Revisit Surrendered
As mother’s emotional plea and father’s cardiac attack brought footballer turned ‘militant’ back home, all of a sudden seeking and accepting surrender became the...
Shell Shocked
It has been a decade since the ordinance depots a Khundru went up in flames sending explosive projectiles to every place, in orchards, fields,...
Once Again
In the midst of Doval doctrine, BJP identified the “right moment” to engage with Kashmir politically. As Dineshwar Sharma, a man from the security...
Injuries from firearm, pellets and airway problem emanating from shelling is an additional, challenging...
In an election held after seven years, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) elected Dr Suhail Naik 35, a pediatrician, as its president. Hailing from Shopian...
Rare Survivor
Barely eight and he lost his family in 1947 riots with Hari Singh in town. Not knowing why they were killing each other, he...
Interlocuting Again
Finally, Delhi has found a safe exit from Kashmir by appointing a former sleuth to talk to all the stakeholders. Khursheed Wani believes that...
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...
Pellet Debts
After their youngest son was hit by pellets at the peak of 2016 unrest, Rasheed and Wazira Sheikh borrowed a lot of money from...
Brothers in dark
After they were blinded in 2016 summer, they struggled in hospitals to manage their vision but failed. Then they survived on the sympathies, kind...
Guru’s Last Days
Congress government exercised so haste that Tihar jail failed even in arranging a professional hangman to work the gallows for hanging Afzal Guru. TV...
35A vs Ethnic Flooding?
Cutting across the ideological divide, political parties in Kashmir have found a common cause in Article 35(A) of the Constitution of India that right-wingers...
Close Encounters
News of death and destruction are apparently the only two by-products of a gun battle between rebels and the army. One encounter paves way...
‘Congrats, You Got Me’
After keeping the counter-insurgency grid on tenter-hooks for almost seven years, Abu Dujana, the master of deception, was finally killed in a swift operation...
‘My Friend Faizan’
Faizan was the youngest militant to be killed this summer. But why did a class X boy pick up gun? What he wanted to...
Nowhatta Nightmare
Every time Kashmir is on protest, areas surrounding the historic Jamia Masjid are under curfew. Once restrictions are over, tensions pile up making police...
