Our Contributors - Inverse Journal

Aadil Hussain

Aadil Hussain is a zealous reader currently enrolled in a B.A. Honours program at IUST, Awantipora (Pulwama). A resident of nearby Rajpora, Aadil has been writing poetry and articles in Urdu as well as English since the 10th grade.

Aamir Aijaz

Currently as a student of Convergent Journalism at Central University of Kashmir, Aamir Aijaz is specializing in narrative journalism as a part of his end semester project. In his internship program, he has worked with Free Press Kashmir, publishing a few feature news stories which include an in-depth story on…

Aashna Jamal

Aashna Jamal grew up in Indian administered Kashmir. She went on to complete her BA Economics from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai and got her MA in Economics from Yale University. She tweets @aashna_jamal.

Abdulla Moaswes

Abdulla Moaswes is a writer, researcher, translator, and educator. His current academic explorations focus on the globalization of settler colonial logics. He has previously written about the politics of food, with special reference to chai karak, and the socio-political role of internet memes in South and West Asia. In addition…

Adil Manzoor

Adil Manzoor is currently completing his M.A. in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia. He tries to speak through his photographs and the visual language that sets their tone.

Adithya Kamesh

Adithya is a political consultant specializing in research and communications, currently on a ‘strategic sabbatical’ to pursue his passion for writing. Beyond engaging in political debates, he is drawn to reading and film, especially works that challenge the status quo. He has a particular affinity for non-fiction, focusing on feminism,…

Adwaith PB

Adwaith PB is a freelance content writer. His blood cells are woven with Hypergraphia, as he breathes in books, exhales words and sneezes poetry. Captivated by the web of words, he escapes miraculously by writing content. He is currently doing his Hons. in Political Science from Ramjas College, University of…

Ahmed Muzamil

Ahmed Muzamil Aftab Rah is student of fine arts specializing in photography and art installation at Kashmir University. His prime focus has been to capture daily life in Kashmir from the prism of geopolitics. He has investigated the on-going Kashmir conflict through a historical perspective, focusing on the traumatic experiences…

Ahymon Ayoub Khan

The poet is a research scholar at University of Kashmir.

Akshay Sethi

Akshay Sethi’s practice explores the complex relationship between the personal and political, contemplated through everyday experience, within the domain of the ordinary and the quotidian. He delves into the vast reservoir of normally unnoticed, trivial, repetitive actions, the uneventful and the overlooked aspects of the everyday through his drawings, zines,…

Alex Woodend

Alex Woodend’s fascination with Spanish and Chinese began at Franklin & Marshall College. He went on to study Chinese literature and history at Columbia University where his master’s thesis explored early post-Mao literature. He has since translated several books into English and is at work on new translations and original…

Amir Sultan

Amir Sultan is a resident of Srinagar, Kashmir who likes to read, write and teach. Academically, he has PhD in Psychology from University of Kashmir but doesn’t like to be called “Doctor.” His interest spans over psychology, philosophy and languages. He has written for various journals and newspapers, both national…

Amirah Al Wassif

Amirah Al Wassif is a 28 year old freelance writer from Egypt. She has written articles, novels, short stories poems and songs. Five of her books were written in Arabic and many of her English works have been published in various cultural magazines. Amirah is passionate about producing literary works…

Amjad Majid

Amjad Majid, editor and founder of Inverse Journal, is a multidisciplinary professional engaged in international education, literary studies, information technology and art criticism. He holds an M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, where he gained two years of undergraduate teaching experience. He completed his…

Amrita Ghosh

Amrita Ghosh has a PhD in postcolonial literature and theory from Drew University, USA. She was a lecturer and taught at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, prior to moving to Sweden for a postdoc at Linnaeus University's Center of Postcolonial Studies. She is currently finishing two book projects: "Kashmir's Necropolis:…

Andrew Shields

Andrew Shields lives in Basel, Switzerland. His collection of poems "Thomas Hardy Listens to Louis Armstrong" was published by Eyewear in June 2015. His band Human Shields released the album "Somebody's Hometown" in 2015 and the EP "Défense de jouer" in 2016.

Ann Christine Tabaka

Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry, has been internationally published, and won poetry awards from numerous publications. She lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking. Chris lives with her husband and three cats. Her most recent credits are: Ethos Literary Journal, North…

Annah Atane

Annah Atane is a Nigerian writer. Her poems have appeared in the Brittle Paper, The Menniscus, The Muse Journal, Valiant Scribe, Writeresque, Ric Journal and elsewhere.

Aranya Padil

Aranya Padil is a poet currently based in Delhi—a place to which he does not belong. His debut collection of poetry The Map is Not the Territory is published by Copper Coin. He is the editor of Poetly, a newsletter curating Indian and International poetry along with commentaries that contextualise…

Arif Ayaz Parrey

Arif Ayaz Parrey is a Kashmiri writer.

Arjun Razdan

Arjun Razdan is a Kashmiri writer born in 1985. Five of his short stories and fragments (Once it is Done, Slightly Pink with the Sun, The Parable of Mahendra Namardi, For a Pint of Plum Liquor, An Eyes called Green) have been published in literary magazines in India, Pakistan, The…

Arnab Chakraborty

Arnab Chakraborty is currently a graduate researcher in Sociology at the University of Southern California in the US. His research interests span culture, religion, organizations, race, gender, social movements and politics. Before coming to the US, he had spent 5 years studying English Literature at Jadavpur University. While sociological research…

Arsilan Aziz

Arsilan Aziz is an ardent reader and researcher, who focuses primarily on Kashmir and Islam as subjects of study. He is invested in learning about Kashmiri history from a variety of perspectives, primarily those kept out of reach in mainstream historical texts. He is equally interested in Kashmiri culture and…

