When the case was reopened, her father went through every file, every yellowed newspaper clipping, every document he had gathered over the years. That night, he didn't sleep.
‘We are requesting the government and authorities to bring in an anti-conversion bill,’ said Ashwani Sadhu, who is leading the campaign. Kashmiri Pandits are mobilising to ‘bring the girl back’.
Labroo’s appointment is deeply symbolic for a community that was forced to flee the Valley in the 1990s. 'It feels like we’ve come back home,' said Kashmiri Pandit Rakesh Bhat.
Rohit Raina is calling Kashmiri Pandit families living outside Kashmir to visit their temples at least once a year. 'That’s how the process of revival will start.'
‘Whenever there is a targeted killing or an attack, Kashmiri Pandits become the first ones to be confined. Their makeshift accommodations have turned into jails,' said a non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit.
Gen Z Kashmiri Pandits are trying to keep their culture alive on Instagram through recipes, language lessons, cultural snapshots, and community-specific humour.
Hundreds of Kashmiri Hindu govt employees have left the Kashmir Valley over the last 10 days in the light of alleged targeted killings by terrorists, and returned to Jammu.
The restoration of statehood to J&K at an ‘appropriate time’ has been promised by the BJP in Parliament. That must be the first step before dialogue starts.
Hindus accuse the J&K govt of turning a deaf ear to their requests for leaves and urgent transfers to safer areas; Kulgam chief education officer says 'never denied leaves'
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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