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Policeman Tukaram Omble and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab

15 years after 26/11 India is way more clearer on dealing with terrorism, Pakistan

Memorial of Maj Purushottam

A requiem to Maj Purushottam and other fallen soldiers on Diwali

Legendary Kashmir folk and Suifiyana singer Gulzar Ahmad Ganai (Facebook)

Gulzar Ganai is looking for a niche to set up Sufiyana music school in Kashmir

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Civil servant couple Anjum Ara, Yunus Khan show the way to honour fallen soldiers

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi In May 2017, news of a brutal ambush along the Line of Control in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, sent shockwaves through the country. Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh of the Indian Army had been killed and his body mutilated by Pakistan's Border Action Team— terrorists disguised as Pakistani army men. The loss left his family and village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district devastated. Among those deeply aff...

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Living for Others: A Himachal Civil Servant Couple's Tribute to a Fallen Soldier

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi In May 2017, news of a brutal ambush along the Line of Control in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, sent shockwaves through the country. Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh of the Indian Army had been killed and his body mutilated by Pakistan's Border Action a— terrorists disguised as Pakistani army men. The loss left his family and village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district devastated. Among those deeply affect...

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Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq wanted to end life over restrictions

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi "My stories are about women – how religion, society, and politics demand unquestioning obedience from them, and in doing so, inflict inhumane cruelty upon them, turning them into mere subordinates. The daily incidents reported in the media and the personal experiences I have endured have been my inspiration. The pain, suffering, and helplessness of these women create a deep emotional response within me. I d...

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Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq wanted to end her life over restrictions

New Delhi "My stories are about women – how religion, society, and politics demand unquestioning obedience from them, and in doing so, inflict inhumane cruelty upon them, turning them into mere subordinates.The daily incidents reported in the media and the personal experiences I have endured have been my inspiration. The pain, suffering, and helpless lives of these women create a deep emotional response within me. I do not engag...

Op Sindoor: Bold attack on Pakistan unbridled use of terror as state policy

Aasha Khosa The four-day Operation Sindoor is a testimony to the India of 2025 -- no longer burdened with the legacy of upholding peace even in the face of terror, and going in hot pursuit of terrorists, nurtured by the State of Pakistan for four decades. It was the real show of India's intent - ghar mein ghus ke marengey (We will kill terrorists in their burrows). The missile attacks on Pakistan’s largest terrorist trai...

Why Pahalgam terrorists and Gen Asim Munir are in the same league?

Aasha Khosa Is the Pahalgam attack the first one where terrorists killed innocents for religion? Are all the people of Kashmir supporters or collaborators of the Pakistan-backed terrorists? Are all Kashmiris respectful and kind towards tourists, whose footfall in the Valley increased dramatically during the last few years? These questions have popped up in the minds of people across India after the Pahalgam massacre of 25 tourists and ...

Why Pahalgam terrorists and Asif Munir are in the same league?

Aasha Khosa Is the Pahalgam attack the first one where terrorists killed innocents for religion? Are all the people of Kashmir supporters or collaborators of the Pakistan-backed terrorists? Is every Kashmiri respectful and kind towards tourists whose footfall in the Valley haD increased dramatically during the last few years? These questions have popped up in the minds of people across India after the Pahalgam massacre of 25 tourists a...

Islam favours documentation of agreements; Waqf property is no different: Dr Fyzie

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi The Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, marks a new beginning for the Pasmanda Muslims as it was for the first time in the history of democratic India that the community's views were sought on an issue concerning Muslims. Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad Fyzie, the well-known Pasmanda Muslim activist, feels this was a historic change and “a ray of hope for Indi-Muslims (Pasmanda) who constitute more than 80 percent of the country...

Hindu-Muslim bond remains intact despite acidic TV debates

Aasha Khosa A casual conversation with my young colleague Ameena Majid a few days before Eid-u-Fitr gave me the idea that social values are not controlled by a few cantankerous TV anchors and leaders who seem to be pushing a divisive narrative for TRPs and their votes respectively. Like most Muslims, Ameena fasted throughout the month of Ramzan and yet worked in the office as normal. One evening when she was ready to leave, I asked her...

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Meem Hai Zaffar translated Shiva Sutras to connect Kashmiris to their rich past

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Around four decades ago, Ghulam Mustafa Khawaja was working on his doctoral thesis in Philosophy at the Rajasthan University, Jaipur, where his teacher Prof Daya Krishna sought to strike up a conversation with him on Shiva Sutras, key scriptures of Kashmiri Shaivism. The Kashmiri scholar wore a blank expression and said, “I have never heard of it”. “Prof Krishna scolded me. He told me it was ...

