Pahalgam’s Stolen Season
When seismic events rupture the fabric of politics, culture, or collective memory, they do not merely alter circumstances—they fracture language itself. Words, apparently stable vessels of meaning, are wrenched from…
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
Between the Text and the Reader: A Death in Context
Ali Chak passed away the other morning, a death as sudden as it was shrouded in speculation. He had just returned from the mosque after attending the early morning prayers,…
The Crisis of the Mother Tongue: ‘Kashmiri’ in a Changing Kashmir
It is quite common in Kashmir not to teach the mother tongue, Kashmiri, to children. The reasons for this neglect are complex, as the issue transcends language and reflects a…
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