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Ruwa Shah

2 years

After more than five years, my Abu is back to his home, buried in his ancestral graveyard, next to his father. Ya Allah Shukr.

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

Aba’s death is a collective loss for us all. Our family deserved to conduct the last rites. We did not deserve harassment, threats and scuffle. #SyedAliShahGeelani

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

Abu breathed his last at AIIMS, New Delhi. As a prisoner.

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4 years

I wrote about Aba, his illness and about some days I have spent with him. Syed Ali Shah Geelani: A life dedicated to Kashmir and its people | India News | Al Jazeera #Kashmir

Syed Ali Shah Geelani: A life dedicated to Kashmir and its people

‘Oppression does not last,’ my grandfather – now 91 and in ailing health – tells me as police line the roads outside.

www.aljazeera.com

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

Death is inevitable, but what followed after our old man passed away, has been horrifying. Aba’s home was a jail for over a decade and now his graveyard is a jail too. #SyedAliShahGeelani

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

4 years

“Jab zulmo sitam ke kohe garaan, ruyee ki tarah ud jayenge”.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

My incarcerated father has been diagnosed of acute renal cancer which has metastasis and has spread to his other body parts, including his bones. It is my whole family’s request to please allow us to see him and consider his bail application on health grounds @HMOIndia @PMOIndia

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

We have been waiting calmly at AIIMS mortuary. Nobody from police or Magistrate( Sana Khan - who was asked to be here for the body to be released) is here yet. The delay will worsen the situation. Have to be at airport 3 hrs prior to last flight at 18.30 @PMOIndia @HMOIndia

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

My father and other prisoners in his ward in Tihar jail have been ill for the last few weeks. They have high fever. Despite Delhi HC’s order, jail authorities are not facilitating medical check ups. Even basic medicine, canteen food (fruits,milk) is being denied.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Please let me seeing my dying father. @ArvindKejriwal @DelhiPolice

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

I spoke to my incarcerated father today for less than five minutes after months. He said every day at least two people are dying of Covid inside the Tihar Jail. More than 250 people have tested positive. #COVID19 #kashmiriprisoners

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

Eid with my little flowers. ❤️

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

The Kashmir story repeats itself. Yet again. #Kashmir

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3 years

To all Kashmiris, stop eating batte (rice) at iftar. Feel better throughout the day. And pray for me later. Issued in public interest. #Ramadan

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Uff. My heart. @iamsrk will never stop winning our hearts over and over again.

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2 years

There’s a reason why the world loves SRK! ❤️❤️

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

3 years

The last few months have been the toughest of my life. My engagement that was commenced in August is now off. And I’m grateful that it happened before things got worse. I seek everyone’s blessings and prayers.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

4 years

Tum UAPA lagaoge, hum Pulitzer kamaake aayenge. All photojournalists in Kashmir deserve all the praise and recognition in the world.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

3 years

Nephew İbrahim just turned three. ❤️

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

My father, Altaf Shah, is 66 and is a political prisoner since last 5 years at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail. @amnesty @AIIndia

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

My father who is critically ill with Pneumonia, uncontrollable diabetes & chronic kidney disease has been requesting the jail authorities to move him to proper hospital instead of jail ICU where he is currently on oxygen support.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Letter to the @PMOIndia seeking urgent attention for my father who is in Tihar jail and has been seriously ill since a week now and the family has no whereabouts since last two days. @HMOIndia @igpjmu @TiharOfficial @NIA_India

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Entering the promise of a new beginning Engaged to @ahmermkhan

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3 years

Alhumdulilah. @ahmermkhan

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

If there’s one person that has proven his worth through a reality show, it’s @munawar0018 MUNAWAR FOR THE WIN

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

Ramzan Mubarak. Health, peace and love.

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

“Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.”

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Everybody in Kashmir needs therapy. Every family should have a therapist.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

"It looks like Abu, God forbid, is already on a death row. He is being executed slowly, every day, even though he should have, for all legal reasons, been treated as innocent until proven otherwise." I wrote a letter in The Caravan regarding our concern on Abu's health.

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Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah’s daughter says he is denied proper healthcare in Tihar Ruwa Shah:

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

4 years

There army kills our young. Blinds our children. They take our land. Make us a minority in our own place. Jail our women. Mute our media. Take our peace away. Make us psychologically ill. That is what India does in Kashmir.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

Cash-meer.

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

In response to the atrocious and humiliating cartoon by Amul, a Kashmiri’s answer. #Kashmir

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Are we, Kashmiris, the only ones who eat rice at Suhoor? #JustAsking

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

The beauty of intention is that it is between you and your God.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Nothing breaks you as much as your parent/parents’ sickness does.

