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Art in the Valley of Kashmir
By Fahad Shah Pablo Picasso is not alive but his work tells us stories of his time. His art, displayed in almost every gallery of the world, uniquely depicts human relations, social dissent and sufferings. He gave the world a monumental art work which was created against the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German [...]
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 [...]
2010 mass protests of kashmir \ CRPF \ India \ Indian Army \ jk police \ Kashmir \ psa detainees \ public safety act in kashmir \ Srinagar \ youth arrested in kashmir
My neighbour, a PSA detainee
By Ikram Ullah During the raging summer of 2010 in Kashmir, I woke up one night to the raucous growling and snarling of dogs in the vicinity. It was a time when Kashmir was on the boil and the unrest of summer 2010 was greatly in progress. On a daily basis, I would read and [...]
2010 mass protests \ fida nabi \ Kashmir \ youths killed in kashmir
Ab pukarein kise, bata Fida…?
Fida Nabi, succumbed to his injuries in the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on August 8, 2010. He was 17 years old. During a protest rally in 2010 outside his house, he was injured when police started firing on people in the Shalteng area on the city outskirts. His brother, Abid Nabi, a photojournalist, [...]
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, [...]
freedom of expression \ India \ Kashmir \ Media
Freedom under threat
By Adil Langoo For all manners and purposes, the world in its entirety has evolved. From the time of inquisitions and heresies, from war and conquering, it has also suffered a lot. The modern world, particularly the west and democracies like India seem to have misunderstood the arguments that John Stuart Mill once gave in [...]
India \ Kashmir \ occupation
Becoming
By Adil Langoo If God is deciphered, he holds power that too Omni, and If Olympus is thought of, each god retains Omni power in a definite space. Both, one in relative and other absolute, can reconstruct and deconstruct creation. However If poly is subordinated to mono then ‘God’ is all pervasive. This God inflicts [...]
arab spring \ gaddafi \ Libya \ libyan revolution
Gaddafi’s Libya
By Nour Ly There was an article that went viral about how ‘well’ Gaddafi treated his citizens. Even videos which would be called ‘Conspiracy theories’ went viral. People were aghast at how Libyans are turning away on this great man. Today we have all the answers to those questions by a Libyan herself. So this [...]
Story of a miracle
By Dr. Zamir Afsar You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Is it so hard to believe that every living thing on this [...]
fake encounters in kashmir \ human rights violations \ India \ Kashmir
Indian state and its “justice” system
By Dr. Sheikh Showkat Hussain Conflict ridden areas often remain associated with large scale human right abuses. These assume horrifying proportions with highest degrees of militarization. States tend to conceal the human right situation through restrictions on media intimidations and targeting of human right activists. International groups working for human rights are not allowed to [...]
affect of conflict \ India \ Kashmir \ kashmir health \ mental health problems
The cost of Kashmir conflict
By Dr. Arshad Hussain Kashmir has been the witness to one of the worst conflicts of modern era with huge human costs and mental health one of the worst casualty’s. Lifetime prevalence of major depression. Substance use disorder and trauma related disorders are at all-time high. The economic costs of this huge mental health burden [...]
Delhi \ India \ Kashmir \ kashmiris in india \ madhya pradesh
“You all Kashmiris have terrorist mind set”
The avenues of education in Kashmir have always been limited but aspirants many. Prior to the conflict in Kashmir, very small number of students would venture out for higher education owing to lack of exposure about such opportunities or financial constraints. The world beyond the Banihal tunnel had not opened up for many Kashmiri’s yet. [...]
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