Pepper Paradise
In the wild goose chase for something to replace the deadly darker pellets, the government got pepper and PAVA. As the government is still sending the feedback to its manufacturers about the new...
View ArticleDeconstructing 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 living with similar critical deformaties for...
View ArticleIs 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 to see again, reports Zubair Sofi Danish Rajab,...
View ArticleA 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 not only the counter-insurgent policy making but also...
View ArticleNowhatta 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 to interrupt lives and the life. This cycle...
View ArticleBrothers 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 words and possibility of support by the society and the...
View ArticlePellet 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 their relatives to manage the eyesight of their son. Three surgeries could...
View ArticleMalwan’s Braid Choppers
Mysterious hair cutting incidents started in central India early this year and literally followed the road to Kashmir. Restricted to restive South Kashmir, Kulgam periphery is the worst affected where...
View ArticleDiscovering A Cushion
After failing in getting their lone breadwinner out of the jail, family members of a ruling party worker started making cushions for survival, reports Saqib Mir Mohammad Altaf Malik Mohammad Altaf...
View ArticleClassroom 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 and Kashmir’s new generation that is growing up with little education,...
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