Tragedy of Kashmiri Women Exposed in Uri Gangrape and Murder

Uri gang rape and murder show vulnerability of Kashmiri women

The recent incident of gangrape and murder of a 9-year-old in Boniyar, Uri, gloats in front of the people as an ugly reminder of how sexual violence against Kashmiri women isn’t monopolised by the Indian occupation forces only but also by the dominant patriarchal-feudal social order of Kashmir, which many would sweep under the carpet … Read more

Jammu to Suffer Most if Article 35A is Scrapped but Only Kashmir Protests

Kashmir Protests Against Article 35A removal

Parts of Kashmir erupted in protests after a rumour about the scrapping of Article 35A of the Indian Constitution by the Supreme Court was spread in the valley, which resulted into massive stone pelting by the Kashmiri youth on Monday, 27 August. A spontaneous shutdown was observed in Srinagar and Anantnag district of South Kashmir, … Read more

BJP-PDP Divorce in Kashmir Signals Future Escalation of State Violence

BJP-PDP Divorce is a sign of escalation of state violence in Kashmir

When Ram Madhav declared that the BJP will end its opportunist marriage with the PDP in Kashmir, ending their three-year-long coalition government, the message that the ordinary Kashmiri people and the democratic anti-fascist people of India read on the wall said that the Narendra Modi-led Hindutva fascist regime will carry out severe massacres in Kashmir … Read more

Murder of Shujaat Bukhari Throws Free Press to Darkness in Kashmir

The Murder of Shujaat Bukhari Signals Peril for Free Press

Rising Kashmir editor-in-chief and a journalist of repute, Syed Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead outside his office in Press Enclave area of Srinagar by three motorcycle-borne assailants on 14 June 2018. Two policemen, who were assigned as his PSOs, were also shot and succumbed to their injuries, according to the DG of Jammu and Kashmir … Read more

Let’s Overlook the Ghastly Attack on Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid?

Srinagar Jamia Masjid attack

While the Indian state was brutally massacring people in Thoothukudi of Tamil Nadu to serve the interests of the Vedanta group, how could the people of Kashmir remain safe, when they are supposed to be the first to take bullets and pellets of the “patriotic” Indian state machinery? The attack by the Jammu and Kashmir … Read more

Rape & Murder of Child in Kathua – A Tale of Saffronised Jammu

Kathua Rape and Murder

The brutal gangrape and murder of an 8-year old girl, Asifa Bano, in Rasana village of Hiranagar area, Kathua district of Jammu, shook the conscience of Jammu and Kashmir last month. It also affected the people living in other parts of India as they were taken aback by the sheer display of savagery in this … Read more

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