Category: Kashmir

By the mid 19th century, Jammu and Kashmir was governed by the Dogra dynasty. The people suffered from the feudal Zaildari agrarian system, punitive taxation, and forced labour. Despite Muslims...

Kashmir is famous for its beauty: snow covered mountains, calm lakes, valleys full of flowers. But that is only the postcard version. Behind it are graves, prison cells, demolished homes...

In this country, obedience is not enough. The Muslim in India today is not just told to survive — he’s told to smile while doing it, apologize while being attacked,...

Time and again, when a crisis or elections loom, the BJP government shifts focus to headline-worthy achievements. Over a month after 26 people lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror...

On the cold winter evening of December 2020, I and M were walking along the Jhelum Bund complaining about how cold it was. After a while, the conversation shifted to...