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...
Caned For The Stick
The camera caught him carrying a stick and police took him to jail as the family says the handicapped tailor, suffering with a serious...
Last 40 Hours
Nobody knows exactly, the details of Dr Rafi’s last forty hours, till he was located besieged in a Shopian village, alongside top Hizb rebels....
BLOCKADE AND AFTER
Last summer, as Kashmir rose to undo any future threat of economic blockade, traders seemed determined to regain control over the trade and open...
The Ghost Village
Continued turmoil did not trigger massive demographic upheavals and migrations alone. Jibran Nazir located a village in Kupwara that ceased to exist because population...
Mehand Murders
Homes and properties getting up in smoke are not so uncommon in Kashmir. But blasting a home along with its inmates is something that people...
Mired Minds
The situation that emerged on August 5 has started taking a toll on the population’s mind-space. Sharing information reluctantly, psychiatrists believe the real load...
Grave Dreams of a Gravedigger
Atta Mohammad Khan, who has buried more than 230 bodies of unknown people, every evening brings alive gruesome memories of mutilated faces. A first...
In a spell
The high decibel music in the Shalimar garden did not trigger a lot of media interest across the globe, it led to a series...
Summers of Unrest Challenging India
Not to take up arms again represents a major shift in tactics, and one to which political leaders both in Kashmir and in New...
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...
Mountain Massacre
The killings in Gool, a Godforsaken bowl nestled in the Pir Panchal peaks, offered residents a day to be on roads for the first...
‘Why should I mourn?’
Muhammad Shafi Bazaaz would spend time decorating his son’s grave at Martyr’s Graveyard, until one day he saw eight unattended graves there. Shazia Yousuf...
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...
The Bravehearts
They were toddlers when Kunan tragedy became international news in 1991. Two decades later, five girls approached court and reopened the shut and closed...
