Life 'normal' in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, says fact-finding team in report to MoS PMO Jitendra Singh – Firstpost
5 years, 2 months ago

Life 'normal' in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, says fact-finding team in report to MoS PMO Jitendra Singh – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Rejecting reports of a clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, a group of intellectuals and academicians in their report on the state said things were normal in the three regions of the state but suggested confidence-building measures to ensure equitable development of all regions and people New Delhi: Rejecting reports of a clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, a group of intellectuals and academicians in their report on the state said things were normal in the three regions of the state but suggested confidence-building measures to ensure equitable development of all regions and people. Any group or set of persons nationally or internationally trying to derail this process should not be allowed to betray the Kashmiris,” said the “Report from Ground Zero: Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh after setting aside Articles 370 and 35A”. He said that development in Life ’normal’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, says the fact-finding team in the report to MoS PMO Jitendra Singh will also curb the “youth exodus” from the state as there will be ample opportunities available to them, from which they were deprived earlier. The minister said that the development model of the Northeast can be replicated in Life ’normal’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, says the fact-finding team in the report to MoS PMO Jitendra Singh.

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Militancy Moves from Kashmir to Jammu: What Are The Challenges and Implications?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Militancy Moves from Kashmir to Jammu: What Are The Challenges and Implications?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 20, 2024 15:26 IST - 7 MINS READ Ajeet Singh, 34, from Salal village in Reasi district of Jammu, is worried. “The massive militarisation, area domination, and the growing human intelligence network in Kashmir have forced foreign militants to shift their focus to Jammu,” a senior intelligence officer said. “Militants keep changing their strategies based on their …

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at Narendra Modi’s government policies and how they have affected Kashmir since the region’s semi-autonomous status was taken away. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first visit to Kashmir since his government’s controversial 2019 decision to scrap the region’s special semi-autonomous status. Here’s a look at key changes brought to Kashmir by Modi’s government …

A dangerous drift in Kashmir
2 years, 4 months ago

A dangerous drift in Kashmir

The Hindu  

The policies and political projects being pursued by the BJP-led central government in Jammu and Kashmir post-August 5, 2019 — when the erstwhile State’s seven decades-long special constitutional position came to an end — have put unarmed and innocent civilians in the crosshairs of armed militants in Kashmir like never before. For many in the BJP, a cosmopolitan Kashmir may …

2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked
2 years, 4 months ago

2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST Before the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated by a vote in Parliament on August 5, 2019, the Kashmir Valley saw a massive build-up of troops, and the administration asked non-locals, including Amarnath pilgrims, tourists, and students, to leave. The Centre’s move, for long a project of the BJP and the …

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir
2 years, 8 months ago

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It’s what Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not say during his visit to Palli village in Jammu this week that was more important than what he did in a nearly 40-minute-long address to the public gathering. But the constitutional change effected in August 2019 was very much on his mind, as he used Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and “ghati” in …

PM Modi reaches out to the youth of Kashmir, assures they will not inherit troubles faced by their parents, grandparents
2 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi reaches out to the youth of Kashmir, assures they will not inherit troubles faced by their parents, grandparents

Firstpost  

The prime minister said that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir should trust his word, and highlighted the peace and development initiatives taken by the government in the past few years Samba: Reaching out to the youth of the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spelled out initiatives for peace and development, and assured they will not inherit …

Why India’s Ladakh is witnessing growing discontent
3 years ago

Why India’s Ladakh is witnessing growing discontent

Al Jazeera  

Unprecedented shutdown earlier this week in the strategic Himalayan region underscores its demand for more autonomy. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Earlier this week, the region of Ladakh, a Himalayan desert in Indian-administered Kashmir that borders China and Pakistan, witnessed an unprecedented shutdown to demand statehood and protection of land and jobs. “Generally, people are seeking some kind of constitutional safeguards …

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir

News 18  

The new Kashmir that has emerged out of the ashes of three decades of Pakistan- The unfortunate incident of killing of two Kashmiri civilians in Hyderpora area of Srinagar in an encounter in which two militants, including one from Pakistan, were also killed raises an important question: how should we deal with such incidents that involve Kashmiri civilians, who at …

Pretending normalcy in Kashmir is like walking on path of suicide: Kashmiri Pandits Group
3 years, 2 months ago

