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
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Kashmir’s Independence Day celebrations come full circle
Amidst fervent Independence Day celebrations in Kashmir, author Arshia Malik fondly recalls her Srinagar school days
1st February – No Hijab Day, seven years of pushback
Seven years ago, in 2018, the Canadian human rights campaigner Yasmine Mohammed started No Hijab Day. The campaign was created as a direct response to…
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…
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…
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
Peril of singular narrative: Examining impact on Kashmir’s history, politics
Dominance of a single narrative in Kashmir has overshadowed diverse perspectives and contributed to the perpetuation of biased portrayals