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Farah Bashir
, author of Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir that Harper Collins published this spring explains why she is restless and anxious every time it is Eid.
Farah Bashir
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Why as a student, you were so unhappy to go to medical school or any other professional course?
FARAH BASHIR (FB): After the insurgency erupted against New Delhi in 1989, my interest in studies began fluctuating. At a time, when people around me were getting killed, being maimed and homes were being burnt, I lost focus and interest in studies. It took a lot of effort for me to maintain the enthusiasm of doing well to score good grades in exams. In the chapter (from my book)
Youm-e-Rasul Mir celebrated after three decades in south Kashmir on Indian Army s initiative
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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 05:05 PM IST
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The festival organised by the 19 Rashtriya Rifles with support of the civil administration saw scintillating performances by popular singers, dancers and dramatists who highlighted the works of Rasul Mir, popularly known as John Keats of Kashmir .
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Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh chaired a security review meeting with the senior officers of Army, in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on March 15
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The Indian Army organised Youm-e-Rasul Mir to celebrate the works of the leading 19th century romantic poet of Kashmir in his hometown Dooru-Shahabad here after a gap of over three decades.
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Kashmiri Society Held Back from Attaining Full Potential Due to Political Stifling, Says Kashmir Scholar at Oxford
Mirza Saaib Beg. (Image credits: News18)
Mirza Saaib Beg, the first Kashmiri to bag the prestigious Kofi Annan scholarship at Mansfield College, talks about pursuing education while living in constant conflict.
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Mirza Saaib Beg is the first Kashmiri to bag the prestigious Kofi Annan scholarship at Mansfield College and the Oxford-Weidenfeld-Hoffmann scholarship at Blavatnik School of Government. After the course, he plans to continue his legal work and political advocacy on issues of law, governance and policy in Kashmir. In this interview, he shares how living and studying within Kashmir is fraught with many hurdles that students outside the Valley do not have to engage with.