Pretending normalcy in Kashmir is like walking on path of suicide: Kashmiri Pandits Group

India TV News  

In the aftermath of the recent killings, a representative body of migrant Kashmiri pandits -- Panun Kashmir -- on Saturday said pretending normalcy and belittling the gravity of the situation in the Valley will be “like walking on the path of suicide”. “Pretending normalcy and belittling the gravity of situation has already cost the nation immensely and continuing to do …

1990 or 2021, Hindus Remain Soft Targets in Kashmir
3 years, 2 months ago

1990 or 2021, Hindus Remain Soft Targets in Kashmir

The Quint  

The fresh spate of killings of the minorities in Kashmir has ruptured the semblance of peace and vitiated the overall environment. It also exhibits that the government of India’s invalidation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution doesn’t automatically translate into neutralisation of Islamist terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has widely publicised a …

North East, Kashmir have to be part of India’s development journey: PM Modi
3 years, 4 months ago

North East, Kashmir have to be part of India’s development journey: PM Modi

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Far-flung parts of the country including northeastern states, Kashmir and Ladakh and backward sections of society have to be part of India’s development journey, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while delivering his Independence Day speech on Sunday. In his Independence Day speech delivered from Red Fort, PM Modi said that no one should be left behind in the …

BJP’s game plan gone awry in Jammu and Kashmir
4 years ago

BJP’s game plan gone awry in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

When polling booths across the Kashmir Valley saw a healthy outpouring of voters on November 28 for the first phase of the District Development Council elections, there was a general impression that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s plan of incubating an alternative mainstream leadership sans the Abdullahs and the Muftis, whom it missed no opportunity to berate as anti-national and corrupt, …

Centre's new Kashmir: What has changed after a year of abrogation of Article 370
4 years, 5 months ago

Centre's new Kashmir: What has changed after a year of abrogation of Article 370

India Today  

It has been a year since the Central government stripped the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and revoked Article 370. Less than a year after being appointed the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu submitted his resignation on Wednesday. It was later announced that the new LG of J&K would be …

The false promise of normalcy and development in Kashmir
4 years, 5 months ago

The false promise of normalcy and development in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

This August marks a year since the Indian government abrogated Articles 370 and 35 of the Indian constitution, revoking Indian-administered Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status and formally annexing the disputed region. In October 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his supporters at a public rally that it would take no more than four months “to normalise the abnormal situation that has persisted …

Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir
4 years, 6 months ago

Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

For more than 70 years, Kashmiris have lived with the dread of the Indian government changing the demography and special status of Indian-administered Kashmir, which was till recently Jammu and Kashmir state. In October 2019, J&K was dissolved as a state, which meant it no longer had a state assembly empowered to pass legislation, and was divided into two union …

Jammu, the pawn on the Kashmir chessboard
4 years, 7 months ago

Jammu, the pawn on the Kashmir chessboard

The Hindu  

Ten months after the dilution of Articles 370 and 35A, new laws have been laid down and administrative structures are beginning to take shape. Caught between Hindu nationalistic winds blowing from the south and Kashmir domination plus conflict, Jammu’s political, social and economic aspirations were already buried long ago. The market economy has witnessed disruption on account of two factors …

J&K a 'jewel' of country, govt will soon come out with industrial package for Union Territory: Piyush Goyal
4 years, 11 months ago

J&K a 'jewel' of country, govt will soon come out with industrial package for Union Territory: Piyush Goyal

Firstpost  

After J&K came under Governor’s rule in June 2018, the development work gained speed and with the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into UTs, many central laws which were not applicable and depriving the people of their rights came into force Jammu: Describing Jammu and Kashmir as a “jewel” of the country, Union minister Piyush Goyal on 19 Januar said …

Opinion | J&K needs a healing touch
5 years ago

Opinion | J&K needs a healing touch

Live Mint  

The Union government is reportedly mulling the prospect of according special status to the newly-formed Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh under Article 371 of the Constitution, or along the same lines. As of now, this Article makes special provisions for some 11 states: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, and Karnataka. …

Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley
5 years ago

Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley

The Hindu  

BAKSHI Ghulam Mohammad’s despotic 10-year rule beginning in August 1953 is emblematic of the steady erosion of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. The 1962 elections were so evidently rigged that the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had to issue a note of caution to Srinagar, stating: “In fact, it would strengthen your position much more if you lost a few …

Narrowing options in Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 1 month ago

Narrowing options in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It is a little over 100 days since Parliament, on August 5, approved the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution, and decided to carve out of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. There were, no doubt, some ‘highs’ such as voiding of direct criticism of India’s action in Kashmir by a majority of democratic governments …

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh shown as separate Union Territories in new map of India; country now has 28 states, 9 UTs
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh shown as separate Union Territories in new map of India; country now has 28 states, 9 UTs

Firstpost  

The Union Territory of Ladakh consists of Kargil and Leh while the rest of the erstwhile state is in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday released a new map of India, showing the two recently-created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The Ministry of Home Affairs said the Union …

Formation of J&K and Ladakh UTs 'unlawful and void', says China; India slams Beijing, says bifurcation of state internal affair, stay out of it
5 years, 2 months ago

Formation of J&K and Ladakh UTs 'unlawful and void', says China; India slams Beijing, says bifurcation of state internal affair, stay out of it

Firstpost  

India on Thursday hit back at China over its objection to the bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories, saying the reorganisation is entirely its internal affair and it does not expect other countries to comment on such matters India on Thursday hit back at China over its objection to the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, …

Jammu and Kashmir: India officially takes greater control over contested region
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: India officially takes greater control over contested region

CNN  

CNN — India has officially split the former state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, a move that gives the government in New Delhi greater control over the disputed Muslim-majority region. As tens of thousands of Indian troops moved into the Kashmir Valley – already one of the most militarized regions in the world – the Indian government …

Jammu and Kashmir ceases to be a State
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir ceases to be a State

The Hindu  

The bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories came into effect at midnight on October 30. PTI adds: Union Home Ministry replaces State of J&K with ‘UT of Jammu and Kashmir’ in notification The Home Ministry in a notification on October 30 replaced the State of J&K with the “Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir” and announced omission …

A new dawn: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh come into existence as Union Territories
5 years, 2 months ago

A new dawn: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh come into existence as Union Territories

India TV News  

History will be created on Thursday when Jammu and Kashmir, which has been part of the Union of India since 1947, will cease to be a state and will be bifurcated into two Union Territories. IAS officers Girish Chandra Murmu and R K Mathur, who have been appointed the new Lieutenant Governors for the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, …

Opinion | Development and politics need to be key focus areas
5 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Development and politics need to be key focus areas

Live Mint  

There are two key divisions that need to be explored when we look at Jammu and Kashmir following the reorganization: one is development, the other is politics. Now as for development, if the Indian corporate sector and the big players’ mindset has actually been altered by the abrogation of Article 370, then they need to be able to make their …

Life normal in J&K, Ladakh, says fact-finding team in report to MoS PMO Jitendra Singh
5 years, 2 months ago

Life normal in J&K, Ladakh, says fact-finding team in report to MoS PMO Jitendra Singh

India Today  

Rejecting reports of clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, a group of intellectuals and academicians in their report on the state said things were normal in the three regions of the state but suggested confidence-building measures to ensure equitable development of all regions and people. Kashmiris across the board seek healing from a corrupt, oppressive, social and political culture that has …

Kashmir situation day 53: Normal life remains at standstill in Srinagar, other districts despite administration’s efforts to normalise situation
5 years, 3 months ago

Kashmir situation day 53: Normal life remains at standstill in Srinagar, other districts despite administration’s efforts to normalise situation

Firstpost  

Students stayed away from schools, markets remained shut and public transport stayed off the roads in the valley for the 53rd day on Thursday as the shutdown over the Centre’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status continued, officials said. Srinagar: Students stayed away from schools, markets remained shut and public transport stayed off the roads in the valley …

Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions will develop as per wishes of local people, their dreams and ambitions, PM Narendra Modi tells IANS
5 years, 4 months ago

Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions will develop as per wishes of local people, their dreams and ambitions, PM Narendra Modi tells IANS

Firstpost  

Editor’s Note: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 75 days in his second avatar as the nation’s helmsman on 14 August, he spoke extensively to IANS on his priorities going forward and also touched upon various sensitive issues from Jammu and Kashmir, medical reforms, criticality of education and rooting out corruption from within the bureaucracy. Today, every Indian is fully …

