A Short Story by Ghulam Mohammad Khan The squeezed heart, the weary body. The weight of unvoiced tales, millennia of silence. All of it flows into the invincible Jhelum. It is a silent witness. A keeper of our pain. Its currents try to comfort. In its rage, it claws at … Read more →
Interview with Leena A. Khan
Stories have expanded my capacity for empathy, deepened my understanding of history, and softened my sense of humanity. Reading changes people, and by extension, it changes the world. I wrote Flames of the Cherry Tree because I wanted to wield this power for Kashmir.
A Short Note of Chillai Kalaan
S Ahmed An indignant little child confronted Chillai Kalaan, the fierce forty-day winter of Kashmir: “Why don’t you snow now the way you did in the past? Where are those long, thick icicles that used to hang from the thatched roofs of houses and cowsheds? My father says that in … Read more →
Why all men should be feminists?
Faizaan Bhat & Saalim Bhat After the 2014 devastating floods ended in Kashmir, women, as the old wives’ tale goes, were almost squarely blamed for it. Bizarre enough to believe, reasons given by society for the unfolding of the doom were women’s choice of clothes suggesting the growing inculcation of … Read more →
Dedicated to to my beloved Baba
Syed Tanees Zubair The backbone Someone was born On that day To face the fears Resist the fray He makes me happy He resists my fear, And when I cry He wipes my tears. He does so good So why is the world foe; Why only he Why this woe? … Read more →
Historical Document: Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah’s Speech in the Constituent Assembly
Excerpts from the speech delivered on 5th November 1951. We must remember that our struggle for power has now reached its successful climax in the convening of this Constituent Assembly. It is for you to translate the vision of New Kashmir into a reality, and I would remind you of … Read more →