Manahil Bandukwala

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Manahil Bandukwala is a Pakistani writer and artist. See her work on her website, manahils.com, or follow her on Twitter @manaaaahil.

  • A watercolour scene of Srinagar. Fruit trees drop orange fruit on a deserted street, save for two armed soldiers with guns, who look quizzically up at the tree.
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    Border poem

    by Manahil Bandukwala and Sanna Wani   Dec 23, 2019   19 min read

    On August 5, 2019, the Indian government issued a constitutional order stripping the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status. These emails between two friends in Pakistan and Kashmir present the international crisis as it unfolds in real time through the eyes of two young women.

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