What’s next for Kashmir? Concerns on 3 key issues mark local discourse
5 years, 4 months ago

What’s next for Kashmir? Concerns on 3 key issues mark local discourse

Hindustan Times  

Two events six months apart have shaken Nazir Ahmad Magrey’s life: The suicide bombing on February 14 that killed 40 paramilitary troopers barely 100 metres from his two-storey house overlooking the Jhelum; and the revoking of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu & Kashmir, on August 5. It may trigger a spike in militancy,” he said, venting his …

Kashmir: Pakistan’s Imran Khan likens India’s actions to Nazism
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir: Pakistan’s Imran Khan likens India’s actions to Nazism

CNN  

CNN — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has likened India’s revoking of Jammu and Kashmir state’s autonomy to Nazi ideology, and warned the international community that inaction would be similar to appeasing Hitler. In a series of tweets Sunday, Khan said India’s actions in Muslim-majority Kashmir were an attempt “to change demography of Kashmir through ethnic cleansing” and asked whether …

Photos show how normalcy is returning to Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

Photos show how normalcy is returning to Jammu and Kashmir

India TV News  

After days of restrictions, normalcy is gradually returning to Jammu and Kashmir. These photos show how Jammu and Kashmir is returning to normal: Jammu and Kashmir returning to normal Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has debunked reports of any large scale protests or violence in the region. Jammu and Kashmir returning to normal Government and private offices are functioning …

Statehood for Jammu & Kashmir will be restored, says Prime Minister Modi
5 years, 5 months ago

Statehood for Jammu & Kashmir will be restored, says Prime Minister Modi

The Hindu  

Two days after both Houses of Parliament cleared the reading down of Article 370 and the reorganisation of the State of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate Union Territories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the nation on Thursday said it was a historic move and a new beginning for Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh. …

Amidst scare-mongering by Congress, Jammu and Kashmir returns to normalcy within two days of abrogating Article 370
5 years, 5 months ago

Amidst scare-mongering by Congress, Jammu and Kashmir returns to normalcy within two days of abrogating Article 370

Op India  

Days after revoking the controversial Article 370 and bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, normalcy seems to have returned to the valley. This is Srinagar at 7.45 pm pic.twitter.com/USjawJJHaE — Rahul Pandita August 7, 2019 He also uploaded a video of Srinagar’s iconic Zero Bridge at 7.55 pm on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/j20nHcbeOV …

Jammu and Kashmir: the history behind India’s new crackdown on the disputed region.
55 years ago

Jammu and Kashmir: the history behind India’s new crackdown on the disputed region.

Slate  

This week marked the beginning of a new era for the troubled region of Kashmir, likely to be a more turbulent one than even before. As India’s independence from Britain—and the ensuing partition—was being planned in 1947, Singh, a Hindu ruler of a Muslim-majority state, initially desired that the Jammu and Kashmir become an independent neutral region between India and …

Closely following events in Jammu and Kashmir, says US
5 years, 5 months ago

Closely following events in Jammu and Kashmir, says US

The Quint  

Washington, Aug 6 The US said that it has taken note of India's move to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir and that New Delhi has described it as "strictly and internal matter". In a cautious statement, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus voiced concern over reports of the detention of some Kashmiri leaders, and urged "respect for individual rights" …

Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation good, but challenges ahead
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation good, but challenges ahead

India Today  

This government has so far made a distinct shift in policy to deal with Pakistan by mending the chronic nature of Kashmir imbroglio while resetting the internal parameters of Jammu and Kashmir. There have been imperative: a) change in Pakistan’s strategy since China’s launch of the $62 billion CPEC project in April 2015, aimed at bolstering Pakistani economic growth; b) …

Unrest feared after India revokes Kashmir’s special status
5 years, 5 months ago

Unrest feared after India revokes Kashmir’s special status

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s Hindu nationalist-led government moved Monday to revoke the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, cutting off communications and deploying thousands of troops in the restive Himalayan region amid fears the action could lead to uprisings there. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi issued a security alert, urging Americans to leave the region immediately citing the “potential for …

