War Of Deception
In the murky spy wars, Kashmir witnesses a major switch over by police moles into militant ranks since the police took over counter-insurgency in...
RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Many of the around 3000 Kashmiri militants stranded on the other side of LoC are returning along with their wives and children. SYED ASMA...
In crosshairs
No police chief has finished his innings in J&K in such a controversy as Kuldeep Khuda, one of the longest serving DGPs of the...
Perpetuating Confusion
Appointed at the peak of 2010 unrest by the Home Ministry, three interlocutors were mandated to “to identify the political contours of a solution...
A Step Ahead
It’s a difficult life for landmine victims, but one man hopes he can help alleviate their suffering. Tasavur Mushtaq reports on one individual’s crusade for...
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...
Unpunishable By Law
It is a case where established murderers-men in uniform-of five innocent civilians of Islamabad area has remained un-punishable because of AFSPA, a law that...
STONES AND SILENCE
They are the accused stone-pelters. Their trials in the district courts have lingered on while they wait for others, who are facing PSA, to...
Records of Divide
Decolonisation of the Indian subcontinent was also accompanied by the redrawing of national boundaries. The phenomenon did not just change the course of history...
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...
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...
INNOCENT BUT PUNISHED
It is not unique in the slow Indian justice delivery system, but its magnitude for some Kashmiris is. Before courts acquitted them many have...
Life of A Massacre
A massacre can perpetuate trauma in memory. The scars of Chittisinghpora will never vanish, but 12 years after 35 Sikhs were brutally gunned down...
The lone survivor: Nanak Singh
Bodies of victims killed in Chattisighpora massacre - Image courtesy: Sikh Siyasat
I was 46 years old in 2000. I was a government employee in...
The Pathribal Aftermath
Pathribal was a part of three successive and related killings which claimed 50 lives between March 20 and April 3, 2000. On March 20,...
