Curfew Diaries
By Heena Muzzafar
One fine morning I and my cousin, Nousheen, who is more a friend than a cousin, decided to refurbish an old ancestral...
Death of Fear
Fear is a key element of managing abnormal situations and it has been in vogue for decades now in Kashmir. With youth clashing with...
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...
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...
Separated by a bullet
Every single killing in the summer 2016 unrest left behind a story of pain, loss and festering wounds that will take its own time...
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...
Jail Memoir
The 76-days detention was revealing to the human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who walked out last week from Kot Bhalwal. He shares his indelible...
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,...
Pellet Ruined Plans
Waiting outside SMHS’ ophthalmology ward pellet hit Shabroza Akhtar blames herself for turning her sister’s upcoming wedding into mourning, reports Jibran Nazir
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Shabroza Akhtar,...
Whose Martyr Is This Sarpanch?
From his hit and run affair with paramilitary to his eventful date with militancy, Shahbad’s Sajad did it all before embracing Congress, the party...
Strike a balance
by Masood Hussain
Not in public knowledge, there were a few strong voices in the famous “stakeholders” conference in Hyderpora supporting the ongoing strike, now...
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...
Helping Hands
A part of the pellet crisis was managed by doctors who flew from outside Kashmir. But there are many cases where victims were taken...
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...
Currency Chaos
As Prime Minister Modi shocked India by reducing twin currency notes to mere pieces of paper, Tasavur Mushtaq details the turns and twists of...