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Remembering those in Kashmir who exist but are missing
For hundreds of Kashmiri families whose relatives – mostly sons or husbands – have been subjected to custodial disappearances, the struggle for justice is, in many ways, a battle between memory and...
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No, Arnab Goswami, Pakistan is not an “untrustworthy neighbour” or “a...
On September 26, 2014, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in which he emphasised the urgent need to resolve the...
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No Muharram in Kashmir again – 25 years and counting
I recall attending a brief lecture on international law vividly. A learned professor was making a point on the integration of minorities and how nation states often misuse tools like assimilation,...
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‘Mission Kashmir’ and BJP’s election agenda
While riding high on the Modi wave, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the 2014 Indian general elections (parliamentary and Lok Sabha polls) and formed a stable government in New...
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Kashmir protest: Is India in denial?
The controversial hangings of two Kashmiris inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail, in less than three decades at crucial junctures of Jammu and Kashmir’s political history (1984 and 2013), may have satisfied the...
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What do the upcoming UK elections have in-store for British Muslims?
The electoral battle in the United Kingdom is getting bitter and interesting by the day. While the real fight appears to be between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, the Scottish National...
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What does a Conservative-led UK mean for British Muslims
Against all expert poll predictions, pre-poll analysis and commentaries from well-meaning pundits, the voters in the United Kingdom stunned one and all by electing the Conservatives (Tories) and...
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What are you trying to prove by denying Geelani a passport, India?
Ignorant of their own history and overlooking how leaders like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Subhash Chandra Bose visited countries like South Africa, England and Germany to...
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Who is trying to disconnect Kashmir from the world? Why attack cellular towers?
The unusual series of attacks on cellular towers in different parts of Indian-administered Kashmir Valley has already resulted in the killings of two civilians. And furthermore, the way these attacks...
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Indian media’s ‘lack’ of Kashmir and Pakistan’s geographical understanding
In the words of one very well-meaning Kashmiri journalist, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led New Delhi government and largely jingoist Indian electronic media have made anti-India resistance in...
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From a Kashmiri’s perspective: Pakistan and India need to do a lot more than...
Comprehending the intended policy of India’s present regime led by Narendra Modi is no rocket science. It is evident to the most inert of minds that Modi wants to keep Pakistan at an “arm’s length”....
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Last Friday, August 5th, was Kashmir’s Bloody Friday
August 9, 2016: Breaking his 32-day long silence on Kashmir, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has made a statement which is full of empty political rhetoric, and lacks enough substance to...
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When Nehru promised Kashmir freedom, why is India still in denial?
India’s reluctance to any third party mediation in Kashmir is, at best, a juvenile attempt at distortion of history and denial of context. Deliberately ignoring historicity and context, the vast...
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Is observing Kashmir Day enough to show your support for Kashmir, Pakistan?
In Pakistan, February 5th is observed as Kashmir Solidarity Day. It is a national holiday in the country. A number of solidarity rallies, seminars and awareness programmes are organised across Pakistan...
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Using a civilian as a human shield and curbing freedom of expression, clearly...
The Indian army’s former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Northern Command, Lieutenant General Harcharanjit Singh Panag was nastily trolled on social media recently. The reason for this was...
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Given the Pakistan-India rivalry, how pragmatic is it for IOK to be part of...
The dominant view from Indian-held Kashmir is that the disputed region could greatly benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Provided both Islamabad and New Delhi declare all parts of...
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Kashmir’s undying love for Pakistan is an unpalatable truth for India
We have seen numerous images of young Kashmiri lifeless bodies, wrapped in Pakistani flags, being lowered into graves by their old and fragile fathers. Such images are enough to give us an idea of how...
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