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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Unrest

Insha’s World

It is completely different from being born blind and going blind. Hit by 350 pellets on her face, Insha Mushtaq underwent four surgeries but...

Just an FIR

Teengar Tufail Matoo was killed after being hit by a police teargas shell, triggering a cycle of protest and killings in Kashmir. Tufail’s family had to struggle hard, just to lodge an FIR. Aliya Bashir reports. 

The H-Hour

Floated during peak militancy as a grand alliance to resist Delhi’s rule in Kashmir, the Hurriyat Conference is presently steering another anti-India uprising in...

Deconstructing Disability

Last summer added scores to the already swelled list of conflict induced disables in Kashmir. In order to understand, how the unfortunate individuals are...

Is it morning?

It is everyday struggle for pellet victims who lost their eyesight completely in summer 2016. Confined to dark rooms they wait for divine intervention...

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...

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...

Hurriyat In Restrospect

By: Khursheed Wani It may not be sheer coincidence that on the conclusion of Yashwant Sinha-led civil society group’s second Kashmir visit, the separatist triumvirate...

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...

Interrupted childhood disrupted future

Youngsters are becoming a major causality in street protests in Kashmir. Apart from the bullets and batons, a number of children are now facing...

Press curfew

In less than two years newspapers in Kashmir had to stop publications under a strict curfew.  And two days later government’s move to give...

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...

Chai Pe Charcha

by Masood Hussain It was proverbial pellet disbursal on Monday last when the activities picked up quickly. While Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was driven to his...

Lonely battle

A family that lost its only child last June is fighting to bring the killers to justice even after alleged threats and attempts to...

Painful Pellets

After being inducted as the non-lethal crowd-controller at the peak of 2010 mayhem, pellet guns started scripting a new age misery that is now...