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Myan Mouji, My Mother
By Muhammad Faysal Roushan Illahi, who sings under the nome de guerre MC KASH released a new song ‘Take It In Blood‘. It features the mesmerizing voice of Junaid Altaf. I closed my eyes, put my headphones on full volume. I remembered the moment that makes my heart bleed. It was the last Eid-ul-Fitr, I along with my brother went to Eid Gah. After the prayers finished. I walked towards the Martyrs Graveyard, where children,youth and old … Read entire article »
Filed under: Conflict
Living: Delight of a Mohalla or Plight of a Colony?
By Abdul Wajid Parray Srinagar a city with an indelible historical identity has turned topsy-turvy and transformed into all in all anew community. Highly enthralling Mohallas which once were the life line of Srinagar city have rehabilitated into new posh but outlandish colonies. People are moving from their ancestral homes to newly constructed colonies that seem like non-natural homes in some dummy world thus alienating their presence from their familiar world of Kashmiriyat. No doubt, living … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
Harud Gov Saridd
By Fahad Shah The title above, “Harud gov saridd” means Harud fell cold. The on-going extensive debate on the postponement of the proposed literary festival, Harud (Autumn) Litfest in Kashmir from 24-26 September has many colours. Some say it was the vested interest of the people who opposed the festival. Some even say that it was “Islamic fundamentalism”. How can a person with intellect raise such queries? I doubt the intellect now. It was the statement of one of the organisers, Namitha Gokhale, saying that the event is apolitical. “Apolitical” means something where political debate doesn’t exist. Though it might have been otherwise, but the intentions or shall we say the proposed image of the festival was fishy. First the location of the festival, Delhi Public School and University of Kashmir, wherein … Read entire article »
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IJU Condemns Thrashing Of Journalists In Kashmir
Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU) today condemned the beatings that two news photographers received from local police and members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) while covering clashes between police and demonstrators on 19 August in the Nowhatta, old town district of Srinagar, the capital of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. IJU in its statement urged Government of India to order an immediate halt to this outright persecution of journalists. The statement issued here, under signed by NEC Member, IJU, Geetartha Pathak came after, Showkat Shafi, a freelance photojournalist employed by Al-Jazeera who helped produce an Al-Jazeera special report available online, “Kashmir: the forgotten Conflict”, was beaten by police officers and taken to the Nowhatta police station. Narciso Contreras, a Mexican photographer who works for the California-based Zuma Press agency, was also arrested and … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Kashmir Calm, Youth Face Brunt
By Fahad Shah Aarif Sheikh is a 24-year-old, working with his own drug stockist agency, who was arrested during a raid in the downtown area of Srinagar. When his brother visited him in the police station he lifted his pants and shows his injured leg. Tears had turned his eyes red, he says to his brother, “Please, for God sake get me out of here. It is so tormenting being in this custody.” Like Aarif, many others … Read entire article »
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