J&K bifurcation: Keeping Valley with Jammu will make things worse; end of decades-old revolt only possible if Kashmir gets autonomy
5 years, 5 months ago

J&K bifurcation: Keeping Valley with Jammu will make things worse; end of decades-old revolt only possible if Kashmir gets autonomy

Firstpost  

The Narendra Modi government’s action of abrogating Article 370 is reminiscent of the precipitous “demonetisation” that marked the downturn of the economy which still shows no sign of looking up. The new UT of Jammu and Kashmir effectively means an end to full democracy and self-governance, and leaving an area bigger than many full states of the Indian Union and …

Jammu and Kashmir News Updates: Amit Shah claims Article 370 'crushed democracy' in state; MEA briefs P5 nations on developments
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir News Updates: Amit Shah claims Article 370 'crushed democracy' in state; MEA briefs P5 nations on developments

Firstpost  

1:03 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Creating the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir doesn’t change anything on the ground Leaving aside all the Constitutional-ese, Article 370 was, in essence, a compact between the Kashmiri political élite and the Indian republic — in return for wide-ranging powers, the local élite agreed to Indian rule. Now, New Delhi is saying it …

Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
5 years, 5 months ago

Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

Op India  

In a historic decision, the union government today decided to bifurcate the northernmost state of the country Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. The main difference between the two is that states are run by the respective state governments, while the union territories are areas under the administrative control of the central government. These two union territories elect their …

Jammu and Kashmir to be split into 2 union territories — Ladakh and J&K
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir to be split into 2 union territories — Ladakh and J&K

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has proposed to reorganize Jammu and Kashmir, carving out two separate Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Monday. Home Minister Amit Shah said the Union Territories of Ladakh was a long pending demand of the people of the region. The decision to “reorganize” the state came after the Home …

Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh: This is how the redrawn map will look like
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh: This is how the redrawn map will look like

India Today  

In a historic move, Amit Shah took a crucial step in its attempt to redraw the map of India after the Union home minister introduced a bill to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Union minister Amit Shah also proposed to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which gives …

Article 370: How India’s special status for Kashmir works
5 years, 5 months ago

Article 370: How India’s special status for Kashmir works

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Article 370 of India’s constitution has been a bone of contention in the country’s politics for years. Last June, the BJP pulled out of a coalition government with the Jammu & Kashmir’s Peoples Democratic Party, and the state was put under the rule of the governor – the constitutional representative of India’s president – which in …

Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation updates | U.P., Haryana police told to ensure safety of Kashmiri students
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation updates | U.P., Haryana police told to ensure safety of Kashmiri students

The Hindu  

The government, on Monday, introduced a resolution to remove provisions of Article 370, which provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, Home Minister Amit Shah also introduced a Bill bifurcating the State of Jammu of Kashmir into Union Territory of Ladakh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. — Devesh Kumar Pandey 5.30 p.m. Shah introduces J&K …

Jammu & Kashmir no longer a special status state, Ladakh to be carved out as separate UT
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir no longer a special status state, Ladakh to be carved out as separate UT

India TV News  

Almost the entire opposition in the Lok Sabha on Monday unitedly opposed the Centre's step to impose unprecedented restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, earlier in the day, proposed to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said the state would be split into two Union Territories: Jammu …

‘J&K Invisible Faultlines’- a book that attempts to correct the skewed narrative on Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 7 months ago

‘J&K Invisible Faultlines’- a book that attempts to correct the skewed narrative on Jammu and Kashmir

Op India  

The book titled ‘J&K Invisible Faultlines’, published by Pentagon Press and edited by Sandhya Jain, attempts to correct the skewed narrative on Jammu & Kashmir by focusing on important but neglected issues like: the strategic importance of Jammu and Ladakh, the sidelining of Maharaja Hari Singh, the Dogra ruler, who made the State’s accession to India possible, unequal delimitation of …

As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too
5 years, 10 months ago

As J&K is part of India, Kashmiris are ours too

Deccan Chronicle  

Does grief always fit in our increasingly binary world? But how does it help to turn that grief and rage into vile hate-mongering and direct it towards ordinary Kashmiri students, shopkeepers, traders, doctors and teachers elsewhere across India? “We had to do it under pressure from a mob of around 400-500 which was protesting at the gates demanding the expulsion …

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