In India’s recent history, the months of December and January would be marked forever with black ink. On December 16, 2012, a 22-year-old physiotherapy intern, dubbed “Nirbhaya” by the Indian media was gang-raped inside a bus she boarded in the national capital, Delhi, along with a male friend. In January 2018, an eight year old from Kathua […]
By Groundxero December 24, 2023 Jammu and Kashmir is seeing a sudden spurt in violent incidents — a deadly ambush by militants on Army, allegedly a retaliatory custodial-killing of civilians by the Army and gunning down of an ex-cop by unidentified persons. All these incidents within days of a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of […]
একের পর এক বলপূর্বক নিখোঁজের ঘটনায় কাশ্মীরে আতঙ্কের পরিস্থিতি দিনে দিনে আরও জোরালো হয়ে উঠেছে। নিখোঁজ হওয়া ব্যক্তিদের পরিবারের মধ্যে তো একাধিকরকম মানসিক সমস্যা দেখা দেয়ই, পাশাপাশি সাধারণ মানুষজনের মধ্যেও এই আতঙ্কের ভিত আরও পোক্ত হতে থাকে। অর্ধ-বিধবা নারী এবং নিখোঁজ হওয়া ব্যক্তিদের সন্তানদের জন্য উপত্যকায় জীবন ভয়াবহ হয়ে উঠেছে। লিখছেন পীযুষ দত্ত। দক্ষিণ […]
In Kashmir journalists are under shadow of gun, harassment and intimidation. The recent arrest of Fahad Shah, editor of Kashmir Walla, under UAPA for posting ‘anti-national content’ on social media raises a debate about the fate of journalism in times of conflict. Shah was arrested on 4 February as he had uploaded Inayat Ahmad Mir’s family’s […]
Fahad Shah, editor-in-chief of the online news magazine ‘thekashmirwalla’ was arrested on Friday, February 4, 2022, for social media posts, which Kashmir police claimed glorified terrorist activities and caused “dent to the image of law enforcing agencies besides causing ill-will and disaffection against the country”. Shah was summoned for questioning by a police station […]
PUCL calls for the immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who was arrested on 22nd November 2021, by the National Investigating Agency under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Indian Penal Code. PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES (PUCL) STATEMENT ON ARREST OF KHURRAM PARVEZ 23.11.21 PUCL calls […]
Srinagar (22 November, 2021) : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday evening arrested prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez after raiding his residence and office in Srinagar earlier in the day. Parvez has been booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and on other multiple charges. Parvez is the chairperson of the […]
The Network of Women in Media, India, expresses its outrage at the harassment and violence meted out to the elderly parents of award-winning Kashmiri photojournalist and NWMI member Masrat Zahra. Such harassment of vulnerable family members is an abhorrent strategy of intimidation that must be strongly condemned. The incident occurred in the Batamaloo area […]
The Book of Gold Leaves is both a gripping history as well as a passionate tale of the human predicament from a place marked by a prolonged violent conflict. It is a novel which unearths love, relationships, suppressed dreams and desires being lost to violence and war. Through its reimagining of the 1990s Kashmir, the […]
২০০১ সনের পার্লামেন্ট হানার ঘটনায় বন্দী হয়েছিলেন দিল্লী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অধ্যাপক এস. এ. আর. গিলানি। দীর্ঘদিন আটক ও নির্যাতিত হওয়ার পর তিনি আদালত থেকে বেকসুর খালাস হয়েছিলেন। ২৫ অক্টোবর ২০১৯-এ গিলানি হৃদরোগে আক্রান্ত হয়ে মারা যান। গিলানির দেওয়া শেষ এই সাক্ষাৎকারটি অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। এতে এসেছে কাশ্মীরে কয়েক যুগ ধরে যে রাষ্ট্রীয় সন্ত্রাস চলছে, তার কথা। ভারতের গণতন্ত্র, […]
The move by the central government to scrap Article 370 and the consequent lockdown and communication blackout (the internet shutdown in Kashmir was the longest ever in any democracy), crippled the economy in Kashmir. The recent report by the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCC) said that “the ongoing internet siege enacts a […]
The decades-long conflict and heavy military presence across Kashmir is said to have psychological consequences on its people. A study showed that exposure to conflict in Kashmir played a significant role in “increasing the risk for PTSD symptoms”. Given the intensity of the mental illness crisis in Kashmir, it is necessary to make mental illness […]
এই প্রতিবেদনটি ‘কাশ্মীর রিডিং রুম‘-এ (অগস্ট ২০১৯ থেকে অগস্ট ২০২০ পর্যন্ত অর্থাৎ ধারা ৩৭০ বিলোপের এই একবছরের বন ও পরিবেশ বিষয়ে প্রকাশিত একটি পূর্ণাঙ্গ রিপোর্টের অংশ। লিখেছেন মুম্বাই নিবাসী বন–আইন নিয়ে কাজ করা স্বাধীন গবেষক সুস্মিতা ভার্মা। মূল ইংরেজি থেকে বাংলায় অনুবাদটি করেছেন সঞ্চিতা আলি এবং পরিমার্জনা করেছেন অমিতাভ আইচ। মূল ইংরেজি লেখাটি এই লিঙ্কে পাওয়া যাবে। এই লেখাটি দেশপ্রেমের ছদ্মবেশে […]
On August 5, 2019, the Narendra Modi government abrogated Article 370, granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and revoked its statehood. This was followed by the longest forced lockdown of the entire valley, detention of all mainstream political leaders, suspension of 4G internet and a blanket ban on political dissent in any form by […]
On July 8, around 9 PM, Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were killed in a suspected militant attack in Bandipora district of Kashmir, about 60 km north of Srinagar. Younis Ahmad, a local journalist visited his house and spoke to his family and people around. The three dead bodies of BJP leader Sheikh […]