No Empathy For Injured
by Masood Hussain
“After I regained consciousness many hours after the operation was over, I was told that the police officer let the ambulance go...
A Distant Casualty
As a major consumer market in northern region, Kashmir sources its requirements from across the region. With the curfew-strike combine taking over the routine...
Exams, Eyes & Politics
With ‘dead eyes’ in background and at the peak of a debate over education when parents drove more than 80,000 students to the examination...
A year after Burhan
The guerrilla group that Burhan Wani gave birth to is a completely different entity by way of evolution and operation. This generation has changed...
Quietly Unwilling
Understanding the costs that negotiating any kind of deal can have, Sangh Parivaar is resisting pressure from the political class in Delhi to engage...
What We Saw
Overwhelmed by the number of injured and dead arriving at the hospitals since July 9, young interns struggled to cope up with the stress...
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...
The Autumn Tears
Unrest 2016 was different in its ferocity and spread. While the ideologically split space has worked enormously to evaluate the costs in blood, body-parts,...
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...
Over To Geneva
After six fortnights, nearly 90 coffins and over 13k injured, neither of the stakeholders has mellowed down. Separatists are unrelenting; the governments in Delhi,...
Turmoil Turbulence
On July 9, suspension of mobile and internet services proved fatal for businesses who couldn’t reach their clients and vice-versa. A number of deals...
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...
War, Is It?
Almost three months and scores of international squabbling matches after, Delhi and Islamabad are inching toward a confrontation to satisfy their national egos. But...
Stand Still Lives
Burhan Wani’s killing literally froze Kashmir in a time capsule. And public transport was no exception. But the plight of hands behind the wheels...
Classroom In Crisis
In 47 days of schooling in Kashmir, classes were open for 24 days only. What it means for parents who spend hugely on education...