Ashaq Hussain Parray

Ashaq Hussain Parray is currently a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of English at Aligarh Muslim University, where he pursues his doctoral studies in the area of Translation Studies. His research and doctoral work focuses on the translation of Urdu poetry into English. He previously taught as an assistant…

Asima Hassan

Working as a specialist (surgeon) in Srinagar, Kashmir, Asima Hassan is a doctor by profession who shares a love for poetry, literature and art. Dr. Hassan spends her time outside of her profession writing bits and pieces as a way of expressing herself while also trying her hand at abstract…

Asma Firdous

Asma Firdous has recently finished her post-graduation in English from Central University of Kashmir and is looking forward to a doctorate in the near future. Her interests include helplessly giving into readings around Body Studies, Critical Theory and Postcolonialism. She makes blackouts to cope with her disappointing fear of writing.…

Ather Zia

Ather Zia, Ph.D., is a political anthropologist, poet, short fiction writer, and a columnist. She is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at the University of Northern Colorado Greeley. Ather is the author of "Resisting Disappearances: Military Occupation and Women’s Activism in Kashmir" (University of Washington Press 2019)…

Ayana Joe

Ayana Joe is a trans poet and musician writing in Malayalam and English. Her work explores the interplay of the physical body, time, relationships, nature, and the politics that shape them, often through lyrical and sound based forms. She is interested in the intersections of language, music, and lived experience.

Azhar Wani

Azhar Wani studies English literature at Ashoka University. He is the poetry editor for an undergraduate literary journal called Plot Number 2. He previously attended the Summer Institute at University of Iowa's Writing Program, with his writing being published in an anthology along with other international and American participants of…

Azmat Mushtaq

Azmat Mushtaq holds a Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University and a Master’s from Kashmir University. As a creative writer, she crafts narratives infused with the textures of world cinema. Her work bridges culture and imagination, weaving stories that resonate globally and linger long after the final scene.

Babra Sharief

Babra Sharief is a Young India Fellow in Liberal Arts at Ashoka University. She has done her Masters in English Literature from University of Kashmir. Born and brought up in conflict-ridden Kashmir, she believes that poetry is a powerful form of resistance and a perfect medium of representation for the…

Bayed Mubarak

Bayed Mubarak is currently pursuing his Master’s in English. His interests include reading and writing poetry, short fiction, essays and commentaries. He is the founder of Kashmir Music Live, an emerging platform he established on Instagram to offer critique and raise awareness about deeper engagement with the contemporary Kashmiri music…

Bilal Gani

Bilal Gani is an academic and a freelance writer and researcher whose articles and book reviews have featured in The Hindu, Frontline, The Hindustan Times and Outlook.

Brian Rihlmann

Brian Rihlmann was born in New Jersey and currently resides in Reno, Nevada. He writes free verse poetry, and has been published in The Blue Nib, The American Journal of Poetry, Cajun Mutt Press, The Rye Whiskey Review, and others. His first poetry collection, “Ordinary Trauma” (2019), was published by…

Bupinder Singh

Bupinder Singh is a writer by passion and an educator by profession. He has been published in The Week, Delacorte Review, UnLost Journal, The Criterion and in many others.

Bushra Punjabi

Bushra Punjabi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Carmen Gentile

Carmen Gentile has written for some of the world’s leading publications including the New York Times, TIME, Newsweek, USA Today and many others. He has also produced online video reporting for The Times and TIME. He also regularly produces radio reports and has published numerous photos with his work. He…

Carol Blaizy D’Souza

Carol Blaizy D’Souza is a poet, translator and researcher from Bangalore. A collation of her work can be found here. Her poetry in English has previously appeared in Parcham, Almost Island, The Sunflower Collective, Hakara, Indian Cultural Forum, voice & verse, Qurbatein, ASAP|art, The Economic and Political Weekly, Muse India,…

Chaandreyi Mukherjee

Dr. Chaandreyi Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi. She has pursued Ph.D. on “Womanhood in Haruki Murakami’s Fiction” from Jamia Millia Islamia. She is an avid reader and a reviewer of books on her Instagram page @paperback.girl.

Christopher Hirschmann Brandt

Christopher Hirschmann Brandt is a New York City writer, translator, and political activist. Also an actor, theatre worker, carpenter, furniture designer. He teaches poetry workshops and Peace and Justice Studies at Fordham University. Poems and essays have been published abroad in, among others, Laterál (Barcelona); El signo del gorrión (Valladolid);…

Clara Burghelea

Clara Burghelea is a Romanian-born poet. Recipient of the 2018 Robert Muroff Poetry Award, she got her MFA in Creative Writing from Adelphi University. Her poems, fiction and translations have been published in Full of Crow Press, Ambit Magazine, HeadStuff, Waxwing and elsewhere. Her collection "The Flavor of The Other"…

Danyal Hassan

Danyal hails from Kashmir and is currently pursuing the study of English literature at University of Delhi. He usually draws poems from his conflict-torn homeland. He is working on his debut poetry collection.

Dr. Deeba Shireen

Dr. Deeba is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. She has her PhD in “Postcolonial Diaspora and Literature of Exile: A Select Works of VS Naipaul” from the University of Kashmir. She has taught courses ranging from Indian Writing in…

Dr. Sapna Dogra

A writer, translator and academician, Dr Sapna Dogra, the Deputy Chief Editor of literary e-journal Muse India (ISSN: 0975-1815) completed her BA and MA in English Literature from the University of Delhi. She obtained her MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is presently working as an Assistant Professor…

Dustin Pickering

Dustin Pickering is a poet and freelancer residing in Houston, Texas, USA. He is founder of Transcendent Zero Press and founding editor at Harbinger Asylum. He is published in Huffington Post, Cafe Dissensus Everyday, The Punch magazine, and Journal of Liberty and International Affairs. His reviews can be found in…

