KASHMIR-RIGHS
Why Ajit Doval's doctrine on Kashmir fell Flat
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Today, Kashmir is more anti-India than before. Kashmir has refused to surrender. It has declined to give up. It has not wilted under pressure. And it continues to have hopes to change the status quo. The rise of Hindutva politics in India poses a serious threat to the very idea of India. Besides, the tacit approval of majoritarianism by the current regime in New Delhi, and
Read Full ArticleKhalistan the Next Kashmir? The Followers of the Sikh Religion
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The followers of the Sikh religion have long demanded enhanced autonomy within India, with some even going as far as to call for the creation of their own sub-national state of Khalistan in their native Punjabi homeland. This part of the country strategically straddles the Pakistani border and is thus an area of zero compromise for the central Indian authorities, unless, of course, the socio-po
Read Full ArticleKashmir - Human Rights - The Role of the Indian Government
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The role of the Indian government and the Indian army in the liberation of Bangladesh is well documented and is much trumpeted about particularly by right wing politicians and some former senior army officials in the full glare of television channels. It would be a denial of truth to say that Pakistan is not reciprocating by aiding and abetting the Azadi lovers of Kashmir. Such is the
Read Full ArticleKashmir solution - Kashmir continuing to suffer
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ON this Kashmir Solidarity Day, with the people of India-held Kashmir continuing to suffer from the latest bout of violence and repression by the Indian state, some long-standing realities need to be reiterated. First, India will never be able to bury the Kashmir dispute — not inside IHK and not in its relationship with Pakistan. To the proud, defiant and infinitely courag
Read Full ArticleKashmiris Have Lost Their Fear of India: Report
0 comments | by Jawed Naqvi
AS India turns its focus to a clutch of make-or-break state polls starting next month and while the world lives in suspense over the arriving Trump presidency in the United States, the trauma of the people in Jammu and Kashmir festers on. A report from October and December visits to Jammu and Kashmir made available to Dawn on Saturday involves important individuals from different instit
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Excesses in Kashmir AN Indian rights group — the Concerned Citizens Collective — that includes individuals known for taking a position on the most dangerous issues in their country, came up with a strong statement on India-held Kashmir. Coming at the end of a four-day probe, during which group members met some 150 people of various ages and from all w
Read Full ArticleKashmir: An Impasse in Collective Conscience
0 comments | by Suraj Kumar Thube
One more uprising in the Kashmir valley, one more scenario where people suddenly realize the gravity of the issue is here. The political ferment is ubiquitous, the ham handed approach of the State is self evident and the multiple local stakeholders have found themselves in a state of profound chaos and bewilderment. The lack of a genuine platform for a robust, feasible discussion and debate is
Read Full ArticleIndian Aggression Threat to Peace, P5 Told
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Friday told the powerful permanent members of the United Nations that Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) was a threat to regional peace.
Read Full ArticleOf Uprising and Unrest in Kashmir - As we Head Well Into The Himalayan Autumn
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