by Vikram Sharma | Apr 4, 2022
(April 4, 2022) Growing up in scenic Bandipora on the northern banks of Wular lake in Kashmir, Faisal Ali Dar spent most of his childhood assisting his father, a radio and television mechanic, with installing TV dishes in the locality. A quick learner, the Indian...
by Vikram Sharma | Jan 6, 2022
(January 6, 2021) Back in the summer of 2016, Kashmir was on the boil. Violent clashes erupted across the valley following the killing of Burhan Wani, commander of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, who was gunned down by the security forces. Close to a 100 people died...
by Global Indian | Aug 2, 2021
(August 2, 2021; 6.45pm) Once upon a time there was a girl who’d been chosen for the prestigious Watson Fellowship which took her around the world – South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, and Malaysia – to write short stories. Halfway through the trip though,...