Edward Elizabeth

Edward Elizabeth likes to think of herself as a writer, one who is deeply in love with the arts and finds her soul lost in them. She is currently a student of the University of Benin where she gets constantly frustrated by the education system but still holds it together…

Enatoli Sema

I am a Naga from Nagaland belonging to the Sumi tribe, which is recognized as one of the major tribes in the State but have been staying in Delhi for more than two decades and have lived outside Nagaland for most of my adult life. I am also a lawyer…

Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò

Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò is an emerging writer and a student of Mass Communication. He is a social activist who is passionate about inequality, politics, domestic violence, and child rights. His works have appeared or forthcoming on Brittle Paper, Rough Cut Press, Poetry Column ND, Rigorous Magazine, Afreecan Read, Ice Floe…

Ensherah Freij

Ensherah Freij is a writer and medical student with a passion for creative expression and mathematics. She believes that every word carries meaning and purpose, shaping change and revealing untold stories. Through her writing, she seeks to capture the depth of human experience, illuminating the silent spaces where emotion and…

Fadairo Tesleem

Fadairo Tesleem is a young Nigerian poet who writes from Ilorin, Kwara State. He is a teacher, a poetry coach and a literary critic. He is a final year student at the Kamal School of Arabic & Islamic Studies (Ilorin, Kwara State). Fadairo is a member of Hill-Tip Creative Art…

Faheem Ahmad

Faheem Ahmad is a Post-graduate in English literature with interest in fiction, philosophy and cinema. He has spent his fair share of time exploring different writers, philosophers and filmmakers across the world. inspired by philosophers and writers like Sartre, Rilke, Kierkegaard and Beckett, he is currently working on his debut…

Faizan Akbar

Faizan Akbar is pursuing a Master's in Political Science from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. His interests include Political Theory, Religion, and Philosophy.

Faizan Rashid

Faizan Rashid is a research candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He previously completed a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Delhi. He has a keen interest in philosophy and theory. In particular, he is interested in democratic theory, analytical liberalism and post-Marxist tradition. He spends his…

Fariz Gulzar Mir

Fariz Gulzar Mir completed his Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering and Technology(GCET), Jammu. Then he went on to pursue his MA in Philosophy at the University of Delhi. Since 2021, he has been pursuing PhD at the Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.…

Fendy S. Tulodo

Fendy S. Tulodo is a writer from Malang, Indonesia. His work explores everyday acts of resistance and the digital strategies activists use to preserve truth.

Garima Sudhan

Garima Sudhan is a graduate in history from Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir. She has completed her master's in history from Ambedkar University Delhi. Currently, she contributes as a researcher to a platform dedicated to history, have previously conducted primary and secondary research in Jammu and Kashmir, with topics concerning the…

Ghulam Mohammad Khan

Ghulam Mohammad Khan was born and raised in Sonawari (Bandipora), an outlying town located on the wide shores of the beautiful Wullar Lake. Ghulam Mohammad believes that literature is the most original and enduring repository of human memory. He loves the inherent intricacies of language and the endless possibilities of…

Glen Armstrong

Glen Armstrong (he/him) holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters. He has three current books of poems: Invisible Histories, The New Vaudeville, and Midsummer. His work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Conduit, and The Cream City Review.

Glenn Ingersoll

Glenn Ingersoll works for the public library in Berkeley, California, where he hosts Clearly Meant, a reading & interview series. A multi-volume prose poem, “Thousand” (Mel C Thompson Publishing), is available from Amazon, and as an ebook from Smashwords. He keeps two blogs, LoveSettlement and Dare I Read.

Gowhar Yaqoob

Gowhar Yaqoob is a Srinagar (Kashmir) based independent researcher. She was formerly Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (2015-2017). Her research practice focuses on literary and visual cultures in history with an emphasis on interdisciplinary approach. Her work interrogates broader themes of nationalist identities in a nation-state,…

Greg Goins

Greg Goins is the author of UFOs & UAPs For Dummies. He's a UFO/UAP researcher and advocate for UAP transparency legislative action. He recently published pieces on UFO/UAP transparency in the Philadelphia Inquirer, was featured in the Wall Street Journal, and has been a commentator on the issue for FoxNews.

Haroon Lone

Haroon Lone completed an M.Phil. at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is currently a PhD student at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He has published writing in TRT World, The New Arab, Outlook India, Two Circles.net, Raiot, Kashmir Lit, Kashmir Ink, Kashmir Reader, Greater Kashmir, among other publications.…

Heath Brougher

Heath Brougher received the 2018 Poet of the Year Award from Taj Mahal Review and is a multiple nominee for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Award. He is the poetry editor for Into the Void, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Awards for Best Magazine. He has…

Henry Bladon

Henry is based in Somerset in the UK. He is a writer of short fiction and poetry with a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Birmingham. He is the author of several poetry collections and his work can be seen in Poetica Review, Pure Slush, Truth…

Hurmat Altaf

Hurmat Altaf is a student pursuing B.A. Honors in English Literature from Cluster University, Srinagar. She considers herself a passionate writer and poetess in formation who has published several articles, poems and research paper in recognized newspapers, magazines and journals.

Huthuka Sumi

I am a photographer and writer based in Nagaland. I have worked as a features writer for a local daily. Currently, I am writing my debut novel.

Huzia Rais

Huzia Rais is a mental health professional and researcher based in Kashmir. Her work examines grief, memory, and temporality in contexts of prolonged political violence. Drawing on clinical practice and field research, she explores how trauma unfolds beyond linear models of time and how collective loss becomes embedded in everyday…

Ifreen Raveen

Ifreen Raveen is a postgraduate student in journalism at AJK Mass Communication Research Center, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She writes fiction and non-fiction with a focus on human rights, conflict and gender. Ifreen has published articles with Free Press Kashmir, The Kahmir Walla, The Quint, The Wire, The…

Insha bint Bashir

Insha bint Bashir is currently concluding her MA thesis in Political Science at AMU. She has been published in Kashmir Life and Wande Magazine. Her interests include photography and literature.

