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Almost a year ago, I was talking to some friends on Facebook one day about the BBC documentary “India’s Daughter”; indeed an amazing film which ought to be broadcast in every Indian household rather than having been banned. The very brutal and barbaric nature of the crime sends shivers across one’s spine every time it…
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Dr. Sadaf Munshi India’s extremely controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) – a cruel, repugnant law used in Jammu & Kashmir since 1990 and in the Northeast since 1958 – permits, according to its critics, a localized form of de facto emergency rule. The provisions of AFSPA include the power of the armed forces…
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Does Qur’an mandate a specific dress code for Muslim women? Hijab has been a topic of much debate and controversy both within and outside the Muslim world. In Islamic countries where a Shariah (Islamic) Law is enforced, women are required to follow a strict dress code. There are also many countries where millions of Muslims live and…
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One of the characteristic features of most reverential legends is that they obfuscate more than they reveal about religious personalities. When the Prophet of Islam returned to Mecca, his point of origin, in January 630 and consummated what Ziauddin Sardar (a scholar/writer/critic specializing in Muslim thought, in his seminal work “Mecca: The Sacred City”, 2014)…
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Insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. …
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This article was inspired by a number of letters which have recently appeared in several Kashmir-based dailies in response to some totally bizarre statements made by Syed Ali Shah Geelani in an interview published in the daily Rising Kashmir in which he blames the people of Kashmir for the failure of the separatist movement while…
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[Note: This poem is dedicated to the women who have been subjected to sexual violence, rape, subjugation, and discrimination in the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere. The poem should be read in the context of certain cultural practices and historical events. I wrote this poem after the Delhi gang-rape in December 2012]. My heart, it breaks…
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Title: Impending Doom Medium: Oil on canvas Title: Yearning Medium: watercolor Title: Crystal Waters Medium: Oil on canvas Title: Woman Medium: Oil on canvas
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By: Dr. Sadaf Munshi “Kashmiri people follow Geelani, believe in JKLF ideology and pin hopes on Mirwaiz” The statement quoted above was an observation made by a scholar from the United Kingdom during a Kashmir visit in 2010 when over 116 young lives were lost for nothing. In the past few days, the situation in…
SADAF MUNSHI
Linguist, Writer, Multi-disciplinary Artist
Working across various disciplines and art forms, Sadaf Munshi’s creative expressions find a niche in the magical world of word, color and music. Her inspiration comes from everyday encounters with people, objects and environment, and her motivation is a continued urge to connect with them. A documentary linguist, creative writer, poet, musican and visual artist, her expressions have different forms and varied colors.
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