“Youngest son of Haleema was born in a curfew. Sweat drips from her neck. Baby loves the perfume. I mean... 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
Thinking of women’s activism in Kashmir is perhaps unimaginable without Parveena Ahanger, the co-founder of the Association of Parents of... 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
Living alone in Delhi with my father, my mother did not get to spend too much time with her mother-in-law... Read More
حقدار سُند حق کۄت تام روزٟ کوشُر تِتھٕ كني عزابسئ منز یتھٕ پٲٹھ گاڈِ ارمان تریشؠِ ھُند چھُ آبسٔی منز... Read More
Nani sits on the lawn basking in the afternoon sun. She carefully looks through the bundle of haakh, separating the... 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
A few years back as I was travelling with Sakina (name changed), the wife of a man who was subjected... Read More