The killing of Kashmir
May 2009 Srinagar Arif, now dead, was not meant to look like this. His rosebud lips, long face, bright and clear complexion contrast with the monster reality of how he was shot and killed. He was only 17 when he was aimed at and killed with the bitter accuracy of a “lawful” ‘uniformed- mercenary’. In […]
Kashmir’s ‘adventure fanatic’ brings extreme sports to Sonamarg
Just a kilometer before Sonamarg, in the lap of nature, on the green rug, eight small tents are pitched in a row. Each in the shape of an octagon. Tucked next to a road that leads to famous Thajiwas Glaciers, these tents juxtapose with the sparkling stream (Sindh) that gushes loudly below the edge of […]
Indian elections: Here’s why some Kashmiris are voting
India’s ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party has vowed to strip decades-old special rights from the people of Indian-administered Kashmir, by repealing Article 370 of the constitution, which bars Indians from buying land in the disputed territory. via @TRTWorld
Journalists Baba Umar and Najeeb Mubariki discuss Kashmir elections
TRT World’s Baba Umar spoke with journalist Najeeb Mubariki about what the Indian elections mean for Kashmiris. @TRT World
Gaw Kadal massacre: 32 bullets, he took ’em all, to shield others from unrelenting guns
Baba Umar January 2011 Rising Kashmir It was the morning of January 21, 1990. The sun came up without much sparkle but it shone on young Rauf’s face for the last time. For, by noon, he was lying on the ground in his favorite blue jacket and green shoes, his body pierced by a hail […]
Kunan-Poshpora: The ‘Haunted’ and The ‘Raped’
Baba Umar Kunan-Poshpora March 2010 Raheema’s old timber house supported by mud and bricks stands desolate under the gray sky of Kunan-Poshpora village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara. It overlooks the dusty road with a view of snowcapped mountains all around. Behind its decaying door, a narrow dark corridor leads to a room where heaps of […]
Lawmakers face anti-India slogans in Kashmir hospital
Baba Umar Srinagar, Sept 21, 2010 Rising Kashmir The members of the all-party delegation from New Delhi couldn’t spot anti-India graffiti ‘Go India Go’ on Monday, which the authorities managed to hide with a whitewash on the walls and speed breakers right from the airport to SK International Convention Centre (SKICC), patients and attendants at […]
Are bullets baptising Kashmir youth?
Baba Umar Srinagar, Aug 16, 2010 Rising Kashmir Close shave with death only hardened their resolve to fight to the finish Hit by bullets in the abdomen, hours of interrupted ambulance drive to the hospital, couple of small and big perforations, three-hour-long surgeries and now over two weeks in the hospital, they are ready to […]
Kashmir: A long burning issue
Baba Umar MyRepblica.com 22 Aug 2010 To the outer world, everything may seem hunky-dory in Kashmir. But inside the picturesque valley, situations these days are appalling. A single killing turns hundreds into mourners, and excesses on mourners push thousands to mutiny. The cycle of deaths repeats itself when soldiers and the local police kill another […]
Protected: Memory: I Ate What My Mom Made
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