Inshah Malik

Inshah Malik a political theorist and a gender studies scholar with a PhD from the Center for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is also a former Fox Fellow at Yale University, and served as a visiting professor at many other universities, including…

Iram Razzaq

Currently based in United Kingdom, Iram Razzaq was born and raised in Pakistan Administered Kashmir where she received her early education before moving to England in 1996. Her interest in art developed through drawing diagrams in biology class in the 10th grade. She also learned from the fascinating sketches found…

Jagdeep Raina

Jagdeep Raina is an artist and emerging writer based in Guelph, Ontario where he teaches at the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph. Raina holds an MFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and has been an artist in residence at the…

Jasna Gugić

Jasna Gugić is the Vice-President for public relations of the Association of Artists and Writers of the World SAPS; She is a co-editor of the anthology, Compassion—Save the World, one poem written by 130 world poets. Jasna is a multiple winner of many international awards for poetry and literature, and…

Javid Ahmad Ahanger

Javid Ahmad Ahanger holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University, with a focus on the topic of “Political Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir: From Dominant Party to Multi-Party System.” His writings have previously been published in South Asian Journal, Cafe Dissensus Magazine, Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Reader, Kashmir…

John L. Stanizzi

John L. Stanizzi is author of “Ecstasy Among Ghosts”, “Sleepwalking”, “Dance Against the Wall”, “After the Bell”, “Hallelujah Time!”, “High Tide – Ebb Tide”, “Four Bits – Fifty 50-Word Pieces”, and “Chants”. His poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, American Life in Poetry, The New York Quarterly, Paterson Literary Review,…

Juliana Ariela Sejas

Juliana Ariela Sejas is a person who writes from Argentina, a whimsical traveler. She started her journey studying music, helping to create electronic music festivals, and backpacking through the South. She has taught classes and created workshops in arts spaces, while developing cultural projects and flourishing also as a yoga…

Junaid Ahmed Ahangar

The poet, Junaid Ahmed Ahangar works as a doctor in a tertiary care institute in Srinagar, Kashmir. He graduated from Dhaka, Bangladesh and completed his MD from Srinagar, Kashmir. He also has an MA in English Literature and is poised to complete his MA in Philosophy. He devotes his time…

Junaid Shah Shabir

Junaid Shah Shabir is a doctoral candidate in literature and creative writing at The University of Texas at Dallas, USA. His works have so far been published in the Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies, Life Writing Routledge Taylor & Francis Online, Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, Jaggery:…

Juvaria Syed

Juvaria Syed is currently a Research Scholar at the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad.

Kamran Bashir

Kamran Bashir is a postgraduate in English literature. His work has appeared in the Issue 1 of The Kashmir Poetics. He occasionally posts on his YouTube channel, Project Q.

Kapil Kachru

Kapil Kachru is a Kashmiri writer based in Boston. His poems and stories have appeared in journals, magazines and an anthology in India, The Netherlands and the United States. Negligible Inertia, his debut collection of poems, was published by Writers Workshop. His new book, Radio Kashmira, is coming soon to…

Kashiana Singh

Kashiana Singh is a management professional by job classification and a work practitioner by personal preference. Kashiana’s TEDx talk was dedicated to "Work as Worship." Her poetry collection, "Shelling Peanuts and Stringing Words" presents her voice as a participant and an observer. Her poems have been published on various platforms…

Khalid Fayaz

Khalid Fayaz Mir is the editor of Zaanvun Lokchaar, a monthly educational magazine for young students. Even though he has a Master’s degree in Economics, he works in the entrepreneurship industry. His writing has appeared in multiple publications in Kashmir such as Kashmir Reader, Wande Magazine, The Kashmir Walla, Rising…

Khawar Khan Achakzai

Khawar Khan Achakzai is a cardiologist by profession with additional interests in history, philosophy and literature. His works are published in numerous literary and history journals, magazines and newspapers.

Khurram Muraad Siddiquie

Khurram Muraad Siddiquie is a student of BA Linguistics from the University of Hyderabad.

Khytul Abyad

Khytul Abyad is a visual artist who works and writes about the toll of conflict on life in Kashmir. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Fine art (Applied Art) from Kashmir University (2016) and pursued her postgraduate degree in Art and Design from Beaconhouse National University in Lahore (2019). She…

L.B. Sedlacek

L.B. Sedlacek’s latest poetry books are "The Architect of French Fries" (published by Presa Press) and "Words and Bones" (published by Finishing Line Press). Her poems have appeared in publications such as "Pure Francis," "The Broad River Review," "Third Wednesday," and "Mastodon Dentist." Her short fiction has been published in…

Laila Brahmbhatt

Based in New York, Laila works as a Senior Immigration Consultant. Born into a family of writers, she found her own path to literature later in life, eventually arriving at the page with a deep sense of admiration for the craft. Her work explores various forms, including haiku and one-line…

Lauren Scharhag

Lauren Scharhag is the author of twelve books, including Requiem for a Robot Dog (Cajun Mutt Press) and High Water Lines (Prolific Press). Her work has appeared in over 100 literary venues around the world. Recent honors include the Seamus Burns Creative Writing Prize and two Best of the Net…

Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich

Lisa Rhodes-Ryabchich is an adjunct English professor at Westchester Community College, the author of multiple short stories and poems. Her work appears in Folio Lit, Artemis, Drunk Monkeys, Arlijo, and elsewhere. She has 6 poetry books. She was a 2016 fellow at Martha's Vineyard Creative Writing Institute. She has an…

Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, lives in Southern California, and works in the mental health field in Los Angeles. His poetry books and chapbooks have been published by Alternating Current Press, Deadbeat Press, Kendra Steiner Editions, New American Imagist, New Polish Beat, Poet's Democracy, and Ten Pages…

M. Moosa Khan

M. Moosa Khan is pursuing a master’s in sociology at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His area of interest includes sociology, political anthropology, religion and politics, philosophy, Indian political thought, urban studies and gender sensitization. In addition to such academic work, Moosa is also pursuing a second master’s in philosophy…

Mahoor Haya Shah

Mahoor Haya Shah is a Columnist, Writer and Editor from Srinagar Kashmir.

