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Storm in a tea cup

A chronicle of India-Pakistan relations with no explosive revelations, the book owes its existence to the chemistry between two former spymasters.

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Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 18/04/2018: A member of the Kashmiri Lawyers Club signs a sheet as she takes part in a signature campaign seeking justice in the rape and murder case of a girl in Srinagar on April 18, 2018.
PHOTO: NISSAR AHMAD

Disturbing division

The manner in which events have shaped the discourse around the Kathua rape and murder serves as a grim reminder of the dangers of using religion for

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Uneasy spring

The speed at which the ranks of militants are swelling, drawing youngsters from the local population, worries the security establishment in Kashmir.

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Srinagar: Protesters throw stones on security forces during protest against the alleged killing of two youth in Army firing in Shopian district of south Kashmir, in Srinagar on Sunday. PTI Photo by S Irfan (PTI1_28_2018_000159B)

Shopian and the fault lines

The row over the death of two men when the Army opened fire in Shopian brings to the fore the rift within Kashmir’s ruling coalition.

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Bold and beautiful

The poems encapsulate and vividly describe the existentialist dilemma of Kashmir as a realm and Kashmiris as an ethno-sociopolitical entity.

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Anantnag: Centre’s special representative to Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma meeting common people at Anantnag, said to be the ground-zero of unrest, in South Kashmir on Tuesday. PTI Photo (PTI11_28_2017_000141B)

Mission without mandate

The government’s current interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir is unlikely to achieve much as he does not even have a mandate. New Delhi, which has a his

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Perspectives on Kashmir

The book offers perspectives on political realities on the ground over a wide geographical area, from Kashmir to Jammu to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir an

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Tragic divide

A well-researched book on the Partition of India, giving a month-by-month account of the tragedy as it unfolded in 1947.

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Srinagar,25/9/2017:CRPF Personnels stops a Kashmiri woman along with her childrens during restrictions in old city Srinagar on Monday. Trade in Kashmir is on protest strike against its leader Yasin Khan being summoned by NIA to Delhi as a witness in terror funding case that the national investigator is probing.PHOTO/NISSAR AHMAD. Srinagar,25/9/2017:CRPF Personnels stops a Kashmiri woman along with her childrens during restrictions in old city Srinagar on Monday. Trade in Kashmir is on protest strike against its leader Yasin Khan being summoned by NIA to Delhi as a witness in terror funding case that the national investigator is probing.PHOTO/NISSAR AHMAD. -

Might is right

By denying space for dialogue, the Narendra Modi government has reinforced its policy of a military approach to Kashmir which will only give more oppo

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Kashmir myths

The book tries to counter the popular narrative about the history of Kashmir, Pandits and Muslims.

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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti addressing during party's 18th foundation day in Srinagar on Saturday. PTI Photo by S Irfan(PTI7_29_2017_000043A)

Tinderbox petition

The legal challenge to Article 35A, which protects the demographic composition of Jammu and Kashmir, has brought all sides of the political spectrum,

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Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti interacting with the Amarnath Yatris who were injured in a militant attack in Anantnag, before they were airlifted to New Delhi, at the airport in Srinagar on Tuesday. PTI Photo (PTI7_11_2017_000150B)

Chilling act

Despite being the target of state violence for long, Kashmiris condemn with one voice the killing of seven pilgrims in an attack on a bus carrying Ama

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