Of Indian Love and Hate for the People of Kashmir

by Basharat Ali
Posted on February 20, 2019

Basharat Ali explains the origins of love and hate many Indian’s have expressed for the people of Kashmir recently and locates both in the continuum of a desire which demands control over Kashmir and its people. The author demonstrates how a Kashmiri life in India is an insect life.

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Reading Maqbool Bhat through his letters

by Yasir Bashir
Posted on February 19, 2019

In this short piece, Yasir Bashir summarizes Maqbool Bhat’s ideas as reflected in the letters he wrote from prison. The letters were later compiled into a book Shuri Farda (Awareness of Tomorrow).

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How Trehgam remembers Maqbool Bhat

by Nayeem Rather
Posted on February 18, 2019February 19, 2019

Maqbool Bhat's legendary figure far exceeds his small village in Trehgam Kupwara, however, people in his village retain only a handful of his memories and the young remember what has been handed out through anecdotes, Nayeem Rather reports.

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The life and times of Maqbool Bhat – Part Two

by Wande Team
Posted on February 14, 2019

In this second and final part of our cover story on Maqbool Bhat, we trace his struggles in Pakistan, the controversial Ganga Hijacking, the subsequent political subterfuge, his trail and jail term in Pakistan and his final cross over to Indian held Kashmir and his eventual hanging by the Indian government.

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We, the Water-born – a political history in thirty scenes

by Mohamad Junaid
Posted on February 12, 2019

The dominant story told about Kashmir's origin has often remained uncontested and almost authoritative. In this essay, Mohamad Junaid retells - in a fascinating fashion - the origin story of Kashmir; and offers a fresh and unique perspective of those who had been made invisible.

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The life and times of Maqbool Bhat – Part One

by Wande Team
Posted on February 11, 2019February 13, 2019

Not much is known of Maqbool’s political life and all we hear about Maqbool are paeans following his hanging by the Indian government in February 1984. What shaped Maqbool’s thought and lead him to follow his political goals right to the end are seldom talked and debated about. In this two-part, and over a 15,000-word long essay, Wande Magazine brings together the life and times of Maqbool Bhat, the father of Kashmir’s Independence movement.

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Of Indian Love and Hate for the People of Kashmir

Reading Maqbool Bhat through his letters

How Trehgam remembers Maqbool Bhat

We, the Water-born – a political history in thirty scenes

The life and times of Maqbool Bhat – Part One

Congress and Kashmir: The Dogma of Deception

Mannan Wani and Asif Sultan: Tale of a Pen and Gun

Shrukk: A Photo Essay

Of Kashmir, Article 35-A and the collective existential threat

Bureaucracy in Kashmir: A Perspective

Book Review: Resurrecting Unsung Heroes of Kashmir

In Pictures: Decimated Homes of the Valley

Of Indian Love and Hate for the People of Kashmir

Reading Maqbool Bhat through his letters

How Trehgam remembers Maqbool Bhat

The life and times of Maqbool Bhat – Part Two

We, the Water-born – a political history in thirty scenes

The life and times of Maqbool Bhat – Part One