NDFB-IKS in Assam: Persistent threat of the remnant militant group
By Athul M
The NDFB-IKS is the only violent NDFB faction, while NDFB-RD and NDFB-PTF are currently in peace talks with the Government of India and the State government of Assam.
Three Poems
By Omair Bhat
In the streets, filled
with impenetrable smoke,
Kashmir is burning again,
so are tyres, rubber,
and logs.
An Open Letter to Mehbooba Mufti
By Yasir Altaf Zargar
I saw you on a national media channel, where you were shedding crocodile tears. Did you want to convey the message the suppression of the people’s movement made you cry? Do you endorse the movement? In that case I would like to make you aware that you have killed 58 people so far.
Unethical Journalism: The Coverage of Mainstream Indian Media about Kashmir Unrest
By Abhay Kumar
The Indian media, barring a tiny section, have now turned itself into a propaganda machine for the state’s ideology and majoritarian sentiments. This is not to say that earlier, the mainstream media were fully objective, but now with its coverage of the ongoing Kashmir crisis, it has gained a new notoriety.
The March is on, Burhan!
By Basarat Hassan
Would Indian citizens of any big city like Bombay, Delhi or Bangalore imagine living under curfew-like conditions for even a single week? A complete blockade, with basic amenities and communication lines completely cut off. No, they would not. We experience it, and only we can understand it. This is what occupation is!
Book Review: Romila Thapar, A.G.Noorani, and Sadanand Menon’s ‘On Nationalism’
By Mosarrap H. Khan
On Nationalism is a timely intervention in the ongoing debate about nationalism in India. In moments of national crisis, we must revisit the past ideals of inclusivity and pluralism on which Indian nation was conceived. However, just as the Hindu nationalists continuously reinvent the past to suit their exclusionary nationalist project, the contributors of this collection, too, seem to lapse into a nostalgia for an elusive inclusive past.
Three Poems
By Poornima Laxmeshwar
I am the river with a snake in my womb,
I prey on your hunches,
I am a linear with no variables,
I am made up of my ocean with disobedient waves,
I am the guilt that comes with pleasure.
Bangladesh Militancy: New Affiliations and Operational Shifts
By Athul M
the main aim of the attackers was to conduct a mass impact attack than a mass casualty attack. This is in line with the modus operandi of domestic militant groups in Bangladesh, such as the Jama’at-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Should Muslims in India expect more violence in the coming days?
By Mosarrap H. Khan
I fear the present atrocities against Dalits to be a prelude to more violence against Muslims in India. Let me explain.
Kashmir: An Honest Question for the Civil Society
By Iftikhar Gilani
Situation in Kashmir is worsening by the day. Narendra Modi’s Government is dreaming to browbeat and exhaust the masses with the use of brazen force, through security forces and imposition of continuous curfews and engulfing the masses in utter sense of defeat and disappointment.
Photo-Essay: Tel Aviv Diary – I
By Mary Ann Chacko
The roads were lined with bright-colored flowering bushes including the bougainvillea, petunias, hibiscus, and varied trees such as the palm, olive, cypress bosh, and eucalyptus. I had not expected to find so much greenery in Tel Aviv. I later learnt that Tel Aviv was very systematically and painstakingly ‘greened.’
Alzheimer’s and Language
By Nishi Pulugurtha
Today, five-and-a-half years into the disease, Amma has stopped talking. She does not say anything at all. Not a single word, no complaints, nothing. It is difficult to gauge if anything is wrong with her.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 