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“What was her crime? Had they not killed my son-in-law, my daughter and her family would have been happy.” scroll.in/article/107377… For a toddler, a photo is a reminder of missing ‘papa’. In another home, children write their father’s name on the walls. For one wife, prayer is

"Efforts to rescue communities from internal colonisation require acknowledging the shared cultural elements among them, such as linguistic similarities and myths" By Zubair Torwali Zubair Torwali thefridaytimes.com/10-Dec-2024/co…

rachel syme .manvir singh considers how language can shape the ways we think and perceive the world amid English’s continued expansion into diverse regions around the world. nyer.cm/hZeyRVd

Must read this week’s important feature from Kashmir by Mashkoora khan for Al Jazeera.

Once widely spoken across Kashmir’s highlands, Shina – spoken by nearly 50,000 people in Gurez and Drass – is now at risk of fading into silence. Can technology and digital activism save it from extinction? | Ishtayaq Rasool✍️ Full story: thewire.in/special/the-ba…

Check out my special feature on the plight of Shina language for The Wire Photos by Aakash Gulzar Edited by: Jahnavi Sen Produced by: elisha vermani Developed in collaboration with ekaansh

Late Thursday night, rounds of shelling were reportedly heard in #Chorwan, the last Indian village along the #LoC in the Gurez sector of #NorthKashmir. Ishtayaq Rasool writes. outlookindia.com/national/overn…

My latest report from the Gurez sector of LoC as tensions flare between India and Pakistan. Photo by Shahid Kaloo

“I was scared for my unborn baby. One child inside me, another outside" Kashmiri women from Gurez valley described the cold, damp & terrifying experience of hiding in a bunker while Pakistan shelled border villages Ishtayaq Rasool & Aakash Gulzar report article-14.com/post/-living-w…

“It was suffocating. I was gasping" Kashmiri women from Gurez valley, including a pregnant 32-year-old, described their terrifying experience inside a bunker before making their way to a displacement camp 90 km away Ishtayaq Rasool & Aakash Gulzar report article-14.com/post/-living-w…

“Booksellers' silence reveals a pervasive fear, signalling a broader chilling effect on expression” Tahir Sayeed, columnist & ex J&K PDP spokesman, says govt's bookshop raids in J&K strategy to control intellectual & historical narrative, report @hamaadhabib & Ishtayaq Rasool

"Nobody is ever quite sure what is being investigated" Following raids/seizure of books by Islamic scholar in Srinagar this year, we ask what are the legal grounds particularly since the books are available online & elsewhere @hamaadhabib Ishtayaq Rasool article-14.com/post/in-kashmi…

In February, officials in Srinagar seized numerous books authored by eminent Islamic scholar, Abul A'la Maududi, including his most well-known works. Though none of these books are banned. Latest for Article 14 , with Ishtayaq Rasool article-14.com/post/in-kashmi…