M J Aslam Kashmiri Dictionary defines the word “Khokh” as “an effigy used to scare away birds from fields of the crop”. Its English equivalent is “scarecrow” which is used by peasants during harvest season in their farmlands to keep away the pesky birds from damaging the crop. That … Read more →
They are my martyrs and I am their custodian
Obituary Arif Nazir Habibullah Khan, the gravedigger and custodian of Mazar-e-Shohada at Eid Gah Srinagar has passed away. He left for his heavenly abode on July 19 2018. Khan Sahab leaves behind two daughters and a son and a touching legacy of his service to the Kashmiri nation. In the … Read more →
Dirty sands of time, a review of ‘The Night of Broken Glass’ by Feroz Rather
Adil Bhat Underneath the violence, the festering heart of Kashmiri society Fiction has the power to transform our perceptions of peoples and places. Feroz Rather’s The Night of Broken Glass is such a book; it hits you right in the gut. The author peeks into the dark, festering heart of Kashmiri … Read more →
Downtown, my Beloved
Benish Meraj My love for old city evolved similarly the way my love for my beloved did! I crossed these alleys every day, like every girl in high school, I would walk lazily through these decorated lanes, not necessarily of laziness but lingering through every shop to watch endlessly to-be … Read more →
Love in the Time of Camera
Kashmir Lit News Desk We introduce a new poetry book written by Kashmiri poet Mubashir Karim. “Love in the Time of Camera has a strong appetite for love that transforms the modern Kashmiri life – from Mehjoor Nagar to 90 Feet, Heavy Traffic to Mobile Phones, Unmarked Graves to Surveillance – … Read more →
When the War is over
Shabir Ahmad Mir When the war is over And you can come over To our side I will let you poke Your finger Into the holes left By bullets and pellets And you will feel how much they hurt Still. When the war is over I will let … Read more →
Oct 27 1947: The story of Indian invasion I heard from my grandmother
I still recall my nostalgic part of my life when I was around 10 years of age. My grandma Sakeena who is in the picture with me would often handover the rope, to which our domesticated black goat was tied for taking it into the cowshed. I would anchor it … Read more →
Slap
Shabir Ahmed “Come on. We must leave. Now,” Tariq heard his father say in a voice that was all too familiar. Commanding. Demanding. Used to obeyance. Arms akimbo Tariq’s father filled the doorway with his immense frame. How could one not obey him! … Read more →
Green is the Colour of Memory, Poetry Collection
A new book on poetry titled, “Green is the Colour of Memory” by Huzaifa Pandit is out. Kashmir Lit is happy to share an excerpt from the foreword by Nabina Das. She mentions: “This poet is from the mountains, valleys, springs, and rivers that have seen prolonged dark nights and not the dazzle … Read more →
Amarnath Yatra: A Militarised Pilgrimage
Read the Full Report here: Summary of the report: The Amarnath Yatra is an annual pilgrimage that takes place between July-August to a cave in south Kashmir. What makes the Yatra unique and an important phenomenon to study is the role of the state in the conduct … Read more →
The State of Domesticity
Mudasir Ali Lone Domestic abuse is a universal phenomenon and Kashmir is no different. I believe if we have to understand any particular society and how it functions we should take a look at their day-to-day language, the way they converse about various things, the terms, words, and phrases they use. … Read more →
2018 Annual Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day
By: Kashmir Lit Editorial Desk, 23 February 2018, 12 am Every year since 2014, 23rd February is observed as Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day. This day commemorates the survivors of the mass rape and torture in the two villages of Kunan and Poshpora in the part of Kashmir which is administered … Read more →
Kashmir in Comparative Perspective
Book Name: Kashmir in Comparative Perspective: Democracy and Violent Separatism in India Author: Sten Widmalm, Publisher: Routledge Curzon, Date of Publication: 2002, Pages: 226 Reviewer: Touseef Mir The outbreak of armed insurgency against the Indian State from 1989 in Kashmir and its implications for the security of the South … Read more →
Sindbad Machama
Revisiting the Legendary Radio Serial Fareeha Farheen Qureshi Radio Kashmir Srinagar’s famous Kashmiri drama that came up in the late 1960s “Sindbad Machama” has been so popular among masses that people still remember Srinagar’s “Zoon Dab”, “Sindbad Machama” was one of its kinds to initiate the entertainment programs via the … Read more →
Jammu & Kashmir’s National Song
Syed Junaid Hashmi Did the constituent assembly declare the poem written by Maulana Masoodi and recited by Sheikh Mohammed Akbar at the request of the president of the assembly Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq in the year 1952, the National Song of the state? Historical records and research studies conducted by various … Read more →
Traveling to be a Stranger
Bhavana Nissima I wanted to write on this topic. That it was about me. And how I travel. But I forgot to write. And then I wrote. Maybe because I recently discovered how to enjoy the 15 minute-navigation through heavy traffic and three signals to reach the park that is … Read more →
Kashmir: A look at the Kunan Poshpora rapes
by Urvashi Sarkar Twenty-five years have passed since the 1991 incident in which Indian army soldiers allegedly raped between 23 and 100 women in Kashmir’s Kunan and Poshpora villages during a search operation. The Indian army has denied the accusations and a delayed investigation of the incident concluded that the allegations … Read more →
Kashmir’s Women Scientists
Majid Maqbool Hina Fayaz Bhat, 31, is currently an assistant professor and junior scientist in the biotechnology division, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST), Srinagar. In 2013, she was the first woman scientist from the state to qualify for the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST’s) INSPIRE faculty award … Read more →
Why Do We Write About Kashmir? and Other poems by Syamantakshobhan Basu
1. Why Do We Write About Kashmir? I have never been to Kashmir In my life. They say when you first see The way the snow catches the Sun In Gulmarg, You draw your breath in so that It may not escape with some of the Feeling that you can … Read more →
Refugee by Manisha Manhas
1. when the worm- bitten memories; decided to consume us We offered them a part of our hearts. And took a flight over a river. To reach a land called Home. Steeped in the memory of a lane- the silence of a town. A market of corpses, … Read more →
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