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Kashmiris Deserve Safety Too After Pahalgam

Srinagar, April 28 -- The terror attack in Pahalgam left the country mourning. Social media filled with hashtags: #justice, #pahalgamattack, #prayersforpahalgam. But when Kashmiri students were beaten... Read More


Mic Check: Kashmiris Are Done Being Misquoted

Srinagar, April 26 -- Kashmiris know how to talk. And not just in whispered conversations over tea, but right into the microphones of those very serious, very loud TV reporters who thought they had th... Read More


In Kashmir, Old Wounds Reopen

Srinagar, April 26 -- Until the afternoon of 22 April, Pahalgam's meadows buzzed with the laughter of tourists. By evening, they were stained with blood. Gunmen, faces hidden and motives unclear, fir... Read More


After Treaty Suspension, Kashmir Questions Its Share of Water

Srinagar, April 26 -- It took a horrific tragedy - the attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people - for Delhi to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, one of the world's most celebrated but deeply unequal wa... Read More


Trump's Kashmir Slip Is a Joke on Washington

Srinagar, April 26 -- Donald Trump's latest gaffe about Kashmir would almost be funny if the stakes weren't so bloody. Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump claimed India and Pakistan have been fighti... Read More


Pages of Hope in Kashmir

Srinagar, April 25 -- In Kashmir, libraries stand as unassuming heroes. These aren't just places to borrow books. They're sanctuaries of ideas, bridges over divides, and engines of change in a region ... Read More


A Lynching, a Law, and the Lives Left Shattered

Srinagar, April 25 -- Sohail Rauf's novel Blasphear begins with a chilling scene. A Hindu college teacher named Mohan is lynched by a mob after being falsely accused of blasphemy. His only crime was e... Read More


Why Kashmir Couldn't Become Switzerland of the East

Srinagar, April 25 -- For years, I have wondered why Kashmir, often hailed as the "Switzerland of Asia," has failed to live up to that moniker in terms of civic responsibility, public hygiene, and env... Read More


Kashmiris Wronged by Hate and Media After Pahalgam

Srinagar, April 25 -- The violence that erupted in Pahalgam, Anantnag, has once again put Kashmir under the microscope of national and international attention. But beyond the headlines and the images ... Read More


A Kashmiri Grandmother's Legacy of Love

Srinagar, April 25 -- When I reflect on the people who shaped my early life, no one stands out more than my grandmother, Syeda Sakina Gilani. Amma, as we called her, was more than a grandmother. She w... Read More