A work of fiction in the form of verse that tells the story of a boy growing up in Kashmir amidst blood and pain.
Tag: Kashmir
The War That We Were Born Into
A 19-year-old from Srinagar on how one generation after another has grown up in times of war in Kashmir.
Of Maa and Her Movies
'It is about the sophistication she tries to buy, with her wardrobe full of muted, monochrome tussar sarees and the mid-length blouse pieces to wear on the body she …
Red Is the War: A Tale From the Valley
Recounting a childhood memory of how Gurez Valley, an idyllic place, was turned into a war zone by cross-border shelling in 2005.
Book Review: Gloves and Gumboots Don’t Help, Manual Scavenging Has to Go
Years after publication, Bhasha Singh's 'Unseen' remains the go-to account for a look into how pervasive and cruel this casteist practice is in India.
Kashmir’s ‘First Female Butcher’
This first female butcher broke stereotypes by opening a meat shop in her village Chitru.
A Hate-Mongering Serpent
'Our Chanakyas are only interested in forming governments, polarising brains and dividing people... they do not heed their motherland’s cries'.
After Three Lockdowns and a Digital Divide, J&K’s Tribal Children Unlikely to Return to School
The abrupt transit from offline to online education put children from the underprivileged Gujjar-Bakerwal community at a disadvantage from which they may never recover.
Dispatch From Kashmir: A Letter to My Newborn Daughter
'Life here is hung in uncertainty between two extremes. I don’t exactly know where I belong and whether what I have chosen is right or wrong.'