LISTEN | Amit Baruah in conversation with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says this election was a vote against the BJP and the policies of Narendra Modi’s government. | Video Credit: Interview by Amit Baruah; Editing by Samson Ronald K.; Supervising producer: Jinoy Jose P. Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the religious head […]
Early one morning, a group of workers in Mirhama village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, wearing white skullcaps gathered outside the polling station to monitor the election process. The workers belonged to the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), a socio-religious organisation, and had arrived to ensure that the voter base of Jamaat-backed candidate remained intact. Just a few […]
In March, Wangchuk observed a 21-day-long hunger strike, that he called a “climate fast”, in support of Ladakh residents who have been demanding safeguards under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES In anticipation of the upcoming Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, Sonam Wangchuk—educator, innovator, and climate activist—along with […]
