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In Pictures | Celebrating Agha Shahid Ali, London

Location: G51 Russell Square , College Buildings . SOAS, Thornhaugh Street Speakers: Kamila Shamsie, Nitasha Kaul, Mirza Waheed.

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Dead Men Talking

By Raheel Khursheed They say that after much is said and done, much is said than done. As more and more unmarked graves crop up in Kashmir, the lip service to the skeletal remains of those buried in them resonates across the political class. The idea of justice to those buried inside these graves, or [...]

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Collection Of Kashmir’s Brutal Ground Reality

By Fahad Shah Ever wondered, how does it feel to see posters of “most wanted” people on walls of buildings in Delhi streets? People with similar, same religion, belonging to the same land, where I come from— Kashmir. I read names, saw pictures and probed expressions. Of course, it hurts somewhere deep in my heart. [...]

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Harud Gov Saridd

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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 [...]

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Harud Lit-Fest Postponed Indefinitely

The Harud- literary festival, which was supposed to begin in September in Kashmir, has been postponed, organisers of the event said in a statement on Monday. The statement came after the controversy on the event since it was announced that the event will be “apolitical” and Kashmiri writers, Basharat Peer and Mirza Waheed opted not [...]

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Love For Books

     By Fahad Shah There are not many bookshops in Kashmir, though reading culture has seen surge for last some years.  People of all age groups are getting attracted towards books, be it—fiction or non-fiction. Leaving the city aside rural areas are far away from book reading habits only due to lack of exposure, mostly [...]

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Students’ Love For Literature

    By Iymon Ganaie With Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night, Kashmir’s English writing broke the shell and registered its place on the world literary map. Mirza Waheed’s The Collaborator and the Anthology edited by Sanjay Kak, Until my freedom has come: the new intifada in Kashmir followed. Many young writers began to speak their hearts out [...]

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Srinagar Is Not Kashmir:Mirza Waheed

By Iymon Ganaie | Photos by Bisma Tenzu Baramulla, July 2: “We had functions in Srinagar but Srinagar is not Kashmir. Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara is.” With these words Kashmiri writer, Mirza Waheed, started the reading of his debut novel, The Collaborator at Government Degree College, Baramulla.  A small but enthusiastic audience of students and faculty [...]

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‘Until my freedom has come – The new intifada in Kashmir’

‘Until my freedom has come – The new intifada in Kashmir’, a book, which is a compilation of essays written on Kashmir, edited by noted filmmaker Sanjay Kak was released here on Sunday. At an impressive function, Sunday afternoon, Kak said the book represented a ‘definitive moment’ in the history of Kashmir as it contained [...]

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The Collaborator of Valley

On Sunday morning, I started reading Mirza Waheed’s debut novel The Collaborator. The novel is a poignant, moving tale of love and betrayal, brutality and violence in the backdrop of Kashmir conflict. Set in early nineties, it shows the inhumane face of the on-going battle in its initial days. Born in that period I have [...]

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An Evening For ‘The Collaborator’

Under the bright ceiling of fluorescent lights in the hall of British Council Library: it was an evening for The Collaborator. A fiction novel by Mirza Waheed. Launched on Thursday, here in New Delhi in the not-so-cold evening. Applause, as he read from the first chapter of book, The Valley of Yellow Flowers. This was [...]

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THE COLLABORATOR By Mirza Waheed

A stunningly humane work of storytelling with a poignant and unpredictable hero at its heart. Mirza Waheed is a major new talent. Goes to the heart of the long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan. It is Kashmir in the early 1990s and war has finally reached the isolated village of Nowgam close to the Pakistan [...]

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