By Danielle Cyr
During this UberPool, my own preconceived notions of others were proven wrong, and I was given the opportunity to see the beauty of humanity at its finest. I urge you to remember this during your interactions with others. Stop letting borders and politics cloud your judgment and respect for your global brothers and sisters.
I refuse the idea
That one has to transgress humanity
To kill Asifa
So do not fall for it.
By Dev Chaudhry
The producer’s words broke his tandra, the reverie. In hard crisp and distant voice, he was saying, “Cut the girl from the story”. Without fully listening and comprehending what the producer had said, Bhudho said, “What? Remove the girl from the story? The girl is at the centre of the story. If we remove the girl, then what will be the centre of the story?”
By Rameez Raja
Since the partition of India, Kashmir remained an unfortunate battleground for both states to express their anger against each other. Regrettably, it is only Kashmiri people, who have remained the victim of human rights violations between the two belligerent states.
By Rimli Bhattacharya
I write for Asifa,
I hold a pen,
As my daughter sleep besides me.
By Bilal Yousuf
That a card is a card no more.
It is a part, integral.
Indispensable.
Like brain and bladder.
You forget spleen at home?
Ever?
Liver in the cupboard?
By Faakirah Irfan
Tell the parents stuck in hospital lines
That their children’s eyes are nothing but
Collateral damage.
By Mansoor Ahmad
Religion is the opium of the masses; this is probably the best-known quotation by Karl Marx, the German economist and Communist political philosopher. In this context, I take it to mean that without doing anything concrete to solve the Kashmir conflict, people are hoping (religious hope) that everything will be fine by the grace of Allah or hoping that Allah will take our revenge against those who are oppressing us.
By Syed Mujtaba
The appointment of former Intelligence Bureau chief, Dineshwar Sharma, as New Delhi’s new interlocutor, is dubious and without any merit. Kashmir is not an administrative or a security problem that could be entrusted to an intelligence officer.
By Ameen Rather
In broad daylight, people intercepted a transgender near Tourist Reception Centre, thrashed and abused him. He had come to Srinagar to pray at the Makhdoom Sahib shrine. Rag pickers and beggars are ‘soft’ target of the ‘mob flap’. Their looks and apparel make them more susceptible.
By Sameer Rather
Every year 27th October is marked as a black day in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. On this particular day, Indian troops settled illegally for the very first time in 1947 and occupied the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
By Ameen Hussain Rather
So far more than 60 cases of braid cuttings have been registered in Kashmir. From a 55-year-old lady to a class 6 student, hundreds of women have been attacked till now. From bedroom to kitchen, washroom to reading room, from south to north, villages to towns, Kashmir has turned into a chaotic place.
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