In the wake of the recent Pahalgam attack, more people are beginning to seek out the deeper story of Kashmir, a story too often missing from the world's...
Geopolitical tensions, cross-border hostilities, and an ongoing struggle for sovereignty have long marked the Kashmir conflict. Unfortunately, amidst this...
The night of the 23rd of February 1991 witnessed a brutal tragedy unfolding in the two twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora in the Kupwara district of Jammu...
Every year, while India celebrates January 26 as their Republic day, a national holiday commemorating the adoption of the Indian Constitution, Kashmiris have...
The Indian film industry is globally one of the largest and most significant movie-making industries, releasing about 1000 films each year. Perceived broadly...
The educational structure of Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir has been contested for a long time as it is at the center of the entwinement of cultural,...
The recent elections held in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have been viewed as part of India's broader strategy to perpetuate its control over the...
The arms deal between India and Israel, in which Adani Group stands as a pivotal player, is reshaping the future of Kashmir and Palestine. With far reaching...
Since India revoked the special status of the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi has primarily focused on asserting its authority by increasing the...
Kashmir has a complex and deeply troubled history characterized by oppression and geopolitical conflict. In 1846, the British sold Kashmir to the Hindu...
Kashmir is an ecological wonder. The watershed is the home of the Indus River, one of the world’s most important rivers. Kashmir is also home to the Ravi,...
India goes to the polls in 2024 and the message that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP want the world to know is that there is nothing wrong in...
For decades, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has had one singular goal: To seize Jammu and Kashmir and forcibly integrate it into India and erase its unique...
The people of Palestine have suffered extensively for the crime of simply trying to exist freely and with dignity in their homeland. The brazen Israeli...
Contemporary journalism is a difficult, thankless, and often dangerous job. Globally, the number of journalists unlawfully killed has increased. In 2022, 67...
On paper, the rise of India as a global power should be a good thing. As the world’s largest, multi-ethnic democracy, it holds a unique and diverse presence...
The modern state of Kashmir has never known freedom – its people and its culture are always a pawn sacrificed in the chess game of the world powers. In our...
Kashmir is not a free state. Its dreams of self-determination and even autonomy have been torn asunder by the Indian government. With each year that passes,...
WKA – News roundup – April 2023 The world watched in horror this month as the Civil War renewed in Sudan, shutting down the Capital City of Khartoum and the...
Economic repression is an insidious form of repression. It seldom garners outrage from the outside world, especially in the West where poverty is often viewed...
"My son's body was full of torture marks; they killed him," Rashid's mother, Khera, repeatedly mumbles as visitors enter their house to pay condolences. Her...
WKA – News Round Up – March 2023 As India prepares to open itself up to the world for the G-20 summit, it is desperate to keep the ghosts of Kashmir hidden...
Dictators and autocrats constantly seek legitimacy for their human rights abuses and all too often, they find an eager world waiting to look away. That is...
The warmth of the march sun lights up the smokey interiors of the bus. Sitting in the back seat, Haleema welcomes the change after long winters, where she...
WKA News Roundup – February 2023 February is a short month, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t big stories coming out of Kashmir. From ongoing protests...
On a cold winter morning, wearing a dark gray Pheran (Tradition cloak), Hafeez Qadri walks on the snow-covered road in a small village near the Sumbal region...
Since the beginning of February, hundreds of people have been forcibly evicted from their homes by the settler-colonialist government abetted by the...
WKA News Round-Up – January 2023 There is nothing new under the sun, and 2023 is starting to live up to that expectation. The Indian settler-colonial project...
Understanding the current conflict and occupation within Jammu and Kashmir means revisiting the events of late 1989 and 1990. Perhaps there is no singular...
India changing land laws in Kashmir to alter the demography On a cold winter morning in the Bandipora region of Kashmir, Jaana walks barefoot on snow-covered...
WKA Monthly News Roundup – December 2022 As the sun sets on 2022, it casts long shadows over Kashmir. This year India strengthened its grip on the region,...
Freedom of speech has become a rallying claim for the world’s autocrats. Their actions, however, routinely show they do not care for free speech but only...
Indian court sentences Kashmiri to six-year imprisonment A UAPA court gave a civilian a six-year jail term for being a close associate of Burhan Muzzafar...
In mint green overalls, the police officer is focused on the pistol parts lying on the table. With another rub on the metal part, the officer is satisfied...
On a festive Eid day celebration, Junaid was walking back to his car after offering obligatory prayers. It was then that the Indian military police decided to...
WKA Monthly News Round Up – November 2022 2022 is ticking down. It has been a year of sorrow and further degradation of the fundamental rights of Kashmiris...
Time heals all wounds is a common idiom for those who want to forget. Some wounds can never heal, and genocide should never be forgotten. November 5th, 2022...
The nails of a multi-front offensive launched by the BJP-led Indian Government to crush the economy of Kashmir, have surfaced on the saffron fields of South...
WKA Monthly News Round Up – October 2022 Welcome back to the WKA Kashmir Dispatch for October. Today, we’ll review the top news stories impacting Kashmir this...
In last month’s blog, we discussed how India’s settler colonialism is fundamentally transforming Jammu and Kashmir into an unrecognizable state, stripping...