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Shabeer Rather
Shabeer is a student activist from Baramula, persuing B.Tech at SSM College of Engineering and Technology. He is also the Coordinator at All Jammu & Kashmir Students Union (AJKSU). He can be mailed at shabeerrathers@gmail.com
Opinion
ICC CT17 Final: Can Kashmiri students control their emotions?
Given that some Indians are having issues with our 'Red Cheeks', health and well being, it is no accusation that they dislike or even...
Opinion
Human Shield Row – One more reason to hate India!
As everyone is concerned about the incident where a human was tied infront of an Army jeep in order to act as a shield...
Opinion
Two funerals in South Kashmir encapsulate a hard reality!
Wherever we are born, we are supposed to taste death. And, whenever we talk of death, we get some achy feeling inside. We literally...
Opinion
Floods in Kashmir: Who is responsible?
From September 2014, when the drastic floods ruined us, the word 'flood' sends shivers down the spine of Kashmiris. The ugly scenes are still...
Opinion
Open Letter – The false doctrine of Women Empowerment
This Open Letter is directed towards the writers/columnists who write about women empowerment particularly in Kashmir. I have objection the way women empowerment is...
Opinion
Islamophobia – Conversation with a non-Muslim friend!
Last year, I was posting on Facebook regarding women’s rights in Islam. Probably, it was on the eve of International Women's Day - a...
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