PinnedDear ValentineI won’t start with the usual how are you because I haven’t got the slightest idea of how, where, and who you are or should be. Wherever you…Feb 14, 202295Feb 14, 202295
Roots of Privacy — A philosophical introductionThe distinction between the public realm and the private realm in the traditional sense is taken to be the division between the state and…Jun 30, 202020Jun 30, 202020
That’s How it Starts…That’s how it starts, you for the first time come face to face with the realization of existence of your own demons. You have looked…Jun 13, 2020241Jun 13, 2020241
Published inKashmir: The Point of ReturnKashmir: The Night that Refuses to EndFor any kind of reconciliation to work, it is pertinent that the truths be acknowledged, and realities unveiled. Only then can actual, realJun 9, 202010Jun 9, 202010
The Paradox of KnowledgeTime in its chronological sense doesn’t mean much in this context, the moment/day or whatever one may ascribe it as when one comes to…May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
So it Starts with HoursSo it starts with hours, You think its 8 am But its actually 10:30 Day goes by working, bickering, whilingApr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2020
The Right to Return and its Fallacies- a rejoinder to Professor Suvir KaulThe article starts with the narration of a personal anecdote of how even in the height of turmoil the elderly mother of the writer didn’t…Jan 30, 20201Jan 30, 20201
Freedom and ‘Free Kashmir’So, it has been almost more than a month since protests have erupted at many top colleges and universities over various issues in many…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
The Act and the CitizenshipRecently quite a lot has been going around about the newly promulgated Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA). At the face of it, there has…Dec 25, 2019Dec 25, 2019
The Question of ReturnSo the question of Kashmiri Pandits returning back to Kashmir is again up in the air as some more or less renowned journalist for some…Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
The Haze that Refuses to Go.Though among many projects I’ve worked on in past year one has been to be part of the team preparing a comprehensive report that…Nov 1, 2019Nov 1, 2019
The Real Well-wishers of KashmirToday morning as I was rushing through to get to my office, in the brief movements of relief while on the metro, looking at the crowed of…Sep 4, 2019Sep 4, 2019
Published inKashmir: The Point of ReturnInvisibles of KashmirI’m a Kashmiri, born and brought up in the city of Poonch near LOC adjacent to the south Kashmir. As I was still a kid and my parents…Aug 25, 20191Aug 25, 20191