Lieutenant-colonel Khan’s marginality to today’s Hindu-nationalist pantheon helps us understand a larger story unfolding in Jammu and Kashmir: The story of a state that remains partitioned by a line drawn in blood.
In ‘Travels in Paradise on Earth’, Romesh Bhattacharji writes about a region he’s been exploring since the 1960s. With hand-drawn maps, he illustrates the beauty of the nooks and crannies of Kashmir.
The stark reality is that while India is ambitiously planning missions to carry humanity into space, in Pakistan, mobs are ruthlessly attempting to behead women over accusations of blasphemy.
Local Gujjar residents had played a critical role in military operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba in the Pir Panjal mountains before 2003, setting up special militia to fight terrorism.
In his speech on 7 August 1952 in Lok Sabha, Mookerjee spoke about the fear that the Kashmir policy with regard to UN and Article 370 'may lead to the 'Balkanisation' of India'.
As a Pasmanda Muslim, I endorse the abrogation of Article 370. It paves the way for implementing comprehensive public welfare & caste-based policies in the region.
‘Forgotten Foods’, edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Tarana Husain Khan and Claire Chambers is a collection of essays and recipes. It documents the cuisine of Muslims in South Asia.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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