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Tariq Ali’s The Stone Woman as an Allegory of Turkey
04 Aug 2020
Orthodoxy battles longing for modernity in this novel, which is as much about the present as the past.
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Tracing Revolutionary Elements in Kashmiri Poetry
01 Jul 2020
Like other conceptions of identity, Kashmiriyat has undergone a great historical shift in literary works as well.
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Destroying Houses in Kashmir: A Collective Punishment
04 Jun 2020
Nearly two dozen houses were reduced to rubble in recent encounters, a part of counter-insurgency. The state must answer if support for militancy has dwindled due to this coercive calculus.
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Militarised Wilderness: Story of Kashmir under Siege
27 May 2020
Exploring the many dilemmas of Kashmir’s populace in those early days of militancy.
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Tariq Ali’s Golden Butterfly: A Hidden Lament for Today’s India
30 Apr 2020
Ali explores the rise of religious fanaticism, dictatorship, majoritarianism and the military-mullah-feudal nexus in his native country, Pakistan.
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J&K: Unending Repression even during Pandemic
12 Apr 2020
The BJP government has issued a new domicile law which goes against the basic aspirations of the people of the erstwhile state.
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In J&K, Administrative Apathy and Neoliberalism Rule
19 Jan 2020
Repressive Kashmir policies continue. Rest of India must realise this.
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The Half Mother: A Story of Women Under Siege in Kashmir
30 Nov 2019
Set in 1990s, when militancy was at a peak, Shahnaz Bashir’s novel resonates with struggling Kashmiris’ nationalist aspirations and the current conditions of military repression.
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Why Autonomy is Still Relevant in Kashmir
29 Oct 2019
The Valley, especially working classes, yearn for peaceful resolution.
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Art 370: Valley Rejects BJP-Sangh ‘Integration’
21 Oct 2019
Kashmir’s angry civil curfew reflects the true state of affairs.