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Essays Political Theory

Paradise Under Siege: Institutionalizing the Kashmir Occupation

An Indian policeman chases Kashmiri protesters during clashes near encounter site in Rangreth area on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir on 01 November 2020. Top millitant commander of hizbul Mujahideen group Saifullah Mir has been killed in the encounter (Photo by Muzamil Mattoo/NurPhoto)

by Jazzib Akhtar
“The region of Jammu and Kashmir has long been under occupation for 70 years, and on the Indian side it has experienced a long list of human rights abuses.”

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Creative Work Poetry

Ashes In My Mouth

by Jazzib Akhtar
“There’s a harshness to the blue mist I’m smoking. It’s a familiar sting that lingers like unhealed scars.”