MeToo

Has Kashmir’s MeToo lost its way?

The MeToo movement in Kashmir has lost its way, argues Natasha Rather. The movement whose aim was to initiate debate around the rampant sexual abuse prevalent in our times has been reduced to vulgar name-calling and settling of personal scores. A course corrective is needed if the movement is reach any respectable goals. 

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Kulgam

Kulgam Killings: Broadcasting a Massacre

On Sunday 21 October, Indian armed personal killed three local rebels in an encounter in Kulgam. Seven civilians were killed due to a blast near the encounter site, and close to fifty people were injured. Grisly scenes of the injured, captured in photographs and videos, have since flooded the internet. In this short piece, Basharat Ali presents a commentary of photographs and videos available on social media from the Kulgam killings. 

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Mannan Wani

Listening to Mannan Wani

The scholar-turned-armed-rebel Mannan Wani seemed to have so much to say. His life as an armed rebel ended this Thursday in the wee hours of the day when he was gunned down in a joint operation by the Indian armed forces and Jammu and Kashmir police in Handwara district of Kashmir. What does his killing now mean for the ideas he espoused and the armed struggle he waged, Suvaid Yaseen contemplates.

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