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

#NewProfilePic

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

His lungs are not functioning. No has dropped.They’re not letting us see him before they put him on ventilator. They are not moving him to AIIMS. since 2 days RML is only providing vital support and nothing else. Delay in treatment is causing harm that is irreversible

Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

father’s cancer has spread to his vital organs, lungs, abdomen and spine. The PET scan that is needed to be done is not available at RML where he is currently under custody treatment. docs here refuse to speak to us. The police is not letting us see him. He needs treatment asap

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

3 years

Let Sehrai Sb have the dignity in his death, the way he had in his life. STOP SHARING THE PHOTOS.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

4 years

Tripartite talks. India, Pakistan and caged Kashmir.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

9 months

A beautiful afternoon with husband. I always say this, Srinagar is underrated.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

Not eating the “maaz-phoul” (meat) at dinner is the OG way of Kashmiri kids to show that they’re upset with their parents.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

5 years

Teen ti woyukh, naar ti ditukh. Waen kya roodukh parre!

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

5 years

May God take away from you, the peaceful nights you’ve taken away from us.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

5 years

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Aba, turns 90 today. May his voice for the freedom of Kashmir keep roaring and raising. May he see the bright day when our nation would be free from the tyrants. May he see, an Azaad Jammu and Kashmir. #GeelaniTurns90 #FreeKashmir

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Do you also chew the seeds while drinking babribyol? 😂

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

3 years

Eid Mubarak everyone. Kurban bayramımız kutlu olsun.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Every Kashmiri on Twitter is a Yazar. (Yazar = Writer in Turkish).

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

3 years

Gulmarg, Kashmir.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

If anything happens to my father (God Forbid), it is on the Indian state.

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

Ye gov paanas shoossh khaalun

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

5 years

Something only a person as brave as ⁦ @RanaAyyub can write. Yet again she cannot shut up. She shall not. ⁩ Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid ruling in India endorses right-wing vision relegating Muslims to second-class citizens - The Washington Post

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Kashmiri on ‘most urgent’ list

Global watchdog flags photojournalist’s case

www.telegraphindia.com

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Father admitted to hospital after falling sick. We get to know now after a week. Pandemic risk+Ramzan+unending punishment for a charge not proven in their own courts since three years. Who does one turn to amid this helplessness?

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

3 years

In Memoriam: One Day in the Life of Syed Ali Shah Geelani — A Photo Series by Sagar Kaul for ⁦ @InverseJournal ⁩ Thank you ⁦ @sagared ⁩

In Memoriam: One Day in the Life of Syed Ali Shah Geelani — A Photo Series by Sagar Kaul | INVERSE...

Taken in the winter at the beginning of 2015, Sagar Kaul presents 47 photographs documenting the day-to-day life of a man older than the partition. In doing so, Kaul brings to fore a side of Syed Ali...

www.inversejournal.com

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

Sonmarg - One of the most beautiful Valleys in Kashmir.

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

May the deepest of our pains heal soon.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

which was earlier today adjourned till 10 sept in the NIA court as his condition is very critical and deteriorating, as I write. He is presently on oxygen support in the ICU of RML hospital - where there is no oncology department. @HMOIndia @PMOIndia

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

Edible hearts. No doubt the best bakery ever!

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3 years

Sometimes the smallest goodies are the source of biggest happiness. Abu always finds a way to do that.

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5 years

Israeli tarkeeb, chuv tohi aazmaanwaan Aes ti hyochmuth falestini intifaad

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

First day of period MUST be an off for all women in any workforce.

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@ShahRuwa

9 months

Magical Gulmarg. Finally we are blessed with snow and how. #Kashmir

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

To every Kashmiri mother. Sister. Daughter. May your pain end soon and may you all see the brighter days in this life. #WomensDay2020

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Been more than a month and no letters from Abu. With likely COVID19 cases in Tihar, every passing day, the concern and anxiety grows. Now with Ramzan, even more. Serving a harsh jail time for no crime committed. #ReleaseKashmiriPrisoners

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

One might have hundred reasons to dislike living in Delhi, but when it comes to food, this place has the best and tremendously diverse cuisines.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

One cannot resign from an ideology, a political stand, belief and faith.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

..battered bodies were found in the stream. Asiya, a 17-year-old high school student, had been badly beaten. Blood streamed from her nose and a sharp gash in her forehead. She and her 22-year-old sister-in-law, Nilofar, had been gang raped....

2 Killings Stoke Kashmiri Rage at Indian Force (Published 2009)

In Kashmir, the rapes and killings of two young women near the camps of Indian security forces have focused attention on their continuing presence.

www.nytimes.com

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

The tragedy called Kashmir. #Kashmir #hyderporaencounter

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

We don’t have the heart to even look at the pictures/videos of the houses gutted by Indian forces to kill two young boys. Imagine the families - the owners of those houses. The children who saw the fire today. How will those hearts ever attain peace?

