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Inside a Booming Black Market for Heroin in the Shadow of the Himalayas
We spoke to a dealer who dodges Indian soldiers and checkpoints to sell drugs in the world’s most militarised zone.
This Band Thought Their Biggest Hurdle Was the Patriarchy. It’s Actually the Internet.
This all-women Sufi band is trying to break into a traditionally male genre of music, but that's the least of their problems.
These Indians Have Declared War on Superman and Wonder Woman
A new animated movie with America’s favorite superheroes has some Indians asking, “who’s funding such propaganda films?”
900 Detained After 7 ‘Targeted Killings’ in the World’s Most Militarized Zone
Fear and anxiety has crept into the minds of Kashmiris once again.
This Town Ended a Marriage Custom That Has Devastated Generations of Families
It is illegal but rampant in India and has led to violence against brides.
This Journalist Says a Blockbuster Bollywood Movie Has Put Him in Danger
Faraz Ashraf from Kashmir—one of the world’s most militarised zones—says the movie showed a “terrorist” driving a car with the same number plate as his.
This Poet Never Went to School, so She Invented Her Own Alphabet to Write Poetry
Zareefa Jan has created a “language of circles” to help her document her poems. Only she can decode them.
Football Was My Life in Kashmir. Until I Got Addicted to Drugs.
The most militarised zone on earth is luring its youth into a tight grip of addiction.
These Pakistani Women Were Duped Into Moving to India. Now They’re Stuck.
Caught between two squabbling countries, hundreds of women are trapped in complicated cross-border marriages.
‘I Consider World Leaders Gangsters’: At the Beach With G7 Protesters
Sun, sea, sand, and railing against global inequality.
How a Search For a Missing 4-Year-Old Girl Turned Into a Search for a Leopard
An alarming number of children have been killed by leopards in residential areas in India-administered Kashmir.
This Graffiti Artist Was Arrested For His Viral ‘We Are Palestine’ Mural
Kashmiri artist Mudasir Gul said he was also made to paint over his solidarity mural.