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Transgender Community in Kashmir
Transgender Community in Kashmir: Forced to the margins of society
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Tehmeena Rizvi Overshadowed by the conflict, the transgender people in Kashmir belong to an extremely vulnerable community. They have retrieved from the public domain in order to hide and protect…

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Rising heart attacks among young people in Jammu and Kashmir
Rising heart attacks among young people in Jammu and Kashmir
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Bhavya Dhyani and Taitreyi Biswas The COVID-19 pandemic has created havoc around the globe by claiming more than one and a half million lives and infecting more than seventy-six million…

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Slow internet speed represents a severe impediment to online education in J&K
Slow internet speed represents a severe impediment to online education in J&K
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Due to the continued restrictions on the high-speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir, online teaching and learning in the Union Territory – in the age of COVID-19 – has become…

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Jammu and Kashmir’s Solid Waste Management Challenges and The Way Forward
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Solid Waste Management is one of the biggest global issues facing humankind as a result of rapid urbanization and an ever-increasing global population. The issue puts pressure on the limited…

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Maternity care
Maternity care in J&K: The Challenges and the Way Forward
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Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas A robust healthcare system with universal health coverage, including primary, secondary and tertiary care is critical to the well-being of individuals. This fact, alone, should…

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Gupkar-Declartion
Pass the buck — Kashmiris have seen this game for long. Mehbooba, Abdullahs must change tack
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This article was originally published by ThePrint on December 09, 2020. JAVAID TRALI Jammu and Kashmir has the infamous distinction of being one of those very few places where ‘politics…

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Music, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
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A place like Jammu and Kashmir where most of the population suffers from various mental health issues as a result of the ongoing unrest, music could provide a way forward.…

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An unpredictable Srinagar-Jammu highway and the long wait for its development
An unpredictable Srinagar-Jammu highway and the long wait for its development
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Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway connecting the Kashmir valley to the outside world is one of the most treacherous roads in South Asia. The highway is…

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Reflection: Contextualizing the Silence of Women in Kashmir
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Disclaimer: This is a personal reflection article and does not claim to be based on targeted primary data collection on the topic. My reflections stem from the conversations and stories…

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Acid throwing as one of the acts of Gender-based violence
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Acid violence has horrendously devastated the lives of many young women. However, underreporting has belittled this graver issue. Ambreen Yousuf The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as the intentional…

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Why Forest Rights Act may be the panacea to all the problems facing the tribal people of J&K
Commentary: Why Forest Rights Act may be the panacea to all the problems facing the tribal people of J&K
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Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas The strategic and geopolitical conflict in Jammu and Kashmir tinted with the colours of religious and national identities figures very frequently in the mainstream national…

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Elected Representatives at Grassroots in Dialogue with Jammu and Kashmir Policy Institute
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Jammu and Kashmir, a region that has been mired in conflict for over three decades, has seen its political reality evolve amidst structural chaos and some major political fallouts with…

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