Kashmir

A draft resolution on COVID-19 pandemic that is being negotiated among members of the United Nations Security Council has called for halting global conflicts for 30 days. The resolution circulated by France has argued that conflicts are hampering global efforts to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus and asked…

Will Hatton in PakistanWhen somebody says, “I'm going backpacking,” and you reply, “where are you going?” Pakistan is not what you expect to hear. Let's face it, the country has had its fair share of bad press and negative stereotypes develop over the years. Yet, 29-year old adventure blogger Will…

A man wearing a protective mask walks through the streets in Srinagar. PHOTO: GETTY India’s 2020-21 budget, presented by Nirmala Sitaraman, allots a whooping sum of $66.9 billion to the Indian ministry of defence. Though there are a number of divisions and sub-divisions under which this amount will be spent, the…

— With general elections drawing near and digital disinformation running rampant across multiple online platforms in the country, India’s democracy may soon reach an inflection point. In 2018, mob lynchings triggered by disinformation spread on WhatsApp claimed more than 30 lives. In the early months of 2019, falsified statistics from…

In these challe­nging times, petty squabb­les and name callin­g of oppone­nts by politi­cians is abomin­able A view of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting. PHOTO: EXPRESS What gives one a ray of hope in these difficult times is that Pakistan, ever since its inception, has faced multiple crises of…

Photo Essays | Society | South Asia One man’s quest to keep houseboats afloat in Kashmir’s famed Dal Lake. A crowded scene on Dal Lake. Credit: Wasim NabiThe post office, situated on the waters of Dal Lake, shows why many call this part of Srinagar an “amphibian world.” Credit: Wasim NabiHouseboats in a row…

SRINAGAR: Nine suspected militants and three soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said on Sunday (April 5), as authorities enforced a lockdown to combat the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.Kashmir, a restive region claimed by nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, had already been under…

As many as 48 human rights activists have written to the National Human Rights Commission raising specific concerns over cases of police excesses in the time of national lockdown announced in the wake of the spread of COVID 19.Apart from police excess, the activists also said that specific areas like…

My neighbour’s young domestic worker is deeply unhappy with the lockdown. The few hours that she spent away from home was the only time she had to herself in an otherwise full day. She’d get to work early, finish the chores quickly and efficiently, and once her employer left for…

It is rather interesting at this moment in time to look at a period in our history from about 70 to 80 years ago, specifically in the region of Bengal, in undivided India. At the beginning of World War II in September 1939, India was deep in the struggle for…