Bisma Bhat
Inter Press Service
My name is Bisma Bhat and I am a journalist in Srinagar, Kashmir. I currently work as a features writer at Free Press Kashmir, a weekly magazine.
I have lived in Srinagar a
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Today, political rallies are all about candidates insulting each other. The days of dignified talk seem to be over, and just when I was beginning to feel sad about the bygone days, I suddenly started realizing-
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Many friends send me pictures of them floating on the Dead Sea! But the Dead Sea is dying! The Dead Sea's water level is declining by more than a metre a year, and its surface area has shrunk by around a third-
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