Kashmiris won’t let anti-India disinformation go unchecked

Arshia Malik recounts how pro-India voices like her & her journalist husband were hounded & suppressed in Kashmir

Kashmir’s Independence Day celebrations come full circle

Amidst fervent Independence Day celebrations in Kashmir, author Arshia Malik fondly recalls her Srinagar school days

FIHCR announces inaugural Sir Jadunath Sarkar Fellows

NEW DELHI: The Foundation for Indian Historical and Cultural Research (FICHR) announced its first batch of Sir Jadunath Sarkar Fellows for Indian History. Eight individuals were selected after a rigorous process among a large number of applicants by jury members at FICHR. Every single application to our fellowship was fantastic, but we had to make […]

Islamism’s long-term endgame

A few days ago, Ruwa Shah granddaughter of the Jamaat-e-Islami ideologue, the late Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the hardliner separatist Hurriyat leader advertised her dissociation from her family’s ideology. The same week Sama Shabir, the elder daughter of the jailed Democratic Freedom Party founder and separatist leader Shabir Shah made a similar announcement through an […]

Hindu liberals and Muslim communalists’ alliance is hindrance

The Hindu liberal-Muslim communalist patron-client dynamic also obstructs Muslim mainstreaming into the broader Indic societal fabric, perpetuating a narrative that links the minority community with specific political or communal interests rather than recognizing them as integral contributors to the nation's progress.

Making sense of changes post-Article 370

I can sense a change in the 'fiza' of Kashmir as the intifada factory gets dismantled day by day, yet the problems of infrastructure, governance and work ethics which were there in the 80s and 90s are still present.

Kashmir’s unheard majority navigating identity, Islamism

When analysts, commentators, and Kashmir experts write that abrogating Article 370 and converting J&K into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh was fraught and that statehood should be restored, native Kashmiris like me wonder what is next.

Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 does justice to ordinary Kashmiris

Abrogation of Article 370 has been upheld, Kashmir is fully integrated into India, the ambiguous, confused identity of Kashmiri Muslims has been solved and they now have the chance to reverse the damage that these thirty years of jihad inflicted on the social fabric of the region.

‘Kashmir Whisperers’ undoing gains made after Article 370 repeal

Self-appointed gatekeepers of India's Kashmir policy are one of the biggest threats to peace and stability in the region

Muslim women reclaiming spiritual Islam via masjids

Jharkhand’s groundbreaking women-only mosque challenges traditional gender roles, empowering women in Islamic leadership