Dreams, Dilemmas, and the Discontent of Distance: A Travelogue from Bengaluru

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, in Kashmir Times, reflects upon his experience at the two-day National Conference titled Dreams, Dilemmas, Discontent: Youth in Contemporary India at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru Campus.

In a city swallowed by silicon and concrete, a peep into India’s diversity, its shrinking silences, stubborn intellectuals, and its sweetness carried back in a box to satiate Kashmiri tongues. To read more, click below:

Kashmir Times-10 March 2026

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander is an independent researcher from Kashmir. He presented on Youth, Migration, and Elderly Care: Intergenerational Negotiations in Contemporary Kashmir at the two-day National Conference titled Dreams, Dilemmas, Discontent: Youth in Contemporary India.