Majid Magray

Majid Magray hails from Karnah, Kupwara. He has done his MA in Political Science. He spends his time mostly with Urdu literature, philosophy and music of all kinds.

Majid Maqbool

Majid Maqbool is an independent journalist and writer based in Kashmir. He writes for a number of publications, including HT Books, Asia Sentinel, Mint Lounge, among other Indian and international publications. He Substacks at https://majidmaqbool.substack.com/

Maknoon Wani

I am a final year student at Delhi School of Journalism, University of Delhi. I did my high school from Jamia Millia Islamia. My interests include national and international politics, psychology and social research. I also run kashmirinnovators.com — an online repository of scientific and social research undertaken by Kashmiris.…

Malik Aabid

Malik Aabid is a student of Human Rights at Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia. Hailing from Kashmir’s pristine Trehgam area, he is a nature lover, who writes poignant poetry and enjoys English literature. He occasionally publishes his writing in the Kashmiri press.

Malini Bhattacharya

Malini Bhattacharya studied English literature at Jadavpur University, in Kolkata, where she was born and has lived most of her life. She writes fiction, creative nonfiction and (very rarely) poetry. She also translates, especially the work of contemporary women and feminist writers to and from English and Bengali. Her work…

Manan Shah

Manan Shah was born and brought up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He has a Honors Degree in archeology and ancient history from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India. As a history enthusiast and a freelance writer, his work intends to revive the historic past and the diverse traditions of the…

Marriah Nayeem

Marriah Nayeem was born and raised in Srinagar, Kashmir. Currently a PG research scholar at SKUAST-K (Shalimar), she has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember. She derives inspiration from the works of Pablo Neruda and Mahmoud Darwish, among many others. In the future, she wants to…

Martin Pedersen

E. Martin Pedersen, originally from San Francisco, has lived for over 40 years in eastern Sicily, where he taught English at the local university. His poetry appeared most recently in Adirondack Review, Better Than Starbucks, Brief Wilderness, Danse Macabre, Thirteen Myna Birds. Martin is an alumnus of the Community of…

Marusa Mushtaq

Marusa Mushtaq was born and brought up in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. She has a Hons. and a Masters degree in English literature. Her areas of interest include Postcolonialism, Dalit and Subaltern studies.

Mashood Rather

Mashood Ahmad Rather is a student of English literature at Cluster University Srinagar. He hails from Awantipora.

Maya Kóvskaya

Winner of the 2010 Yishu Award for Critical Art Writing, ecological political theorist, curator and cultural critic, Maya Kóvskaya (PhD UC Berkeley, 2009) has authored, co-authored, edited, translated, and contributed to numerous books and articles on the intersection of contemporary art with the political, cultural, and ecological. She has taught…

Mehran Ansari

Mehran Ansari is a software engineer by day and a creative who produces digital art, music, and writes stories by night.

Michael Akuchie

Michael Akuchie is an Igbo-Esan born emerging poet currently studying English and Literature at the University of Benin, Nigeria. An Orison Anthology nominee, his poems have previously appeared on The Mantle, Willawaw, Collective Unrest, Impossible Task, Anomaly, TERSE and elsewhere. He is on Twitter as @Michael_Akuchie.

Michael Lee Johnson

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era and currently resides in the greater Chicagoland area, IL. He is an internationally published poet in 43 countries who has been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize awards and five times for the Best of the Net.…

Mir Yasir Mukhtar

Mir Yasir Mukhtar is a freelance photojournalist based in Kashmir. He is developing his craft and skillset while looking to learn and further a career in the photographic industry. Yasir has captured day-to-day events in Kashmir, specializing in people’s movement, human portraits, nature landscapes and documentary features. Yasir has recently…

Miran Gulzar

Miran Gulzar has a Honours Degree in English Literature from University of Delhi and has completed his Master’s in English Language and Literature from the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST). His work has appeared in Wande Magazine, Café Dissensus, Rising Kashmir, Shepherds of Himalayas and more.

Mirum Quazi

Mirum Quazi is a doctoral fellow in NYU’s Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies. Previously, he completed his postgraduate studies in Arts and Aesthetics from JNU. He is based in New York.

Mohd. Tahir Ganie

Dr. Mohd. Tahir Ganie is a writer and academic affiliated with the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. His research interests include youth politics, political communication, and social movements. He wrote his PhD dissertation on the post-2008 narratives of the Kashmiri youth, exploring the discursive strategies employed…

Mohit Kilam

Mohit Kilam is a screenwriter and producer, based in Mumbai. A Kashmiri Pandit, he was born in Srinagar and raised in Delhi.

Mubashir Karim

Mubashir Karim was born in Srinagar, Kashmir and completed his Masters in English from the University of Kashmir. He went on to pursue his M.Phil and PhD from Jamia University. Mubashir is currently working as an assistant professor in the Higher Education Department, Jammu & Kashmir. His work has been…

Muhammad Hanief

Muhammad Hanief is a cricketer and sports reporter from North Kashmir, currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in English literature and History at GDC Sogam, Lolab, Kupwara. In his spare time, he writes poetry and short stories.

