The Unyielding Shadow: Four Letters that Haunt the Occupation
In the carefully curated theatre of “normalcy” that India attempts to stage in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, even the smallest,...
A Tale of Two Trajectories: Pakistan’s Inclusive Pivot and India’s Majoritarian Descent
The recent Christmas season served as a geopolitical mirror, reflecting two neighboring nations moving in starkly opposite directions. While the...
An Unseen Winter: The Deepening Chill of Oppression in Kashmir
As winter tightens its grip on the valleys of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK), the cold enveloping the...
Dhurandhar and the Shadow of Performative Patriotism: When Cinema Becomes a Geopolitical Tool
Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar arrives not merely as a film but as a cultural artifact crystallizing a troubling trend in contemporary...
Crushing Grip of Occupation: India’s Relentless War on Kashmiri Identity and Rights
The recent news from Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir reveals a chilling pattern: mass arrests under opaque labels, hollow local governance,...
The Silence Before the Storm: Kashmir’s Stifled Voices and India’s Broken Promises
The recent report by the Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) on their eleventh visit to Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir is...
Kashmir: Where Human Rights Are “Anti-National”
When we think of everyday essentials, what comes to mind? Perhaps your morning coffee, the smartphone in your pocket, or...
When Accountability Threatens Power: How States Subvert the UN’s Human Rights System
The UN Special Procedures system was established as the normative conscience of the international community—an independent mechanism tasked with scrutinising...
Ink under seige, targeting of Kashmir times and its editor
When authorities raided the Jammu office of Kashmir Times today , seizing documents and sealing premises, it marked not an...
Of Silence and Surveillance: The Erosion of Rights in India occupied Jammu and Kashmir
In the picturesque valleys and bustling towns of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a new normal is being meticulously constructed—one built...
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