Funeral of Shalimar teenager
Friday protests, clashes in Srinagar
Rooms, memories, and lost sons
Politics, placards and a dead son Tufail Matoo, 17, was killed at Rajouri Kadal on 11 June 2010 when police fired a tear gas canister at him, hitting him in the head. Tufail was returning to his home from his tuitions. Tufail would spend most of the time in this room at his maternal residence […]
Politics, placards and a dead son
Tufail Matoo, 17, was killed at Rajouri Kadal on 11 June 2010 when police fired a tear gas canister at him, hitting him in the head. Tufail was returning to his home from his tuitions. Tufail would spend most of the time in this room at his maternal residence at Nawa Kadal preparing for the […]
Fridays, dreams and a Harry Potter schoolbag
Zahid Farooq, 17, was killed on 5 February 2010 at Nishat when BSF troopers fired at him while he was playing cricket with his friends. Zahid would turn his room into a playing field when his friends would come to see him. “Whatever they would do, we would never use a harsh word for him […]