Irfan Bashir
‘Yi Chu Zulum’
Kashmir Scan met the family of a youngster allegedly killed in cold-blood by J&K Police personnel. This is a detailed account of horror that unfolded on the fateful evening of July 7 at a...
Kashmir: The Azadi That May Never Come
"The biggest blunder of the Centre and the State government has been the failure to handle law and order situations. It’s a chain reaction where one person dies and it leads to the deaths...
‘Today, mortality rate at GB Pant Hospital is lower than national average’
After taking over as Medical Superintendent of GB Pant Hospital, Dr Shafqat Khan put into motion a slew of measures which have not only improved patient care at the lone paediatric hospital of the...
Kashmir Erupts in Chaos: Latest Updates
Here are 15 latest updates from Kashmir since Burhan Wani's Encounter on Friday:
1.) So far, 23 people have been killed (including one cop) in violence over the killing of Burhan Wani and two other...
Patriarchal Power Structures
By Irfan Bashir
When I read Audre Lorde’s essay – “The master’s tool will never dismantle the master’s house”, there was a line that caught my attention. “Only within a patriarchal structure is maternity the...
Murder mystery of HM militant solved: Police
KS Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 06: Baramulla Police has solved the murder mystery of an HM militant after arresting three people including another HM militant last evening.
On Sep 09-2015 an unidentified bullet ridden body was found...
Lolab Encounter: FAKE or FACT
March 2014
By Irfan Bashir
One more encounter, few more killings, and once more the slain have been dubbed as foreign militants. They may be foreign militants. They may well not be. This situation is not...
FIRST HAND ACCOUNT
Close shave with death An untold story of an infant … when army captain was ready to shoot him in head that too in his mother’s lap
By Irfan Shah
My conscious mind deprives me of...
A Lost Kashmiriyat
By Irfan Bashir
All of my family members are sitting in a Hamaam enjoying the mild warmth of the stones. Someone is pouring noon chai from a samawaar in a traditional cup – a round...
Interview Bashir Arif- Director Radio Kashmir
‘Politics is all about lies and procrastination’
June 2013
By Irfan Bashir
How would you describe yourself in a word?
I am a package. I am a footballer, painter, cook, workhorse, journalist, writer, poet, stage artist,...
