The biggest casualty of the 2020 Karabakh war may be Armenian democracy. Historically democracy spilled over into Armenia from the Karabakh protests of 1988. Key political events’ roots are often found in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The prospects are bleak for Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh. There is no sign that Azerbaijan is willing to leave them in peace. Baku does not tolerate genuine autonomy to ethnic Armenians.
Let the mothers and grandmothers compile a list of the dead and missing soldiers. Let the children remind us of the fathers who never came home.
I seem to always write about death, destruction and genocide. Or pen something about emigre Diasporans’ longing to return to ancestral lands. Or their frustratingly long quest for overdue justice.
The slowly-moving torchlight memorial procession passes through the darkened streets of Yerevan. It is a somber and cold winter’s night.
Building trust requires a new belief that my bitter rival does not currently seek to harm, let alone destroy me.
On Saturday, October 24, a fundraiser auction launched in support of civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh affected by military actions. The auction is conducted online and will continue until November 7 22:00 (GMT+3).
I am looking for an elusive mountain path in the steep dangerous peaks of Karabagh. I am not sure there is a way through, but I will continue to try. Others have attempted to do so before me. So many have failed or turned back.
Armenian authors who lived and wrote in Western Armenia in the early 20th century simply had to speak out about not only the problems that existed in the early 20th century, but also the atrocities committed by the Turks. The abominable reality of the era was shown in the writings of Siamanto and Varoujan, who wrote about everything that they had witnessed around them and in front of their eyes. These authors wrote about the crime that the Turks perpetrated with their bloody hands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and this left an everlasting imprint.
Instead of the poetry of me, myself and I,
we should pen an account
of the collective fate of a people,
from our past troubles to current challenges
and future hopes.
