The famed resilience of Kashmiri Pandits is chronicled in Shikara, where a generation confronted with brutal hate nevertheless ensures their children are not engulfed by the storm.
...Full StoryThere is surprise. There's happiness. But there are also concerns. There's no one word to describe the mood of Jammu.
...Full StoryA life well-lived is not only about victories. It's also about the fights.
...Full StoryAbdul Majid Khan has fought for workers' rights and communal harmony all his life. He has Bhagat Singh's photograph tucked in his pocket. He remembers when his house was raided by the govt, and his wife's only pair of gold earrings taken away.
...Full StoryThe insecurity of one and arrogance of the other is what has led to the indecision over the seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha polls.
...Full StoryPeople living along the LoC believe that Modi is their saviour in this hour of crisis. They, however, await monetary compensation for treatment of injuries received via shelling from the other side.
...Full StoryWhile the security of outright separatists can go, why endanger those political voices which do tilt towards India and its democratic processes?
...Full StoryFrom a young reporter, with love and respect.
...Full StoryJ&K media should stop spreading propaganda on how Kashmiri Muslims help the Pandit community on rituals of death. This only covers up how KPs are treated in life.
...Full StoryReporters are generally expected to not take sides covering judgements. Today, however, was special.
...Full Story''I have lost a younger brother. Despite threats, JD stayed my PSO for years. I could relax only because he watched over me."
...Full StoryThe party will now prepare for fresh elections.
...Full StoryThe long queue outside the Cambridge Book Depot to meet the children's favourite author was an assurance that fans of literature still exist and thrive.
...Full StoryThe signs of a communal rift that were so apparent should have compelled the government to take note and explore all options to resolve differences.
...Full StoryWill the saffron hue stay merely spiritual or turn political?
...Full StorySometimes, a book is all one needs to start mending broken bridges.
...Full StoryIf only political will had been united, unafraid of election results, the situation wouldn't have escalated.
...Full StoryThe Aam Aadmi Party has come out all guns blazing against CEC AK Joti.
...Full StoryThe forthcoming panchayat polls may well be a litmus test for the party and its alliance partner ahead of the 2019 elections.
...Full StoryThe poet-politician declared war on Arvind Kejriwal after Aam Aadmi Party named its three candidates for Delhi.
...Full StoryWith each passing day, the fear has increased and so have the mob attacks.
...Full StoryAn extremist ideology needs to be fought back with a counter ideology, not government force.
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