Muhammad Nadeem

Muhammad Nadeem is a reader and writes about what he reads. Among his writings are reviews, poetry and short stories. He also works with translation and criticism and has previously been published in Prachya Review Journal, Cafe Dissensus Magazine, KashmirLit Journal, Oracle Opinions, Greater Kashmir, Free Press Kashmir, Kashmir Reader,…

Murad Saleem

The author is a Kashmiri activist currently residing outside of Kashmir. Murad Saleem is a pen name.

Murtaza Fazily

Murtaza Fazily hails from Kargil, Ladakh. He holds a Master’s in Mass communication and Journalism from University of Kashmir and is working as a long-form journalist since the last three years. During this time he has worked with organisations like Stawa, Kashmir Monitor, Rising Kashmir and Greater Kashmir. His work…

Musa Malik

Musa Malik is a Kashmiri undergrad student currently in his third year, pursuing law from New Delhi. His interests vary from music, sports, geopolitics, and more. Musa is also deeply interested in decolonisation, neocolonialism, and anthropology.

Muzaffar Karim

Muzaffar Karim was born in Kashmir and completed his MA from the University of Kashmir. He went on to pursue his Ph.D. from JNU and is currently employed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kashmir, South Campus. Muzaffar Karim also writes poetry and short stories that have appeared…

Muzamil Jaleel

Muzamil Jaleel is a Kashmiri journalist who has been reporting and writing for more than 25 years. He is currently Deputy Editor at The Indian Express.

Nnadi Samuel

Nnadi Samuel is 20-year-old graduate of English and literature from the University of Benin. His writings have previously been published by Libretto Magazine, Ace world Publishers, Jams & Sand, Artifact magazine and a few others. If he is not writing, you can find him reading memes on Facebook @ Samuel…

Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan

Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan is a budding writer from the Ebonyi State of Nigeria. He writes autobiographically about life and about multiple aspects of the ebbing African culture. He is a Medical Laboratory Science student with lots of unpublished works to his credit. His works have been published at Quills, Ace…

O. Kashmiri

The author is a doctor working in Kashmir. His pen name is O. Kashmiri.

Olaore Philip Durodola-Oloto

Olaore Philip Durodola-Oloto writes from Lagos, Nigeria. He is a young, budding writer with a dazzling interest in poetry and fiction. He is currently a 3rd year undergraduate at the University of Lagos, Nigeria where he gathers experience in English and Literary studies. He has work published/ forthcoming in Brittle…

Olayioye Paul Bamidele

Olayioye Paul Bamidele is an emerging writer and a student of Mass Communication. He has a flair for writing, and loves writing plays, poems, essays, and fiction. His works have appeared in Lunaris, SpillWord, Terror House, and elsewhere. Aside from writing, he loves to play the piano.

Omair Bhat

Omair Bhat is a poet. Poetry for him is an attempt to make sense of the incomprehensible. He is haunted by 'instant of death' in the text. His poems have previously appeared in Scroll.in, Bosphorus Review, Critical Muslim, The Sunflower Collective and Kashmir Lit.

Onaiza Drabu

Onaiza Drabu is a Kashmiri anthropologist, writer and artist. She writes about identity, nationalism and Islamophobia, and co-curates a newsletter called "Daak" (on South Asian literature and art). Her book "The Legend of Himal and Nagrai: Greatest Kashmiri Folktales" was published last year (2019) by Speaking Tiger Books. Her earlier…

Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter

Oyekunle, Ifeoluwa Peter is an award-winning Nigerian poet. His writings have been published in Kalahari Review, Rockvale Review, Ngiga Review, Hornpond Review, Echelon Review, and elsewhere. A Best of the Net nominee, whenever he is not writing, he is either teaching Chemistry to random kids or finding home in piano…

Oz Hardwick

Oz Hardwick is a York (UK)-based writer, photographer and occasional musician, whose work has been published and performed internationally in and on diverse media: books, journals, record covers, concert programmes, fabric, with music, with film, and with nothing but a residual West Country accent. He has published nine poetry collections,…

Parray Shahid

Paray Shahid attended Kurukshetra University (India) for a B.Tech Honors. With an MA in English and a minor in creative writing (IGNOU), Shahid works as an entrepreneur in the IT Systems Integration Sector. His poetry publications include “The First Few Notions” (2015). Shahid can be reached at: shaid09@gmail.com , @parraysha_…

Peace Ogunjemilua

Peace Ogunjemilua is a budding writer and graphic artist who loves to explore nature and narratives rooted in cultural depth. He was featured in the Nigerian Students’ Poetry Prize and is a 2025 Sprinng Writing Fellow. He currently interns as an architectural writer at Rethinking The Future (RTF). Besides writing,…

Peerzada Sheikh Muzamil

Peerzada Sheikh Muzamil is a freelance journalist and writer whose work has appeared in TRT World, The Wire, Kashmir Ink, Greater Kashmir and Mountain Ink Magazine, where he also works as the Assistant Editor. Some of his fiction writing has also been translated into Indian languages like Bengali, including a…

Preeti Vangani

Preeti Vangani is a poet and personal essayist. She is the author of "Mother Tongue Apologize" (RLFPA Editions), her first book of poems, which was the winner of RL India Poetry Prize 2017. Her work has been published in BOAAT, Juked, Gulf Coast, Threepenny Review among other journals. She is…

Qaiser Bashir

Qaisar Bashir (born, 1988), a translator, author and poet, hails from Kashmir. He has a Master's Degree in English Literature from Kashmir University. "Once Upon A Time", a translation of a Kashmiri novel "Akh Dour" by Bandsi Nirdoush, is his debut achievement. His poems, reviews and articles have been published…

Qānit

In Arabic, fulān (فلان) and its feminine form fulānā (فلانة) serve as placeholders—names for the unnamed, the undefined, the "so-and-so" of speech. These are figures who recede into the background, who are both anyone and no one. One of those "so-and-so" is me, Qānit (قانت). This is a name rooted…

