponry – in vogue for six years now, Saima Bhat meets pellet blinds in their...
“Whether it is a hydro electric project, Indus water treaty, it is the people...
Beyond the visible causes for September 2014 deluge in valley, lie the subtle reasons rooted in the network of occupation. The recently released document...
Stone Hearted
What kind of a heart one needs to have to confront bullets with stones? This question baffles everyone. Suhail A Shah looks behind balaclavas...
Settling Controversy
As the government plans creating ‘composite’ townships for getting migrant Kashmiri Pandits back home, it has triggered lot of heat and dust with people...
Justice AK-47
Systemic paralysis during militancy’s amorphous years in 1990s saw the closure of formal courts, ‘encouraging’ people to throng mobile informal courts. Safwat Zargar revisits...
From Bullet to Ballot
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected bullet to choose the ballot, he is not mistaken. Safwat...
nOgotiations
The camaraderie created by Modi after inviting Pakistan premier on his oath-taking ceremony turned out to be short-lived as India cancelled the foreign secretary...
A Militant’s Widow
Driven by the thrill of marrying one of the most wanted guerrillas of 90s, young Zubaida was widowed at an age of 17. As...
