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When the Light Dawned by Somnath Zutshi — A Book Excerpt from The Greatest Kashmiri Short Stories Ever Told (trans. Neerja Mattoo, Aleph, 2022)

We are proud to present Somnath Zutshi's short story "When the Light Dawned" excerpted from The Greatest Kashmiri Short Stories Ever Told [https://www.alephbookcompany.com/book/the-greatest-kashmiri-stories-ever-told/] (Aleph, 2022) selected and translated by Neerja Mattoo. Inverse Journal has indep

On the Appropriation and Depoliticisation of the Pheran — by A. Makbool and Neelofar Gooroo

This piece by A. Makbool and Neelofar Gooroo raises important and relevant questions about what it means to wear the Kashmiri Pheran, lending particular attention to the ways in which attempts have been made at diluting the Pheran’s political symbolism over the years. Published in our Acquaintance s

Gaekhir Republik: A Band Singing the Blues in Kashmir — A Short Documentary by NewsClick

Summary by NewsClick (via CC): With some intense songs about sorrow and prayer, the band Gaekhir Republik (GR) is one of the few bands that sing about the complexities of life and death in Jammu and Kashmir. Between hopelessness and violence, musicians find it hard to celebrate their art. But many l

Rodolfo Walsh's 1977 Open Letter to the Military Junta in Argentina — Introduced and Translated by Arturo Desimone

Written on March 24, 1977 in Buenos Aires, this letter "can be useful to readers to reflect on the new despotisms." This letter and the attached piece were originally published by Arturo Desimone on December 6, 2016, under the title of "Reading the Argentinian resistance writer Rodolfo Walsh in the

2021: An Inverse Year in Review

With 2021 just behind us, we look back at all the pieces published during the past year in ascending chronological order on an animated timeline. Here are all the pieces published by our contributors and from Creative Commons sources that shaped Inverse Journal's 2021. You can click on any piece tha

Books and Songs That Carried Us Through 2021 — by Inverse Contributors

As we come to the end of this difficult year and enter the new one, Inverse Journal has asked its contributors to participate in a collective piece where they share—with our readers and their fellow contributors—the one book and/or the one song that stayed with them throughout the year or during a c

Martha Argerich: Third piano concerto & "Suites" Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev — ARTE Concert

Star Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Prokofiev’s third piano concerto with the French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Myung-Whun Chung. Also on the programme is Prokofiev’s Ballet Suites from Romeo and Juliet.