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Residents gather near a damaged road along the banks of overflowing Tawi river after heavy rains induced flood in Jammu on August 27, 2025.

The Himalayan Deluge: Lessons from Ancient Wisdom, Scotland & Climate Diplomacy

Anuradha Bhasin

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The way forward is in drawing lessons from our traditional wisdom of being in harmony with nature, in innovative climate diplomacy framework.

Cars sit submerged on a road in the flooded Bemina area on September 15, 2014 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The unprecedented floods in September 2014 submerged houses up to 10 to 12 of water in the business district Lal Chowk of Srinagar.

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The Shared Deluge: When Water Washes Away Borders, But Not Divisions

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Rescue workers searching for missing people after cloudburst at village Chashoti in Kishtwar district if Jammu and Kashmir on August 15, 2025.

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History Repeats Itself First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

Farooq Ahmad Bakloo

01 Sep 2025

5 min read

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, in Beijing on December 18, 2023.

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India’s Uneasy Pivot: Between Trump’s Pressure And Beijing’s Patience

Iftikhar Gilani

30 Aug 2025

5 min read

The area has become a hot spot in part because of a road India has built in Ladakh.

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The K-Resolution: South Asia's Perpetual Crisis in the Multipolar Vortex

30 Aug 2025

7 min read

Stop Fueling War Demonstration at the Finnish Parliament House.

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Notes on Art of War, War (making) and Peace in the 21st century

29 Aug 2025

4 min read

Hindutva Agenda on electoral politics in India. Image is representational.

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The Hindutva agenda: The Electoral rolls gambit

29 Aug 2025

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Rescue workers from Army, NDRF and SDRF looking for survivors after cloudburst at village Chashoti of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on August 16, 2025.

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Cooperate or Collapse: Case for Joint Climate Roadmap for Kashmir-II

Naila Altaf Kayani

27 Aug 2025

5 min read

A massive cloudburst triggered a flash flood in the Chishoti area of Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday afternoon, August 14, 2025.

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When Himalayas Roared: Kashmir’s Summer of Floods and Fury-I

Naila Altaf Kayani

26 Aug 2025

4 min read

President Trump and singer Kid Rock pose in the Oval Office in front of a map labeled "Gulf of America".

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Rousseau, Herder and Trump: Between the troika lies the secret of Trumpism

22 Aug 2025

4 min read

Kailash Kher at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.

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Data, RAM, and Linguistic Absurdities: When we become the wordplay

21 Aug 2025

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Towards 75 years of adopting the Constitution, it is time for a new beginning.

If jailed, the PM Can be Removed Too: Is the reality that simple?

Anuradha Bhasin

21 Aug 2025

4 min read

A file photo of Ahmad Salaima is welcomed by his mother upon his arrival at his home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on November 28, 2023, after 30 Palestinian detainees were released under an extended truce deal. A new group of hostages were freed November 28 from Gaza captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce, as mediators worked for a lasting halt to the seven-week Israel-Hamas war.

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The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians

20 Aug 2025

10 min read

Many lives of English dictionary. Image is representational.

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Myself XYZ: The Multiple Lives of Indian English

18 Aug 2025

6 min read

Rescue operations in underway in Dharali, Uttarakhand.

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The Himalayan Deluge: A Shared Crisis that Demands Coordinated Action

Altaf Hussain Wani

17 Aug 2025

4 min read

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Books at a bookstore. Image is representative.

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When Police Comes Visiting Bookshops!

17 Aug 2025

8 min read

A home damaged near Christ School, Poonch during the May hostilities between India and Pakistan after Pahalgam terror attack in April, 2025.

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Seven Days in Kashmir — A Non-Kashmiri’s Witness Account After the May 2025 War

17 Aug 2025

3 min read

Changing history in books. Image is representational.

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NCERT: History as Tool for Promoting Divisive Hate

Dr Ram Puniyani

17 Aug 2025

4 min read

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Citizens as Infants? Judiciary ‘Schools’ People in Patriotism

17 Aug 2025

6 min read

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Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib or Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, also called Kartarpur Sahib, is a Gurdwara in Kartarpur, located in Shakargarh, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan.

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India and Pakistan: Weight of History

Nirupama Menon Rao

16 Aug 2025

5 min read

A view of the damage caused to life and property of the people at village Chashoti in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on August 14, 2025.

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Cloudbursts in the Himalayas: Kishtwar Tragedy a Grim Warning

Faisal Abass Padder

16 Aug 2025

5 min read

Rescue operations in underway in Dharali, Uttarakhand.

