VOICES
| 5-minute read
Why Shikara and Kashmiri Pandit in commercial cinema were necessary
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.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
My J&K Diary: What I heard when I listened to voices getting drowned in the liberal clamour
There is surprise. There's happiness. But there are also concerns. There's no one word to describe the mood of Jammu.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Up, close and personal: From a college student receiving an award from the CM to a reporter tracking Sheila Dikshit
A life well-lived is not only about victories. It's also about the fights.
VOICES
| 3-minute read
Red Star in Jammu: How a Marxist who took on Sheikh Abdullah in the 1970s has kept the fight for workers’ rights alive
Abdul 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.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
This is what is holding up the Congress and AAP alliance in Delhi
The 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.
VOICES
| 4-minute read
Villagers in border areas fully back PM Modi. Their wait for bunkers to duck Pakistani shelling must end now
People 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.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Removing security of mainstream political Kashmiri workers shows the government’s short-sighted approach
While the security of outright separatists can go, why endanger those political voices which do tilt towards India and its democratic processes?
VOICES
| 6-minute read
Why I disagree with Barkha Dutt on her comments about Kashmiri Pandits
From a young reporter, with love and respect.
POLITICS
| 8-minute read
Wrong on Rites: Kashmir often sees reports of Muslims helping with Hindu last rites. There is a need to halt this 'same story trend'
J&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.
POLITICS
| -minute read