Articles
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Freedom Remembered, Freedom Denied
Every year on 24 October, the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir celebrate Youm-e-Tasees, the day in 1947 when a group of determined Kashmiris rose…
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The First Bloodshed in Gogo Village and the Indian Military Presence in Kashmir
The dark legacy of violence in Kashmir began on October 27, 1947, when the peaceful village of Gogo became the site of the territory’s first…
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OCTOBER 27, 1947: Kashmir’s Day of Betrayal and Occupation
October 27 marks a painful chapter in the history of Kashmir, a day that not only commemorates the illegal intervention of Indian forces…
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Bijbehara Massacre: Thirty-Two Years of Unanswered Justice
The Bijbehara massacre of October 22, 1993, stands as one of the most painful and well-documented tragedies in the history of Indian illegally occupied…
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Masarat Aalam Bhat The graveyard of conscience: Tihar Jail to Kashirmis’ pulse
Tihar Jail in Delhi is not merely an iron fortress of confinement — it is a haunted citadel of history, heavy with the sighs…
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Modi’s Bihar Campaign Trades Jobs for Jingoism
As Bihar heads toward its legislative assembly elections on November 6 and 11, with results expected on November 14, the state is not witnessing a…
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Baring Francesca Orsini is an insult to knowledge itself
The morning after the festival of lights, Diwali, came news of darkness. Francesca Orsini, a renowned scholar of Hindi, was turned back from Delhi Airport…
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Silence in the valley: The brutal repression of Kashmiri writers
Mir Aiyaz In a deserted lane in one of the countryside villages in a frontier district, Kupwara, a once well-known writer is now living a…
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History’s Black Chapter: The Truth Behind India’s Landing in Kashmir
On certain dates, history does not only write it down on paper, but it carves into the hearts of nations. 27 Oct, 1947, is…
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October 27: The Day Kashmir Lost Its Freedom
They say some dates never fade; they burn themselves into the conscience of nations. For Kashmir, that date is October 27, 1947; a day that…