An insider’s narrative of loss

AUTHOR TO AUTHOR

Influenced by James Baldwin, Basharat Peer says he uses personal experiences and stories to talk about larger political issues. Here are some excerpts from an interview with Muhammad Hanif

Basharat Peer, author of the recently-published Curfewed Night, answers questions on Kashmir today and the influences and impulses that went into the making of the book, and what living as an exile and engaging with Kashmir means. Mohammed Hanif is an award-winning Pakistani novelist, whose A Case More
Of Muslim Seller turning into a Jewish Shylock!

ENCOUNTER

Dr.Javid Iqbal narrates a personal experience on Eid-ul-Azha with a historical study of festivals!

Festivals-cultural and religious are occasions for celebrations, of fresh dress-ups, of feasts, of pomp and pageantry, of gaiety, of lights. They entail sacrifices too, as on Eid-ul-Azha or Jewish pass-over. In the post renaissance European nation states like France liberated from autocratic tyranny More
The season of unforgettable memories

AUTUMN

It brings a lot of fun with a lesson that everything that blooms has to fade away one day, writes Manzoor Akash

Where are the songs of spring?Ay! Where are they?Think not of them, thou hast thy music too.                                  More
  • Kashmir

Not averse to talks: Geelani to Canadian diplomats

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Nov 23: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday reiterated that India should accept Kashmir as a dispute.“We have never been averse to talks. But India has to More


  • Srinagar City

DEMOLITION TRIGGERS VIOLENT CLASHES ON FORESHORE ROAD

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 23: A demolition drive on the Western Foreshore Road on the Dal lake banks triggered violent clashes and demonstrations on Monday.  The trouble erupted when the demolition squad of the More



  • Jammu

BJP calls for Jammu 3-hour bandh on Saturday

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Nov 23: The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has called for a 3-hour Jammu bandh on Saturday against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession with India and also against More


  • News in Brief

Radio Kashmir goes off air!

Srinagar: Radio Kashmir was among other public sector broadcasters in India that went off air as employees of Prasar Bharati called two-day strike on Tuesday. The strike has been called by the National More


  • Business

‘Govt ruining Valley poultry sector’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 23: The Valley poultry farmers today lambasted the government for what they said “its undue interference in fixing the price of the poultry.” The stakeholders under the banner of Kashmir More


  • News

Sa Ma Pa confers awards

New Delhi, Nov 23: The Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts has conferred prestigious awards to four personalities for their lifetime contribution to Indian music and culture in their respective More


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