Quratulain Qureshi

Quratulain Qureshi is currently pursuing her postgraduate degree from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Rabiya Fayaz

Rabiya is a writer, poet and independent researcher with a deep passion for storytelling and creative expression. She believes in the power of words to heal, inspire, and transform. She has co-authored the book Words with Voice and is an active member of the reading group Dastaan Book Club. Her…

Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, an author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999-present), former Managing Editor of London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times, former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online. Baroud taught mass communication at Australia’s Curtin University of Technology, Malaysia…

Rayit Hashmat Qazi

Rayit Hashmat Qazi is an independent filmmaker from Kashmir, who is currently working in Mumbai, India. He has worked as an assistant to International as well as Indian directors on TVC’s for the last 6 years. From Jim Sonzero to Rob Cohen and Harvey Brown, Rayit has been a right…

Rela Mazali

Rela Mazali, writer, independent scholar and feminist anti-militarist from Israel, writes hybrid-genre literary research, in both her m/other tongues, Hebrew and English. Active since 1980 in opposing Israel’s militarization and military occupation, she co-founded the New Profile movement to demilitarize society and state (in 1998) and later (2010) the small…

Robert Hirschfield

I am an eighty-two year old poet and journalist. I live in New York, but have traveled widely and written about nonviolence activists in Northern Ireland, Israel/ Palestine, Nepal, India and other countries. I am committed to poetry as a borderless language, a kind of prayer of the subconscious that…

Rounak Bhat

Rounak Bhat is a writer, editor and emerging literary translator working between Kashmiri, Urdu and Hindi. His debut translations are forthcoming in the Penguin anthology The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature in the summer of 2026. His work has been featured in the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), The…

Ruhail Andrabi

Ruhail Andrabi is currently a junior research fellow based in New Delhi, with previous experience as a research assistant at Coventry University (New Wales, England). His writings have appeared in the Caravan, Frontier post, Café Dissensus, and Harper Collins India. His work focuses on the relationship between resistance and youth…

Rumuz E Bekhudi

Rumuz is a poet, translator and short story writer based in Kashmir. Her work appears in many online and offline publications which has been translated in Punjabi, Telegu, Bengali and other languages. The major themes of her work are identity, loss, agency and belongingness. She can be reached at rumuz.e.bekhudi|@|gmail.com

Saadia Peerzada

Saadia Peerzada is a poet from Kashmir. Her work has previously appeared in Salt Hill Journal, San Antonio Review, Critical Muslim and Rowayat.

Saba Zahoor

Saba Zahoor was born and raised in Srinagar, Kashmir. She is a civil engineer by profession and an alumna of NIT, Srinagar. In a conflict zone, nobody can escape self expression. It is there even in their silence. She does not call herself a poet; poetry is just her way…

Sadaf Wani

Sadaf Wani is a Kashmiri writer and researcher. Her work has been published in Himal South Asian, Scroll, Wande Magazine and Sahapedia among others. Her research interests lie at the intersection of urban sociology, gender and visual cultures.

Sadam Hussain

Sadam Hussain a Kashmiri researcher, currently a graduate student in anthropology at Syracuse University. His research focuses on the soundscapes in Kashmir, exploring how sonic practices contribute to collective memory and identity. His work reflects an interest in how sound shapes and defines communal spaces and experiences. Outside of research,…

Sagar Kaul

Sagar Kaul is the former News Editor for Newzulu International, a crowd-sourced news wire agency based in Paris. Prior to joining Newzulu, he worked with the London-based media agency, Barcroft Media, as a staff photographer and in their editorial department. He had regular assignments documenting human interest stories that have…

Sahiba Showkat

Sahiba Showkat holds a Honours and a Master's degree in English Literature. Her creative and academic interests lie at the intersection of memory studies, subaltern voices, folklore studies and critical cultural studies.

Saima Afreen

Saima Afreen is an award-winning poet who also works as Deputy City Editor with The New Indian Express. Her poems have appeared in several Indian and international journals, including Indian Literature, HCE Review, Barely South Review, The Bellingham Review, The Roanoke Review, The Stillwater Review, The McNeese Review, The Nassau…

Sakhi Thirani

Sakhi Thirani (she/her) is currently pursuing an M.A. in literature from the University of Delhi. She is based out of New Delhi, India.

Salik Basharat

Salik Basharat is an independent researcher working on Kashmiri Literature and Philosophy at Ashoka University. Prior to his completion of the Young India Fellowship in 2019, Salik worked on several community-based projects in Saudi Arabia. His personal project, Expatriate Tales, documents the discrimination faced by working-class expatriates in KSA. He…

Salman Baba

Salman B Baba is a visual artist who lives and works between Kashmir and New Delhi. He has a masters in Visual Arts from Ambedkar University and bachelors in Applied Arts from Jamia Millia Islamia. His practice responds to the discourses surrounding Kashmiri landscape and subjecthood which has led him…

Sameem Wani

Sameem is a PhD student in Literature at University of California Santa Cruz. His work lies at the intersection of World Literature, Comparative Literature, and Globalization. Specifically, he is interested in the interaction between South Asian works of fiction and the global literary marketplace in English. He is also invested…

Samuel Junior Irusota

Samuel Junior Irusota is a multiple award winning poet, author and lawyer. He is the author of A Boy's Body is War (a collection of poems). He recently won the Clash of Pens Poetry Contest 2019 and is a co-winner of the Poets in Nigeria (PIN) Food Poetry Contest 2018.…

Saqib Sheikh

Sheikh Saqib is an independent writer based in Srinagar, Kashmir. His work has been featured in various local, national and International outlets. Previously, he attended the Summer Institute at University of Iowa’s Writing Program, with his writing being published in an anthology along with other international and American participants of…

Shabir Ahmad Mir

Shabir Ahmad Mir is a writer based in Kashmir. He is the author of The Plague Upon Us (Hachette, 2020).

