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Contemporary crises in 2020 have highlighted deep-rooted inequities and injustice in our world. Yet, there is a place that remains in shadow - cloaked behind a veil of miseducation and colonial violence. This place is Kashmir. Have you heard of Kashmir? Do you know where this valley- once known for its beauty, culture and craftsmanship and now for being the world’s most densely militarized land- is? Do you know how it’s eight million people live?The Kashmir Podcast will delve into the everyd ...
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(FINAL EPISODE SEASON ONE) A question that most of us get asked is why do we do what we do? This is something I wanted to understand for myself and therefore I had a conversation with two Kashmiri academics, to understand why our experiences are central to what we become and why it is important to leave behind a collective understanding of events t…
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Episode Eight: Busting Myths, Exposing Truth: India's Settler Colonialism in Kashmir
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This episode features Ather Zia, talking about the current situation in Kashmir, the issue of settler colonialism, the myths of development after abrogation of article 370, the agency of Kashmiri women and also talks about Ather’s prose and poetry books. Ather Zia, Ph.D., is a political anthropologist, poet, short fiction writer, and a columnist. S…
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November 2nd is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, but what does it mean to journalists in Kashmir? A place where journalists are usual targets for police and cases like Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) are easily slapped against them. This episode draws light on the everyday struggles of Kashmiri journal…
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Episode Six: Thinking Through the Diaspora: Representation, Privilege and Responsibility
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Of late, there has been quite a debate on social media about the role of the Kashmir diaspora, who they are, and what they should be doing or not doing. Important questions have also been raised about whether they have a right to represent Kashmiris and what they can or must represent. In these conversations, sometimes the diaspora is treated as on…
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Women in Kashmir have been portrayed as either being passive victims or lodged between the Indian state and local patriarchy. Here, four Kashmiri women move beyond these frames and speak of life under occupation, and their everyday acts of resistance and existence. Even as women have experienced the death and disappearances of their loved ones, sex…
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How many of us know the meaning of the term, “political prisoner”? Maybe most of us. But how many of us know how this meaning translates into the everyday lives of not just the prisoners themselves but those who they leave behind, their families, their children? Listen to our fourth episode to know more. Featuring Ahmed Bin Qasim, a Kashmiri studen…
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It has been more than a year that kids in Kashmir have not been to school. Is pandemic more than a year old yet? The answer is no. So why have been Kashmiri kids deprived of that education even before the pandemic started? Listen to this episode to find out.Di The Kashmir Podcast
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This is the second episode in the first series of the Kashmir Podcast. In this episode we will talk about the judicial processes, the Public Safety Act, illegal detentions, petitions at SHRC and their outcomes. Our guests for this episode are: Habeel Iqbal is a lawyer based in Shopian, the Southern region of Kashmir. He has been practising law sinc…
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Welcome to the first episode in the first series of The Kashmir Podcast. Today’s episode will be an overview of not only what happened in the last one year in Kashmir after the autonomy was revoked but also what happened before that. We will speak to Kashmir’s one of the most senior human rights lawyers and a civil rights activist Parvez Imroz. Imr…
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Welcome to The Kashmir Podcast. This Podcast takes you on a journey to the world’s most militarized land to delve into the everyday lives of Kashmiris, bringing you first-hand perspectives on their daily struggles & battles for justice, and stories of resistance and resilience in a fight against occupation and colonization.…
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