Thinking of women’s activism in Kashmir is perhaps unimaginable without Parveena Ahanger, the co-founder of the Association of Parents of... Read More
‘Karbala pe’th nanwor peach’sai shaam, laji’sai ba’abo waen thaech’sai, shahraen pheer pheer’ (I have walked from Karbala to Syria barefoot.... Read More
the law has much blood on its talons. it’s especially ethical if you don’t have a lasan. between background checks... Read More
Based on semi-structured interviews of three Shia women, this essay examines the intertwined politics of faith, gender and politics in... Read More
Forced Erasures In the old decrepit neighbourhood of Bat’maalyun in Srinagar, mired in the innards of an interdistrict transport hub,... Read More
My house was burnt in a ‘counter-insurgency operation’ …that felt like a crack in my backbone. We [now] live in... Read More
Conflict, Space, and Public Architecture: Tracing Transformations of Loss through Bridges in Kashmir
Bridges are repositories of embodied trauma and loss in Kashmir. This article assesses the strange phenomenon of bridge-burning during the... Read More
A few years back as I was travelling with Sakina (name changed), the wife of a man who was subjected... Read More
Living alone in Delhi with my father, my mother did not get to spend too much time with her mother-in-law... Read More
This essay provides a comparative analysis of human rights violations in The Gambia and Kashmir with a focus on enforced... Read More