Dharma
शिवो हरिर्हरिः शिवः। Śivo Hariḥ Hariḥ Śivaḥ I first heard about the supposed rivalry between Shaivas (worshippers of Shiva) and Vaishnavas (worshippers of Vishnu) a couple of decades back. A colleague at work mentioned, quite matter-of-factly, how in some parts of India, people frowned upon the
Itihas
By the time I finished researching for this article, I was tempted to give it a click-bait title - "10 Terrorists Who Escaped Conviction for Their 1990s Crimes in Kashmir. Number 9 will shock you" But satire is a luxury history cannot afford. Too many people are already
Itihas
This is a story of one of the many betrayals that our community i.e. the Kashmiri Hindus faced. The story of how Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, watched silently, enabled the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus as we were driven out of our homes, and
Itihas
The Kashmiri Hindu genocide and exodus of 1990 easily remains one of India's most under-reported and under-acknowledged tragedies. The trauma of this tragedy haunts generations. And what's perhaps worse than the violence itself is how our story has been marginalized, politicized, pushed to the sidelines, and
Itihas
“Raliv, tchaliv, ya ghaliv” - Convert, leave, or die. “Asi gatchhi pakistan, batav rotchh ta batnyav saan” - We want pakistan, without the Hindu men and, with the Hindu women. “Yahaan kya chalega, nizam-e-mustafa” - What will rule here? The islamic rule. “Kashmir mein rehna hoga, allah-hu-akbar kehna hoga” -
Theology
The recent Pahalgam terror attack hit like a punch to the gut—a cowardly slaughter of innocent Hindus, a macabre betrayal that spits in the face of justice and peace. Once again, we’re left broken, enraged, watching the same horrors unfold. This wasn’t just an attack; it was