No one knows why Rahil became a militant

by Bisma Bhat & Bilal Ahmad
Posted on May 5, 2019May 5, 2019

Bisma Bhat and Bilal Ahmad piece together the last moments of Kashmiri family’s search for their missing son, whose three day sojourn as a militant has left the family grieving and clueless.

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Children consumed by conflict: Remembering Owais

by G. N. Khan
Posted on April 16, 2019

Children are the worst sufferers of the ongoing conflict in Kashmir, advocate G.N Khan writes. The killing of an 11-year-old Owais on an election day opens up the question of how many more kids will die before Kashmir emerges out of the morass of conflict and death.

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Longread: Routines of Resistance

by Amrita Sharma & Peerzada Raouf
Posted on April 2, 2019

The essay by Amrita Sharma and Peerzada Raoof is a compilation of some everyday practices and thoughts that make the Kashmiri resistance today. A selection of a few encounters and events, this effort is part of an ethnographic project in progress. The essay is a product of deliberations sparked off after massive street protests by women in the valley earlier last year and the public reprimand issued to them.

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An attic and some anarchy

by Towfeeq Wani
Posted on March 30, 2019

Attics are a unique Kashmiri architectural invention. To keep off discarded household items or as a personal museum of house members, attics serve different purposes in Kashmiri household, explains Towfeeq Wani.

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Me and Militarization: No fond memories of childhood for Kashmiri children

by Aasia Hassan
Posted on March 28, 2019

In this piece, the author has a conversation with friends from India about childhood memories. The author talks about how she has very few fond memories as she can only remember living in a state of constant fear while growing up in Kashmir.

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Me and Militarization: For a Kashmiri child war is the only image

by Uzdah Jawaid
Posted on March 24, 2019

Uzdah Jawaid in her personal memoir talks about her experiences of growing up in the midst of conflict in Kashmir and questions if Kashmiris have the same human rights as the rest of the world.

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No one knows why Rahil became a militant

Children consumed by conflict: Remembering Owais

Longread: Routines of Resistance

An attic and some anarchy

Me and Militarization: No fond memories of childhood for Kashmiri children

Me and Militarization: For a Kashmiri child war is the only image

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Me and Militarization: Memories of a crackdown

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Me and Militarization: The New Normal

No one knows why Rahil became a militant

Children consumed by conflict: Remembering Owais

Longread: Routines of Resistance

An attic and some anarchy

Me and Militarization: No fond memories of childhood for Kashmiri children

Me and Militarization: For a Kashmiri child war is the only image