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

Geelani sb is better. Weak but stable.

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

Oh you know what, In Tihar, my father and other elderly Kashmiris also have a routine. In 6*9 cell with three other inmates. 1/n

Omar Abdullah

@OmarAbdullah

5 years

Firstly establish a routine & try to stick to it. In all the months I was in HNSJ (Hari Niwas Sub-Jail) I stuck to a routine as though it were carved in stone. The routine gave me a sense of purpose & stopped me feeling aimless or lost. 3/n

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

The only two seasons in Kashmir: winter and preparation of winter.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Arresting an elderly man who is also sick and was under house arrest is pure cowardice.

Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman Ashraf Sehrai Arrested, Booked Under PSA

Srinagar- Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was on Sunday booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) three weeks

kashmirobserver.net

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Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

4 years

When you break your fasts today, remember in your prayers the ones who are incarcerated, away from their loved ones for years.

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@ShahRuwa

6 years

My father, Altaf Shah was injured yesterday in Tihar jail after a tile fell off the washroom wall and hit his head. This snowballed into a rumour about Shabir Shah because of the same surnames. Shabir Sb is fine. Altaf Sb has got a minor injury. #Kashmir

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

“I picture myself being locked up for 55 days in Kashmir. Would I want to face this humiliation? I will pick up the gun,” @ImranKhanPTI at #UNGA2019

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Gharre ❤️

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3 years

Khankah-e-Maula. Built in 1395, in the memory of Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, on the banks of river Jehlum in downtown Srinagar.

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

To hang Mohammed Afzal without knowing what really happened is a misdeed that will not easily be forgotten. Or forgiven. Nor should it be. ~ Arundhati Roy

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4 years

Aagaz-e-chillai Kalan. How about a Kashmiri restaurant in Turkey?

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Suhoor time Radio Kashmir advertisements that made no sense, remember? I miss. *bas John Deere , Bas John Deere*

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

Spot the moon. #Delhiheritage

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

You don’t read news for a couple of days to cut yourself some slack. But then the news reaches you, telling you, you’ve become the news.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Tarawee has been started in local mosques. Ramadan Kareem 🌙

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

The women of Kashmir are the strongest. The women of Kashmir know resistance. Here, our songs of Azaadi.

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

The Supreme Court of Chutzpah

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Earthquake in Delhi. Felt Major shake

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

The first thing listed as Kashmiri in this is not even Kashmiri. A failed attempt at culinary imperialism. There’s nothing called as Kashmiri Biryani.

India in Pixels by Ashris

@indiainpixels

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Indian #Biryani Varieties By State

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Urging the @PMOIndia and @HMOIndia to please allow my father access to proper medical care ¬ delay this any further. This is a sincere request from his family. The law can take its own course as goes his trial but medical care should not be delayed for him before it’s too late

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@ShahRuwa

5 years

Terrifying details of what’s happening in Kashmir by @RanaAyyub

Opinion | ‘Our children are in jail’: How India is keeping Kashmir isolated and in fear

India has decided to overlook the suffering of a besieged population of 8 million.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

“Kaek”, “tez” are the words used. To basically neglect everything that a woman has to say.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

It’s SO PEACEFUL to have non-toxic, non-dominant & genuine people, friends or partner, in your life. Nobody should settle for anything less.

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@ShahRuwa

3 years

“You possess only whatever will not be lost in a ship wreck.” -Imâm Ghazali

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

Despite Delhi High Court’s order (that came more than 27 hours from now) to shift my ailing father who’s on a ventilator, to AIIMS, he’s not being moved from RML where he can’t be treated for cancer. Losing every crucial moment for someone on life support.

Ruwa Shah

@ShahRuwa

2 years

His lungs are not functioning. No has dropped.They’re not letting us see him before they put him on ventilator. They are not moving him to AIIMS. since 2 days RML is only providing vital support and nothing else. Delay in treatment is causing harm that is irreversible

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@ShahRuwa

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It took me a while to realise that people from downtown Srinagar have a special disdain against those from villages. No matter what, they will bring it in any form possible amid any discussion about any random thing. “yem gaamik…” Not cool.

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@ShahRuwa

2 years

father’s cancer has spread to his vital organs, lungs, abdomen and spine. The PET scan that is needed to be done is not available at RML where he is currently under custody treatment. docs here refuse to speak to us. The police is not letting us see him. He needs treatment asap

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@ShahRuwa

4 years

Those who blame God, fate, without even trying. What are they called as?

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4 years

Heartwarming to see Kashmir united in celebration. #Kashmirgetspultizer

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