How Trehgam remembers Maqbool Bhat

by Nayeem Rather
Posted on February 18, 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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Congress and Kashmir: The Dogma of Deception

by Khan Khawar Achakzai
Posted on January 30, 2019

In this piece, Khan Khawar Achakzai argues that Congress's role in Kashmir's politics is as deceptive and corroded as the BJPs' is brazen and open.

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

by Kabir
Posted on January 23, 2019

Mannan Wani and Aasif Sultan represent two divergent paths sprouting from the same situation of military occupation, argues blogger and student activist Kabir.

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