by Urvashi Sarkar Twenty-five years have passed since the 1991 incident in which Indian army soldiers allegedly raped between 23 and 100 women in Kashmir’s Kunan and Poshpora villages during a search operation. The Indian army has denied the accusations and a delayed investigation of the incident concluded that the allegations … Read more →
Kashmir’s Women Scientists
Majid Maqbool Hina Fayaz Bhat, 31, is currently an assistant professor and junior scientist in the biotechnology division, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST), Srinagar. In 2013, she was the first woman scientist from the state to qualify for the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST’s) INSPIRE faculty award … Read more →
Why Do We Write About Kashmir? and Other poems by Syamantakshobhan Basu
1. Why Do We Write About Kashmir? I have never been to Kashmir In my life. They say when you first see The way the snow catches the Sun In Gulmarg, You draw your breath in so that It may not escape with some of the Feeling that you can … Read more →
Refugee by Manisha Manhas
1. when the worm- bitten memories; decided to consume us We offered them a part of our hearts. And took a flight over a river. To reach a land called Home. Steeped in the memory of a lane- the silence of a town. A market of corpses, … Read more →
The Student Uprising & Other Poem by Fazili Zabirah
1. The student uprising The sky is dark. An eerie silence prevails I am out, looking: may be, the stars or some peace? The day was hectic but memorable. Out there, on streets I found them all. Sigh of relief. Amid slogans and calls for freedom, I found peace. Now … Read more →
Two Poems by Arnab Chakraborty
1 Today, like most days There were a lot of people in the market Of poetry. The highest were of course Like finest chinaware Created with love devotion and sacrifice, And like all great things in the market Received little attention And littler reward. The 200 rupee poems were being … Read more →