Rule of the ‘Lawless Law’: Detentions under the Public Safety Act in Kashmir

by Gaurav Bhawnani
Posted on June 10, 2018

An examination of 100 cases in which Kashmiri youth were detained under the draconian PSA following the death of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani reveals that both the state executive and the judiciary are complicit in perpetuating this “lawless law.”

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Now that Adil is dead, who will stitch the schoolbags?

by Bilal Ahmad
Posted on June 2, 2018June 3, 2018

The killing of eighteen-year-old Adil Ahmad Yadoo after an armed forces vehicle mowed him down in Srinagar has left his already impoverished family in deep shock and uncertain for the life ahead. Bilal Ahmad's photo story captures some of the profound elements of a family in grief.

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Of History and Pakistan

by Umair Gul
Posted on May 29, 2018

Umair Gul makes a case for Pakistan sentiment in Kashmir, its historicity and its large following among masses in context of the recent essays published in Wande Magazine.

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On Dolmut

by Muhammad Tahir
Posted on May 28, 2018May 28, 2018

In this reflective essay, Mohammad Tahir presents an interesting understanding of the Kashmiri expression Dolmut by examining a recent literary broil between a Kashmiri author, his followers and his critics and through personal anecdotes of the use of the word in varied situations and contexts.

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The Spectre of Jinnah and the colossal conspiracy to attack Aligarh Muslim University

by Ishfaq Hussain Malik
Posted on May 27, 2018

Ishfaq Hussain Malik reflects on the controversy surrounding Jinnah's portrait in AMU to explain the state of politics in India. He explains the role the Right wing and associated organisations play in othering the Muslims in India, and how, in the AMU controversy, mainstream media played along the narrative.

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History as Politics: On Writing Past

by Amit Kumar
Posted on May 25, 2018

Amit Kumar, a scholar of history, responds and critiques the method of writing about past employed by two Kashmir scholars in the essay The Politics of a Struggle.

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Rule of the ‘Lawless Law’: Detentions under the Public Safety Act in Kashmir

Now that Adil is dead, who will stitch the schoolbags?

Of History and Pakistan

On Dolmut

The Spectre of Jinnah and the colossal conspiracy to attack Aligarh Muslim University

History as Politics: On Writing Past

The Politics of a Struggle

Notebook of Asiya Jeelani: Survivor and witness to the violence of 2004 elections

Calendar of the Disappeared keeps memory alive in Kashmir

Symbols of Resistance: A photo essay by Sharafat Ali

The Beloved Rebel: Portrait of a Professor of Sociology

Pakistan and the Kashmir Dispute

Rule of the ‘Lawless Law’: Detentions under the Public Safety Act in Kashmir

Now that Adil is dead, who will stitch the schoolbags?

Of History and Pakistan

On Dolmut

The Spectre of Jinnah and the colossal conspiracy to attack Aligarh Muslim University

History as Politics: On Writing Past