(By Shefali Rafiq) The newly coated metal dishes are readied and kept aside in the room of Zoona Begum. She is hopeful that one day, she will serve her sons and husband — detained at Central Jail in the capital for the last two years — in them. Begum has been …
Read More »Feature: Blinded by metal pellets, youth recounts Muharram procession horror
(By Umer Asif) Sitting on a hospital bed in Srinagar with his right eye shut, 23-year-old Shahnawaz Hussain is now half-blind. But he can recall the evening of Tuesday, when a lead pellet hit his eye, turning his world black. His face has several pellet marks as a policeman had …
Read More »Feature: He could be next Stan Swamy: UAPA prisoner’s life-threatening ailment remains untreated
(Rushda Fathima Khan) “We witnessed the passing away of Father Stan Swamy in custody. Now, Atiq Ur Rahman, a student leader suffering from a serious heart condition face negligence even in the midst of a life-threatening disease, reveals failure of our democratic society as well as the rule of law,” …
Read More »Feature: How UAPA abuse is affecting women’s aspirations in Kashmir
When she chose to pursue a career in journalism, Sajida Yousuf knew being a journalist was never meant to be easy in Kashmir. The 23-year-old Srinagar resident finished her master’s in journalism from the University of Kashmir in 2019 and subsequently started working as a reporter with a local news …
Read More »Feature: ‘I watched them electrocute my brother-in-law to death’: Dalit worker who survived lynching
(The Wire) Sanjay, who received a grievous crush injury during industrial work, was looking for a safe alternative livelihood in housekeeping in Gurugram when he and his relative were attacked by local men.
Read More »Feature: ‘They vowed to kill him’: of motherhood and trauma of bloodied 2016
Zenaira Bakhsh When Irfan Fayaz Wani’s family was shifting to a new home in Srinagar’s Eidgah, his mother, Rafeeqa was reluctant. For the last five years, Rafeeqa has lived off the memories of how Irfan came of age in their modest downtown home, and then his funeral. When everyone left, …
Read More »Feature: 110-year-old protesting farmer says ‘This is not India we fought for’
(The Wire) Gandharv Singh sees stark similarities between the colonial British government he had once resisted and the Modi government he resists today.
Read More »Feature: India’s pandemic death toll could be in the millions
(Associated Press) Most experts believe India’s official toll of more than 414,000 dead is a vast undercount, but the government has dismissed those concerns as exaggerated and misleading
Read More »Feature: Man charged under PSA for shooting video of accident involving army truck
(The Wire) The PSA has been misused in Kashmir for a very long time, used constantly by the authorities to suppress the voices of innocent people.
Read More »Feature: Caste Discrimination at IIT-Madras
The Quint Nikhila Henry In IIT-M, you can be blind about your caste but others may not be blind about it. They will know or would want to know
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