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Why Kashmiri Parents Stopped Telling Bedtime Stories To Their Children?
The phone rang. My wife, Nidhi, was on the line. We were at a refugee camp for Kashmiri Pandits and staying with some of the children and their parents. “Rajat, the children do not want to go to …
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Why Article 370 was an Act of Injustice for Indians?
Many people, I believe, would be happy today. Sardar Patel, Shayama Prasad Mukherjee and many others. Many are in heaven. One of those would be my late father in law, M L Tikku, a proud Kashmiri …
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Why the Order to Distribute Koran is a Reminder of a Humiliating Past?
The Indian of today is puzzled by what some Judges of India think and act the way they do. Are they a product of the colonial mindset that sees Hinduism and the rights of Hindus as regressive? In the …
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When Children Bought Hundred Guns In A Single Day A Psychologist’s Journey Through Troubled Kashmir Part 3
“Kashmir is an integral part of India.” The slogan catches my eye as we pass by Badami Bagh, the army cantonment. It flashes on an electronic board. This battle has to be fought beyond billboards, I …
When Children Bought Hundred Guns In A Single Day A Psychologist’s Journeys Through Troubled Kashmir Part 2
We decide to go to the ancestral home of a friend. The driver on discovering we are a group of Kashmiri Hindus gets uncomfortable. He asks personal and probing questions. He wanted to know how long …