Stories by Onaiza Drabu

Onaiza Drabu is an anthropologist and works on Kashmiri folklore. She curates Daak (daak.co.in), a weekly newsletter and website. It is a collection of unknown stories, artworks and ideas from women and men who have shaped South Asia's cultural heritage.

LIFE IN TRANSLATION, LOVE IN POETRY

Srinagar-born writer and collector of poems, Onaiza Drabu, muses about an identity inextricably linked to languages. Updated 29 Jun, 2020 07:15am

Reading Partition poetry

We bring you a selection of poems to commemorate the event by reliving the memories handed down to us in verse. Published 14 Aug, 2019 04:27pm

Painter, provocateur and exile: Who was M F Husain?

We think we know Husain by virtue of familiarity but seldom is one able to grasp the entirety of the phenomenon he was. Updated 14 May, 2019 05:19pm

12 months, 12 inspirational Kashmiri women

The Kashmiri Women’s Design Collective creates a calendar to pay tribute to the women who have impacted their lives. Updated 15 Jul, 2019 04:42pm

Muharram in the 19th century: Indian paintings, British imagination

Colonial-era paintings depicting Muharram reveal how it was sanitised to fit the sensibilities of a European audience. Updated 10 Sep, 2019 07:45am

The poetry of Habba Khatoon, a Kashmiri peasant-queen, still resonates nearly 500 years later

In a time when women’s poetry centred around spirituality, she brought romantic lyricism to Kashmir. Updated 19 Nov, 2019 03:23pm