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Conflict in the streets and the heart: The struggle of a 20-year-old Queer from Jammu and Kashmir

June is celebrated as Pride month around the world. The people from the LGBTQI+ community are advancing in human rights in many parts of the world, however in many other places life is still not so easy. The dire state…

Re-evaluating Kashmir in Rishi Kashyap’s land

By Nava Thakuria Suddenly narratives over Kashmir have changed for both India (Hindustan/ Bharat) and Pakistan where New Delhi extended its horizon up to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (known as Ajad Kashmir) and Islamabad aggressively insisted on its domination over the…

Media repression in Kashmir amid curfews and protests

Counterpunch ran an article, The Kashmir Story, by journalist Gowhar Geelani in its July 16, 2016 edition. It’s an important story as little news gets out beyond India concerning this politically blighted region because its an old story and too…

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation concerned about Jammu & Kashmir situation

In a Joint communique issued by the Summit, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, it reaffirmed that Jammu and Kashmir is the core point of dispute between India and Pakistan. Pakistan claimed that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on…

Daughter follows father to pacify Jammu Kashmir

A grassroot’s champion with high popularity, Mehbooba Mufti turned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into a regional force to follow on from her illustrious father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to head Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), as the first woman Chief Minister…

Helicopter pilgrims die in crash in India-held Kashmir

All seven people on board a helicopter returning from a pilgrimage site were killed Monday when a helicopter crashed in the India-held Kashmir region. The flight had left a popular Hindu shrine in the mountainous region, media reported, crashing after…

Jammu-Kashmir clashes continue to disrupt daily life

Pakistan Rangers violated the ceasefire on Saturday again with heavy firing and mortar shelling overnight that targeted nine Border Outposts of the Border Security Force and civilians’ areas in Samba district along the international border, leaving a labourer injured. After…

Jammu & Kashmir: healthy bilateral communications essential

Pressenza speaks with our own correspondent on the Jammu side of the Jammu-Kashmir region, Shilpa Thakur, who gained an honourable mention at the Ashok Sodhi Memorials Awards for the best photography 2015, organised by the Press Club of Jammu. We…

Jammu & Kashmir: is it really about who started it?

Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy Joint Statement Is it really about who started it? The Ceasefire violations on the LoC and the International Border, by India and Pakistan must stop immediately September 3, 2015 The Indian government…

Modi’s visit to embroiled Jammu and Kashmir

Under a heading of “Modi’s speech in Jammu leaves BJP workers feeling disappointed and confused”, Firstpost.com’s reporter Sameer Yasir detailed the feeling of those attending what was expected to be an important visit to Jammu and Kashmir by Indian Prime…

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