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Kashmir’s Climate Crisis Now Comes with Scams

The numbers tell a grim story.  Kashmir has lost 15% of its forest cover since 1990. Temperatures are rising twice as fast as the global average....

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Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Kashmir Can Grow Without Breaking Itself

By Danish Shafi Ahmad Kashmir is often caught between labels. But underneath all that noise is a land with the potential to chart its own course. ...

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How Two Men on Foot Changed Kashmir’s Land System

By  Mohammad Amin Mir In the folds of South Kashmir, tucked between apple orchards and old boundaries that exist more in memory than on paper, two...

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The Great Disconnect in a Connected World

A few years ago, whenever we visited a friend’s house, she had a strict rule: everyone had to leave their phones at the entrance and only retrieve...

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Seema Sangra

In Kashmir and Beyond, Male Silence Is a Public Health Issue

By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi Sorrow in Kashmir often travels in silence. But not always the kind you’d expect.  While stories of women’s silent suffering...

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Misdiagnosis Is Kashmir’s Silent Killer. I See It Every Day

By Dr. Fiaz Maqbool Fazili He was only twenty. Tall, soft-spoken, and worn out from months of back pain that wouldn’t go away.  He had already seen...

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Let There Be Light Beyond the Tunnel for Kashmiri Students

The tragedy in Pahalgam was brutal. Twenty-six civilians lost their lives in a horrifying attack that stunned the entire country. In the aftermath,...

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Ummar Jamal

Between Pherans and Netflix: The New Identity Crisis in Kashmir

By Malik Daniyal It was during a wedding in Srinagar few winters back that I first noticed it, not the lavish trami or the crackling kangri, but...

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This Ancient Ritual in Kashmir Offers a Modern Climate Solution

By Dr. Masoon A. Beig The sun was already hot by the time the villagers began to gather. It was a Sunday morning in mid-May, and the spring water...

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The Day I Became a Metaphor in Kashmir 

By  Syed Eesar Mehdi The year I turned fourteen, winter arrived with the quietude of an old man breathing. In our village near Budgam, snow covered...

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