In our part of the world, recently a historical predicament brought everything to a standstill. It was abrupt and not absolutely expected the way it happened. Its impact was unpleasantly overpowering. It suddenly cut us off from our history. Our collective memory was ransacked. We ushered into an era of stifling silence, an era that brutally took to defamiliarizing the … [Read more...] about A Discourse on Writing in Kashmir
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We will put an end to Indian occupation: Hizb commander Rakib
Hizbul Mujahideen is the largest indigenous armed resistance group in Jammu and Kashmir. It has been fighting against the Indian occupation of Kashmir since 1989. On 05th August 2019, India stripped Kashmir of its partial autonomy and paved the way for settler colonialism. Since then Kashmir has been put under a heavy military crackdown by the Indian state. This is the first … [Read more...] about We will put an end to Indian occupation: Hizb commander Rakib
19th July, Special Importance in Kashmir’s History
19th July is of special significance and an important day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir when the Kashmiri people had attached their future with Pakistan in 1947. It was on this day in 1947 that the Kashmiris adopted a historic resolution from the platform of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in Srinagar, calling for the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to … [Read more...] about 19th July, Special Importance in Kashmir’s History
The myth of accession, its genesis and dissipation – A legal view
The state of J&K being a princely state, its Hindu ruler was empowered under the Indian independence Act 1947, to accede either to India or Pakistan, keeping in view the demographic composition of its population. The working committee of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim conference with a predominant majority of Muslim seats in the Kashmir Assembly had passed a unanimous … [Read more...] about The myth of accession, its genesis and dissipation – A legal view