Outlook Magazine - June 11, 2024

In this issue

The Silence of Kashmir

MEMORICIDE - Dignity and dissent are under constant attack as Kashmiris wake up each day to learn new ways in which their memory and resistance do not matter

BENEATH THE ANGER - The savvy and silent electric buses of Nouveau

The Silent Crash - Artwork by Adil Malik - Malik is a 23-year-old student based in Srinagar.

A Silent Season in Kashmir

In the campaign rallies in Kashmir, political candidates from different regional parties spoke about breaking the silence. They said the abrogation of Article 370 took away their dignity. Now is the time to speak up, they said. People turned out in record numbers to cast their votes in the Valley. What does that mean? Is it acceptance or is it the act of breaking the silence? What is this silence?

10+ mins

Watershed Moments

Dates that shaped Kashmir’s collective memory

3 mins

Talking of Russia-Ukraine

Divert the conversation to faraway places, quote Urdu poetry—tactics to avoid talking about issues confronting Kashmir

6 mins

A New 'Boom' in Kashmir

The increase in visitors reflects not just a recovery but also provides jobs in the hospitality sector

7 mins

Surveillance and Survival

The enforced silence in Kashmir echoes themes from George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984

5 mins

Memoricide

Dignity and dissent are under constant attack as Kashmiris wake up each day to learn new ways in which their memory and resistance do not matter

7 mins

Emotional Cost of 'Peace'

Senior PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, who contested from Srinagar, says the prevailing silence in Kashmir is New Delhi’s definition of peace. In reality, this silence is stifling Kashmiris

4 mins

Manufactured Silences

The stance of the Union government towards J&K is becoming progressively more regressive and despotic

6 mins

A Long Dream of Home

In the 1990s, many Kashmiri pandits had no choice but to leave their homes behind. This is one such story of displacement

6 mins

An Illusory Peace

Even a thousand tongues cannot unravel the quiet that has become a part of life in the Valley

10 mins

The Weight of Words

A single word or an inadvertant disclosure can have serious consequences in Kashmir

5 mins

Old Sorrows, Old Terrors

Perhaps someday the clouds will lift, the moon poured from the flagon, ripened by the sun clenched firmly in the wine bearer's hand

5 mins

When Two Men Came Knocking

The memory of the two army personnel knocking on my door on a Saturday afternoon in 2009 and what happened after that is still too fresh

3 mins

Beneath the Anger

The savvy and silent electric buses of Nouveau Kashmir

9 mins

Raw and Real

Music by Kashmiri artists captures people’s lived experiences and daily realities

6 mins

A Lyrical Journey

Understanding the subconscious connection between music and life in Kashmir

5 mins

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