POLITICS: GLOBAL INDIFFERENCE AND DOMESTIC POLICIES DRIVE DIVISIVE AGENDAS

"The relentless violence of war and communal strife continues to plague innocent lives, while global powers and political rulers remain oblivio...

POLITICS: INNOCENCE LOST IN A BARBARIC WORLD

Innocent lives are being lost as senseless violence escalates across states and borders. This article highlights how power-driven wars have no ...

KALEIDOSCOPE: HUMRA QURASHI’S BOOK IS A WAKE UP CALL

Humra Quraishi’s book, The Diary of Gull Mohammad - A Kashmiri Muslim boy’s journey from Kashmir to Kerala, is an eyeopener. Once i...

INDEPENDENT FILM: THE STORY OF A YOUNG BOY IN KASHMIR

In conflict-ravaged Kashmir, Adnan, a young boy from a lower middle-class family, stretches himself beyond limits to earn a smile on his blind ...

2023: NOT SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE!

In her final column of 2023, Humra Quraishi looks back at the year for events we s...

IDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION AND THE FUEL OF TIME’S FURNACE

Humra Quraishi writes, “It’s August and focus is on Kashmir. On 5 August 2019, the status of Jammu and Kashmir was altered by revok...

WILL WE TRUST EACH OTHER AFTER THE WAR?

This week Humra  Quraishi looks back at her conversations with well-known sociologist Professor Imtiaz Ahmad, who passed ...

The Silenced Valley

Can bringing Cinema to the Kashmir Valley settle the wounds and trauma? No, says Humra Quraishi 

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K.K RAINA: The Act of Life!

Aparajita Krishna walks down the road, which brought writer, director, actor K.K. Raina, from his homeland Kashmir to Mumbai, ...