Journal of a siege– 12th January 2020, Kashmir

Yesterday Indian govt had announced that that they will release 26 Kashmiri prisoners and while they did that, I came across another news that said that they have arrested dozens more. Irony just oscillates in Kashmir from one corner of cruelty to another. There are thousands of Kashmiris languishing in jails and the release of …

Journal of a siege– 27th October 2019, Kashmir

The time flies, always, it's presumably not something we control, especially so under military occupations, where actually we don't control anything at all. It's rather that the time is being snatched from us by this occupation. We are killed a many times before we actually take the last breath. I don't know why, but I …

Journal of a siege– 21st January 2020, Kashmir

We don't get any information here except a little bit of heavily censored news through these dailies that mostly carry advertisements. Internet was restored in Bandipora and Kupwara two days back. Only limited 2G service has been restored. The Indian state continues to make a mockery of us all. Read the newspaper to find that …

Journal of a siege– 20th August 2019, Kashmir

Nothing to do, nothing to even think about except be besieged and then think about the siege! Everything seems to be at a standstill. They say 'life goes on', but not in Kashmir, there's a silent dance of invisible death everywhere. We are all dead here actually, it's ironic that people think that there's still …

Journal of a siege– 11th January 2020, Kashmir

To write, to keep a record of things happening in Kashmir isn't an easy job. Life is already hard in a military occupation, actually it's no life at all. Life here is bereft of everything that makes it life elsewhere, the first and foremost being freedom. Does life without freedom even classify as life? The …

A thoughtful walk

After a long time Hyderabadi skies were covered by a blanket of clouds, the stars weren't there in the sky, they were hidden under the clouds without a space to peep out. The pleasant weather asked for a walk, and so I did. As I stepped outside the hostel, I could feel the fresh breeze …