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Uniting Fatah, Not Palestinians: The Dubious Role of Mohammed Shtayyeh

Rising epidemic of Drug Abuse in Kashmir

A short trip to ‘The Capital of Biryani’

What is Scientology? – Part 1 (The Eclectic Religion)

‘Shikwah’ (A complaint of a victim of oppression)

Islamic Terrorism: Myth or Reality?

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Wall of kindess: the humanitarian effort to unite humanity

Kashmir is known for hospitality and generosity throughout the World. People here are always ready to render services whenever the situation demands. This winter as…

Fading cultural pluralism

Zeenat Manzoor Cultural pluralism is a beautiful attribute in a society that leads to the…

#MeToo movement is another stunt with little positive

#MeTooMovement has now hit India. Every day, new victims are emerging with new victimizers. India…

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The man with paragon in virtue (Afzal Guru)

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Failure of rehabilitation policy for ex-militants

“The rehabilitation policy for ex-militants who returned from PaK with their families to I failed miserably on the ground with their families living in a state of absolute misery, penury…

Creating a ‘new Kashmiri’ – A strategy of fragmenting the dominant narrative

History is witness to the fact that occupations do not last long without collaborationism, voluntary or involuntary. Occupational regimes from the outset used to cultivate a breed of collaborators by…

Normalizing the Abnormal – The ugly shades of violence and occupation

Masuood Reshi My parents say I was born in a crackdown in a small idyllic village of picturesque Lolab, north of Kashmir. By the time I was thirteen, I already…

Failure of Kashmir unification theory: the downfall of resistance struggle

Kashmir is a disputed territory and it has been accepted even at international level. Various forums world over promote Kashmir as a disturbed territory which needs international intervention for its…

Farmer loan waivers: a race towards bottom

Democracy may be the best form of governance but it has severe fallouts. When the major chunk of the population is illiterate and the majority of the remaining is pseudo-literate,…

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