From Kashmir to Kumbh: Ashraf Ali speaks of his divine experience

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi Advocate Raja Ashraf Ali, a political activist and businessman from Kashmir, visited the Maha Kumbh mela at Prayagraj, where he took a bath at the confluence of Ganga-Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati at Sangam Triveni. “It was a divine experience,” Ashraf Ali says about his three-day pilgrimage. Speaking with Awaz-the Voice, Ashraf Ali said, “When the Maha Kumbh started, I happened to be in ...

International kho kho girl Nazia Bibi brings cheers to her tribe, J&K

Aasha Khosa/ New Delhi Weeks after the nomadic Gujjar-Bakerwal community of Jammu and Kashmir plunged into a state of shock as 17 tribesmen, women and children died of a mysterious disease in village Budhaal in Rajouri, a young woman has brought cheers to and restored the pride of the community. Nazia Bibi, a 21-year-old college student has become the first athlete from J&K to win gold in the International Kho Kho championship. Naz...

26/11 proved a watershed moment for India's war against cross-border terrorism

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi The imagery of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the shock and pain that its perpetrators – Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists sponsored by Pakistan – inflicted on us left an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of Indians. The terrorists not only killed 166 people including foreigners but also firmed the Indian public’s resolve to support the government’s counter-terrorism and Pakistan policies. ...

Polls saw Omar Abdullah's rise as a leader but being CM of JK is no bed of roses

Aasha Khosa Omar Abdullah’s career as a politician took off at a high pitch – he almost walked into the Parliament of India straight from his drawing room as he effortlessly won the 1998 Lok Sabha election from Srinagar. A business management graduate, the 28-year-old Omar was offered what is a dream job for most people; Atal Bihari Vajpayee made him a Minister of State in his cabinet; first in charge of commerce and trade and ...

Navratri: Festival that reminds society of Indian women's power

Aasha Khosa Even atheists and agnostics would agree that Navratri, the nine-day festival celebrating the divine feminine energy called Shakti, or Maa Durga, is an empowering tool for Indian women and no other civilization or culture offers it to them. The festival, celebrated differently across India – the most festive celebrations happen in West Bengal and some other Eastern parts of India – is symbolically and figurativel...

400 Parsis born in 10 years yet more needed for community's survival

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi It’s one of the paradoxes of India that in a country with the largest population, the state is funding the birth of children. The generous funding is offered to Parsis, one of the most influential yet minuscule ethnoreligious communities with its origins in Iran, as its population has been on a fast decline for decades and reached the levels where the community is facing threat of extinction. The scheme call...

J&K Assembly Polls: Iltija, Sakina stand out as gutsy Kashmiri women leaders

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi This is the story of two Muslim women who are trying their luck in the Assembly elections in South Kashmir which along with adjoining areas of Jammu goes to the polls on September 18 in the first phase. Both are seeking votes in the name of legacy but have joined the male-dominated political arena under different and contrasting circumstances. The women are Iltija Mufti, PDP candidate from Bijbehara, who is seekin...

J&K Assembly Polls: Iltija, Sakina stand out as gutsy Kashmiri women leaders

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi This is the story of two Muslim women who are trying their luck in the Assembly elections in South Kashmir which along with adjoining areas of Jammu goes to the polls on September 18 in the first phase. Both are seeking votes in the name of legacy but have joined the male-dominated political arena under different and contrasting circumstances. The women are Iltija Mufti, PDP candidate from Bijbehara, who is seekin...

J&K Assembly will have a five-year term and it's a big change

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi The forthcoming elections in J&K will lead to the forming of the Legislative Assembly with a five-year term. This is a big change as J&K was India’s only State where the Assembly enjoyed a six-year term for 49 years. This bizarre rule was because of the privileges enjoyed by J&K under the cover of Article 370 of the Indian constitution and often misused to serve the vested interests and political...

How Mudasir Dar changed the terror-hub image of 5 Pulwama villages

Aasha Khosa/New Delhi The abolition of Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir five years ago gave a fillip to the efforts of young Kashmiris like Mudasir Dar of Pulwama in bringing about a change on the ground by persuading the youth to shun the path of violence. Mudasir Dar, 27, of village Mugalpora, on the outskirts of South Kashmir’s Pulwama town, launched his mission to erase the image of Pulwama as a ...

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