Fearing the Calendar
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As the year 2015 slipped into 2016, around midnight I was minutely observing the ornamented traditional Kashmiri hookah or “Jejeer” sitting atop my...
Who needs VDCs?
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The establishment seems to be receiving a dose of its own of medicine. I am talking about Village Defence Committees. Well, you had...
Intimacy or Ineptitude
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In a statement released to the press a few days ago, Hurriyat Conference (G) Supremo, Syed Ali Shah Geelani has alleged that the...
A Schemed Failure
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It was the summer of ’94. I was sweating profusely; thinking hard. I had decided to kill myself. The decision was binding since...
A “utilitarian” pogrom
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Hindu India is on a mobile rampage, lynching poor people to death every other day. Zahid, the truck driver from Islamabad district of...
Myopic Gestures
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It is perhaps the worst case of social myopia that I have witnessed all my life. The case is that of the intellectual...
Ill-coming Modi
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Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is slated to visit Kashmir valley on the 7th day of November and I guess it calls for...
A “utilitarian” pogrom
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Hindu India is on a mobile rampage, lynching poor people to death every other day. Zahid, the truck driver from Islamabad district of...
Chaotic Rhythms
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Kashmir conflict is a dangerous mix of political, geographic, religious and economic factors effectuating an interplay of a multitude of actors, some of...
Getting Beefy
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Hurrah! We have come a long way from home. The four legged bovine has metamorphosed into a catastrophe and all this in a...
A Battle Lost
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On the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, a woman in downtown area of Srinagar City set herself ablaze after her husband and in-laws allegedly...
“Messopotamia”
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The stipulation for a peaceful Kashmir is far from meeting the basic requirements, which in other words means that the Valley is in...
Who “killed” Aylan
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Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year-old refugee from war-torn Syria was supposed to land in Europe; instead the journey claimed his life. He drowned after...
The Lost Halos
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September 7, 2014. Muddy water gushed into almost every house in Srinagar city, especially the low-lying areas as also other parts of Kashmir,...
Two Minutes Please
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The top instant noodle of the country is in hot waters. High levels of lead have “lead” to the dread that has made...
