What are the stakes for Kashmir’s border communities in the ongoing struggle for azadi from India? Those who question Kashmir’s right to self-determination invariably fall back on its diverse ethnic and religious minorities to reject Kashmiri aspirations for azadi. The
Kashmir remains a blind spot for the Indian Left. Class, inequality, and Hindutva are topics the Left are happy to discuss, but when it comes to Kashmir, a curious mix of Islamophobia, amnesia and pure neglect has come to define
Translator’s Introduction Kashmir played an important part in Krishan Chander’s fiction; he initially spent a lot of time in Poonch owing to his father’s employment there and used to return to Kashmir whenever the opportunity afforded itself. His first
“From another year, another day, I remember when we had a waer[1]—when electricity was cut off for the night, so it was very quiet. We were sitting together having dinner. Suddenly, there arose a shrill cry that seemed to emerge from the
He was a diehard fan of Shahid Afridi,” his father says. “As a kid, he would say that I want to become an army officer.” Today, he is neither a cricketer nor an Army officer, but the most wanted militant
The marginality of indigenous languages has been a defining trope that contests universalist assumptions of literary traditions, and also factors in the unique ethnic and cultural experiences which demand critical evaluation. Language has been a powerful tool for indigenous people
Events around the world increasingly expose the construction of the “other” and the politics of exclusion, whether through nationality, religion or gender. Such events also underline social mindsets about the normative and the acceptable. Countering this worldview is an urgent
न्याय न्याय का क्या मज़हब है? न्याय की क्या ज़ात है? क्या सोचे कोई फिर देशभक्त, जो ये भी सोचने की बात है? क्या लाभ है न्यायालयों का जब लिखित में हमे ये ज्ञात है, के अफज़ल की फांसी
dekhna hain, dekhte hain: a ghazal the season to play with colours is always just around the corner how will our good old bharat maa be drenched this time, let us see: white is always the best background for
I really wanted to write a contrarian column this month, upending the critical consensus on the two movies I was going to review. Now, having seen both the movies, I can only conclude that, sometimes, the critics reach a consensus