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Hirra Sultan

A Little Too Much: On Extravagance in Kashmiri Weddings

Many people justify this because they are affluent. They justify it by saying that one should spend as per their…

April 10, 2021

School Bells are Ringing

The fact that every other institution is working in full capacity is the question. If every other place was cleared…

February 5, 2021

Brides in Blood

Women do not simply marry because they are a burden onto their parents or they cannot take care of their…

January 21, 2021

More Than COVID, I Lost My Father to Social Constructs

‘He asked for his waistcoat and combed his beard. Instead of water, we sent him with a bottle of Zam…

August 15, 2020

Kashmir’s Alarm Calls: When COVID ‘Concern’ Becomes Trauma

‘Even if the affected families personally believe things would turn out to be okay, people are hell-bent on making them…

July 23, 2020

‘Jailed For Testing Positive’: Life Inside Quarantine Centres of Kashmir

Over past couple of weeks, a lot of hue and cry was being made on how the number of serious…

July 22, 2020

‘Why Is My Family Being Shamed for Revealing We Got COVID’

‘Covid causes extreme bodyaches and headaches and yet the calls from insensitive relatives caused greater distress than what Covid could.’

July 18, 2020

‘Hello, Please Help Me’: Why Distress Calls Ring This Kashmiri Lawyer

Pandemic lockdown has already exposed the dark underbelly of the globe in the form of the growing domestic violence cases.…

June 18, 2020