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(The Kashmir Wala) The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir imposed a strict curfew, fearing anti-India protests, amidst a near communication blackout after Gilani’s death

(Scroll.in) In a state where more than 70% of its population is still dependent on agriculture for livelihood, the new rules will make cattle trading virtually impossible.

(The Wire) While religion had a part to play in the rebellion, the movement in fact registered the resistance of the rural poor to acts of oppression and exploitation perpetrated by feudal landlords and the British colonial state.

(The Wire) The absolute top-down control that Modi exerts over the BJP has fostered deep resentment amongst MLAs and party members at lower levels.

Fahad Shah Srinagar, September 03 (KMS): As the evening slipped into darkness on 1 September 2021, the rumors finally came to an end. Kashmir’s most prominent resistance leader, the 91-year-old who defied New Delhi without ever changing his stance, Syed Ali Shah Geelani was dead. While the word spread across …

(East Asia Forum) If there is no break with the current trajectory, within a couple of years India may be even less democratic than it was during the mid-1970s.

(The Kashmiriyat) These communications lockdowns are the worst we (Kashmiris) have seen. In 2019, worried about our families’ safety back home, we resorted to prayers

Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai With the passing of Syed Ali Gilani, Chairman, Tehreek-e-Hurriyet, on September 1, 2021, a leader par excellence, who was a symbol of humanity and champion of human rights all over the world, be it Palestine, Myanmar, Chechnya, Kashmir or else, it is an end of era. …

Srinagar, September 02 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government disallowed the family of the veteran Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Shah Gilani, to perform his burial at Martyrs’ Graveyard (Mazar-e-Shuhada) at Eidgah in Srinagar.

I first met Syed Ali Geelani (1929-2021) in 1963 as a college freshman in Sopore, the famous north-central Kashmiri college town. Sopore, the bustling center of the state’s apple industry and regional commerce, was then - and for decades has been - the epicenter of the Kashmiri freedom struggle. Sopore has always stood out for its defiance against India’s colonialist occupation.