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Tear gas in Kashmir: Not only for tears, corpses too
During the recent uprisings in the valley of Kashmir, one of the major tools used by the Jammu and Kashmir police and the Indian Paramilitary forces has been the tear gas shell. The tear gas shell is not an alien instrument: it has been used freely on peaceful protesters as well as stone throwers. There have been a large number of civilian killings, mostly teenagers, due to the tear gas shells. More than often, it causes serious injuries, leaves victims bed ridden for years, and results in loss of eyesight.
Afzal Guru \ India \ indian parliament attack \ Kashmir \ kashmir protests \ mudasir kamran \ parliament attack \ tahir sofi
Kashmir’s one month since Afzal Guru’s hanging: 350 civilians, 150 cops injured; 4 dead
By News Desk | Photographs by Shahid Tantray On February 9, 2013, at 8 am, accused for the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, Mohammad Afzal Guru was hanged. It has been a month since his hanging and the Kashmir valley has only seen a few days of normalcy. As per the reports published [...]
Afzal Guru \ Kashmir \ Maqbool Butt \ Srinagar
A grave awaiting
By Sheikh Usman | Srinagar, Indian-Controlled Kashmir “For us, Azadi (independence) means not just getting rid of foreign occupation of our beloved motherland but also to remove hunger, poverty, ignorance and disease and to overcome economic and social deprivation. One day, we shall achieve that Azadi.” The man, who quoted this statement, worked and lived [...]
delhi rape \ India \ women
My patriarchy better than yours!
By Amrita Ghosh “We are exhorted to be women, remain women, become women” – Simone de Beauvoir, (The Second Sex, xix) To my women readers: can we think of a time and space when we have not thought of ourselves as a woman, and the cultural discourse it has been embedded with? Is it really [...]
Agha Shahid Ali \ Kashmir \ kashmiri poetry \ kashmiri poets \ The Country Without a Post Office
Agha Shahid Ali: Chronicler of pain
By Dr. Iffat Maqbool If There Is a Poet, It Is This, It Is This The passing away of Agha Shahid Ali in 2001 was a collective loss to Kashmir- the most eloquent Kashmiri-English poet, a writer of unmatched elegance and virtuosity, a chronicler of pain- his poetry is the very stuff of beauty, loss [...]
CRPF \ fake encounters \ human rights in kashmir \ Inayat Ullah Bhat \ indian forces \ Kashmir \ Srinagar \ victims of fake ecnounters
From singer to a victim of fake encounter
By Sheikh Usman Tutaq tutaq totiyan hai jawano, Tutaq tutaq totiyan hai jawano he audience at the farewell party of the Kamla Nehru School, Srinagar were mesmerised by the above song sung by a young talented musician of class 9. This song was the first on stage performance of the talented youngster- Inayat Ullah Bhat. Since [...]
amira kadal \ Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad \ farooq abdullah \ fateh kadal \ habba kadal \ Kashmir \ old bridges in srinagar \ Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah \ srinagarm jehlum \ zaina kadal
The historical connectors
By Saba Firdous Decades have passed since those fateful years and Kashmir has witnessed joy, sorrow, celebrations, and never-ending conflict. Its historical monuments, heritage buildings, shrines with all their beautiful wood and stone carving art portray the artistic bent of its people and their love for art and culture. These places have their own importance [...]
AFSPA \ India \ jammu and kashmir \ jk police \ Kashmir \ public safety act in kashmir \ Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah \ Srinagar
PSA: Destroying lives silently
By Saadut Termed as a ‘Lawless Law’ by the Amnesty International, the Public Safety Act (PSA) has been accused to have been used by the Jammu and Kashmir government for holding thousands of people in jail without charge or trial. As per an Amnesty International report “Estimates of the number detained under the PSA over the [...]
Facebook \ freedom of expression \ India \ Kashmir
‘Peace redefined in democracy’
By Gowhar Geelani Freedom of expression and speech is the most fundamental of all rights. This right lays the very foundation of a democratic society. It is often being said that without free political discussions and free flow of communication in the society, no public education is possible. The Indian Constitution, for a gentle reminder, [...]
education system \ kahsmir \ private education \ Srinagar
Privatization of education
By Umer Beigh A buzzing classroom; around 120 students are inside. Once the teacher gets in, noises go off instantly. It seems all of them are desperate to escape. After a brief pause, teacher starts delivering his lecture. From the last row of the students, it looks as he (teacher) is displaying gestures only, without [...]
human rights violations \ India \ Kashmir \ torture in kashmir
“I was stripped naked by my torturer”
By Umer Beigh Last two decades of Indian-held-Kashmir have gone through number of cases of torture, humiliation, fake encounters, disappearances, molestations, sexual assaults and other forms of harassment. Showkat Ahmad, 36, still remembers three months of torture in the torture centers, Papa-2 and Gogaland. Showkat is from downtown area Srinagar and was 16-years-old when he [...]
AFSPA \ Delhi \ jawahar lal nehru \ jnu \ Kashmir \ kashmiris in delhi \ pota \ psa
“I am not Indian; I am Kashmiri”
In the summer of 2008, I got a phone call from my cousin who lives in Delhi. He told me about my selection in Jawaharlal Nehru University. After two weeks of dilemma, I finally decided to join the university in a language course. It took me a while to come to terms with my decision [...]
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