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‘Cloudbursts’ Alone Not Responsible For The Mayhem In The Himalayan States

14 Aug 2025

6 min read

Sehba Sarwar performs her poem “Partition" at Grand Performances, Los Angeles, 2024.

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A vision for a future without borders, where all exiles can be home

13 Aug 2025

6 min read

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A still of Red Fort, during the 62nd Independence Day celebrations, in Delhi on August 15, 2008.

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Freedom at Midnight — Or a Day Earlier?

Iftikhar Gilani

13 Aug 2025

3 min read

Book lovers seeing some publications during Chinar Book Festival 2025 in Srinagar. Image is representational.

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Banning Truth: War on Kashmir’s Memory

Altaf Hussain Wani

10 Aug 2025

4 min read

A night view of hilly Doda town in Chenab Valley in 2024.

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Promised, Then Forgotten: J&K’s Chenab Valley’s Struggle for Development and Recognition

08 Aug 2025

5 min read

Banning of 25 acclaimed books in Jammu and Kashmir. A representative Image.

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When Books Become Threat: Who Fears Kashmir’s Written Word?

Naila Altaf Kayani

08 Aug 2025

3 min read

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Former Governor Jammu and Kashmir Satyapal Malik in an undated photo.

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Obituary: An Enigma Called Satya Pal Malik

Anuradha Bhasin

05 Aug 2025

4 min read

A report by NWMI and Free Speech Collective.

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No space to breathe: Shrinking press freedom in Jammu & Kashmir

05 Aug 2025

4 min read

Paramilitary troops being briefed at Srinagar's Lal Chowk area on the morning of August 5, the day the Parliament of India abrogated Article 370. Thousands of troops were sent in anticipation of protests from the Kashmiris against the decision. The disputed region was turned into a fortress with armed troops manning every nook and corner.

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Flashback: Silence Amid Echoes of Fear in August 2019

Anuradha Bhasin

04 Aug 2025

6 min read

A poster about rights equality promoted by SHE and Rights.

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Gender equality and human rights is the only pathway towards sustainable development where no one is left behind

04 Aug 2025

9 min read

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A file photo of the Martyrs' Day after the killing of 22 persons on July 13, 1931 in Kashmir.

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July 13, 1931: BJP’s Myth of Conspiracy

Latief U Zaman Deva

04 Aug 2025

9 min read

India's secular soul under siege. Representational Image

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India’s Secular Soul Under Siege: Why Does it Matter

Amanpreet Singh

04 Aug 2025

4 min read

Kashmiri language alphabets and consonants in Perso-Arabic script.

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Kashmiri Language Crisis: Centuries of Rich Heritage Facing Extinction

02 Aug 2025

5 min read

Indian soldiers landing at Srinagar airfield during the 1947–1948 war.

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Was Pak-administered Kashmir’s First Information Chief an Indian Spy?

Iftikhar Gilani

31 Jul 2025

5 min read

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A view of the Accident and Emergency Department of SMHS Hospital, a part of the Government Medical College and associated hospitals in Srinagar.

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Strengthening Healthcare in Jammu & Kashmir: A Roadmap for Reform

31 Jul 2025

5 min read

Police deployment in Muzaffarabad, PAK to check protests on Friday, May 10, 2024.

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‘Azad Kashmir’s Awakening’? Assessing Two Years of the Joint Awami Action Committee

29 Jul 2025

7 min read

File photos of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat.

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Who Will Succeed Modi?

Iftikhar Gilani

27 Jul 2025

5 min read

A representational image of an India's school.

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Why No ‘Gita’ Recitation in Schools?

23 Jul 2025

5 min read

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A file photo of the book release function of "In Pursuit Old Peace" by O P Shah in New Delhi in March 2025.

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Cracks in Ice: Cautious But Meaningful Gesture Toward Indo-Pak Peace

Altaf Hussain Wani

22 Jul 2025

3 min read

In this 2015 file photo, Farooq Abdullah interacts with A.S. Dulat during the book release of ‘Kashmir The Vajpayee Years’ in New Delhi

Understanding Kashmir Through ‘Farooq and I’

Junaid Manzoor Dar

22 Jul 2025

4 min read

A view of the workers deployed in Silk Factory in Srinagar in 1898.

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1924: Silk Blood on Sher Garhi Srinagar and the unraveling of Dogra hegemony

20 Jul 2025

8 min read

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah climbing the fence to enter Martyrs' Graveyard to pay respect to martyrs of July 13, 1931 in Srinagar on Monday, July 14, 2025.

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Omar Abdullah’s Fight For Freedom

20 Jul 2025

5 min read

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