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From Sacrifice to Storage: How Kashmir Keeps Eid Meat Safe

From Sacrifice to Storage: How Kashmir Keeps Eid Meat Safe

By Irshad Ahmad Shah Each Baed Eid, Kashmir is flooded with fresh meat.  Mutton and beef pile up in homes, fridges, and freezers within hours. It’s...

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The Silent Breakdown of Kashmiri Men

The Silent Breakdown of Kashmiri Men

By Musaib Bilal “He seemed fine.” That’s what they said when a boy from our neighbourhood died by suicide last winter. He used to play cricket...

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Beyond the Cloth: The Real Meaning of Hijab in Kashmir

Beyond the Cloth: The Real Meaning of Hijab in Kashmir

By Malik Daniyal  What does it mean to be free? In every speech, slogan, and classroom, we’re told freedom means choice. It means living life on...

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The Intention Is Everything: How Kashmir Marks Eid al-Azha

The Intention Is Everything: How Kashmir Marks Eid al-Azha

By Shafkat Aziz Hajam The days before Eid al-Azha feel different in Kashmir. The air thickens with scent of livestock, of grass crushed under hooves,...

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Kashmir Can’t Afford to Sleepwalk Into Covid

Kashmir Can’t Afford to Sleepwalk Into Covid

By Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Covid-19 never really left. We just stopped talking about it. Now it’s back in the headlines, with numbers ticking...

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Kashmir’s Stillness Tells a Story

Kashmir’s Stillness Tells a Story

By Ahmad Ayaz When the recent attack in Pahalgam made the news, everything changed in an instant. Tourists cancelled their trips. Hotels sat empty....

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Everyone’s Raising Funds in Kashmir — But Who’s Accountable?

By  Dr. Ajaz Afzal Lone Dear Mr. Omar Abdullah, More and more people in Kashmir have started asking for money online. Sometimes it’s for a...

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Kashmir Needs to Stop Treating Morality Like an Old Idea 

By Nusrat Hassan It’s not something we talk about much, but most people feel it. Something has shifted in the way we live together in Kashmir. ...

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Every Summer Vacation in Kashmir Is a Climate Surrender

By Peerzada Aarif It’s mid-May in Kashmir, and Srinagar is already sizzling past 33°C. That’s not normal.  This time of year used to be...

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The Cool New Way Kashmiris Are Keeping Their Language Alive

By Zahid Mushtaq You don’t need to walk through a university gate or open a dusty grammar book to see where language really lives. It’s there in...

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Kashmir’s Living Rooms Are Falling Silent

By Malik Daniyal Shabir Every Kashmiri home once pulsed with life—a warm, welcoming mehfil where stories flowed, hearts opened, and bonds...

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The Hidden Toll of Kashmir’s ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Education

By Peerzada Mohsin Shafi In Kashmir, a child’s birth brings endless joy. But the moment that child walks into school, something changes. Suddenly,...

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How a Shed in Kashmir Sparked a Legal Storm

By Mohammad Amin Mir  They didn’t expect a shed to spark a legal storm. But in Kurigam, a quiet village in south Kashmir, that’s exactly what...

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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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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...

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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...

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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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