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Kashmir tourism and the Architecture of Reassurance

By Bashir Assad

Mon Jun 08 2026

Every summer, Kashmir begins preparing itself for observation. Roads are repaired with unusual urgency, flowerbeds appear along major boulevards, security visibility becomes more calibrated, and tourism statistics start acquiring political significance beyond economics. Hotels reopen after long winters, houseboats are repainted, taxi operators negotiate seasonal expectations, and social media fills with carefully framed images of lakes, mountains, tulip gardens, saffron fields, cafés, and snow-covered meadows.

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Beyond Surveillance: Reimagining Madrasas and Religious Seminaries in Jammu and Kashmir

By Yawar Yousef

Sun Jun 07 2026

The debate surrounding madrasas and religious seminaries in Jammu and Kashmir has remained trapped within a narrow and repetitive framework for far too long. Public discourse oscillates between suspicion and defensiveness, between securitized scrutiny on one side and emotional religious rhetoric on the other