Shah Munnes Muneer

Shah Munnes Muneer has a Masters in Sociology from Aligarh Muslim University. Her areas of interest include Sociological Study of Society, Cultural Studies, Religion, and Contemporary Women-Centric Issues.

Shahnaz Bashir

Shahnaz Bashir is an award-winning novelist and academic from Kashmir. He is currently a doctoral and Research Enhancement & Leadership (REAL) fellow and teaching associate in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Shayoni Mitra

Shayoni Mitra is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theatre, Barnard College. Columbia University. She teaches courses on performance theory, feminist politics and Asian theatre styles. Her writings appear in academic journals such as amongst other Contemporary Theatre Review, The Drama Review, Asian Theatre Journal, Economic and Political Weekly,…

Sohini Chatterjee

Sohini Chatterjee holds an MA in International Relations from South Asian University, New Delhi and is currently an independent researcher working on issues of gender, security, conflict.

Srijani Dutta

Srijani Dutta hails from a beautiful place, Chandannagar of India. She loves reading books, watching movies and expressing herself through colours, words, and images. Her creative and academic writings, paintings have been published in the journals like Setu, Parcham, Contemporary Literary Review India, Story Mirror, EKL Review Journal, Plato’s Cave…

Subhajit Pal

Subhajit Pal is currently doing his PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University at Albany (State University of New York). He previously interned with the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP Kashmir).

Sushila Sahay

Sushila Sahay is a student at the Kodaikanal International School and is due to graduate in 2021. She is 17 years old and created a webtoon titled "My Way" at the age of 16 to raise awareness about the Me Too movement. She is originally from Delhi and now lives…

Swasti Acharya

Swasti Acharya is completing her MA in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her topics of interest include culture and technology, sociology of everyday life, and cinema studies.

Syed Rabia Bukhari

Syed Rabia Bukhari is a postgraduate student in English Literature from Jamia Millia Islamia currently working with a Kashmir-based NGO.

Tabish Rafiq Mir

Tabish Rafiq Mir writes sometimes, with pseudonyms Rumpelstiltskin or Tabish Rafiq Mitr. He has previously written vastly in multiple publications, among them Free Press Kashmir, Kashmir Life, Rising Kashmir, and several others. His blog entitled "Paradigm Shift" can be accessed at: https://paradigm90.wordpress.com

Tehmina Pirzada

Tehmina Pirzada is an Assistant Professor of Global Literatures at Bradley University. Her work engages themes of identity, displacement, and resilience across South Asian, diasporic, and cross-cultural contexts in literature, media, and performance. She is also the co-editor of the forthcoming book Breast Cancer in the Academy: Embodying Coalitional Survivorship…

Toiba Paul

Toiba Khurshid Paul has completed her BA Honours in English Language and Literature from Islamic University of Science and Technology (Pulwama). She is an avid reader and maintains a great interest in the analysis of literary works. Toiba has also recently completed her academic research under the title of “Women…

Torsaa Emmanuel

Torsaa Emmanuel is a Nigerian writer and a graduate of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. He holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Design. His passion for storytelling is deeply influenced by real-life experiences of resilience, growth, and triumph. Through his writing, he…

Urvashi Janiani

Urvashi Janiani is an India-based writer who gave business studies a fair chance, only to realize she's meant for the arts, film being one of her favorites. When she’s not doomscrolling, she experiments with various forms of the written word. From content and creative writing to dance and poetry, Urvashi…

Vipassana Wahib Gautam

Vipassana Wahib Gautam, a 17 year old arts student currently in Indore writes poetry and school exam papers. Though not thoroughly experienced in the field of activism or journalism or any thing for that matter, she is enthusiastic about reading, listening and learning as much as possible in order to…

Waseem Malik

Waseem Malik is a researcher from Kashmir. He has completed his M. Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is currently based in Hyderabad.

Yashasvi Gaur

Yashasvi is a research scholar in Jadavpur University in Kolkata. Although based in Kolkata currently, she yearns for a ‘home’ and a lost sense of belongingness. Literature and insanity keeps her sane while she remains deeply embossed in poetry, pain, and pleasure. Coming from Bikaner, a small town in Rajasthan…

Yuan Changming

Yuan Changming grew up in a remote village, started to learn the English alphabet in Shanghai at age 19 and published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently lives in Vancouver, where he has worked as a tutor, translator and publisher. Credits include…

Zabirah Fazili

Zabirah Fazili graduated from Government Women’s College (Srinagar) in 2016 and received her Master’s degree in English from University of Kashmir in 2019. Her inclination towards the study of English language and literature has shaped the author interests and instilled in her an aptitude for research and exploration of existing…

Zahida War

Zahida War is an aspiring trauma psychologist currently pursuing a Master's in "War and Psychiatry" at King’s College London. She believes that healing and reconciliation are the stepping stones for the resolution of the Kashmir conflict. She finds writing about her experiences of growing up in Kashmir as a personal…

Zainab

Zainab is a visual artist and writer based in Kashmir. She is currently pursuing Bachelors in Mass Communication and Media Production from Women's College, Srinagar. She is the co-founder of Her Pixel Story which is a growing women's photography collective from Kashmir.

Zarak Rais

Zarak Rais is a post-graduate in English literature from the University of Delhi. She is currently working as an editor at the British publishing house Dorling Kindersley. Her interests include studying works in literary fiction and non-fiction that highlight issues of social policy.

Zeenia Bhat

Zeenia Bhat is a research scholar from Kashmir, based in Hyderabad. She has a deep interest in the intersection of philosophy, literature, and psychoanalysis.

Zeeshan Ali

Zeeshan Ali is an English language poet from Kashmir.