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• After Fiftyone Years

  24 September, by SC
  EDITORIAL
  Fiftyone years ago, in September 1965, Pakistan had gone to war with India with the purpose of annexing the Kashmir Valley by force. This happened barely sixteen months after the demise of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who  (...)

• Murder of Democracy in Arunachal Pradesh

  24 September
  by V. Bijukumar
  Politics in Arunachal Pradesh assumed a new turn in the context of the mass migration of Congress MLAs, including its Chief Minister Prema Khandu, to the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA), a regional outfit set up with the  (...)

• A Flashpoint in South Asia?

  24 September
  by L.K. Sharma
  Pakistan and India are engaged in a war of words at the highest level. Unusually provo-cative statements have been made by the two Prime Ministers. The area of contest and conflict has been widened. The TV channels in the two  (...)

• Standstill In The Valley: Both Separatists and the Centre have a Lot to Answer For

  24 September, by Badri Raina
  The way to you-know-where, they say, is paved with good intentions. After the results of the last Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were in hand, it seemed a logical assumption to the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed that joining with the BJP  (...)

• Intifada in Kashmir

  24 September
  by Mustafa Khan
  The Kashmir problem cannot be addressed unless you address Pakistan, says Dr Madhav Godbole.1 The Kashmir problem is a quandary but new grounds seem to be broken. Sitaram Yechury, who called on Geelani but could not meet him,  (...)

• Kashmir and Conscience

  24 September, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  From N.C.’s Writings
  In the brochures and posters of Indian tourism, Kashmir still figures with its enchanting attractions. In reality, however, the picturesque Valley of Kashmir is becoming out of bounds for the peace-loving citizens of this  (...)

• Scene of Linguistic Chauvinism

  24 September, by Kuldip Nayar
  The horrors of partition came to my mind when I saw television beaming pictures of rioting and killing in Bengaluru. It was the same way I felt when partition took place and we, the people living in the newly-constituted state of Pakistan, had  (...)

• Share Water, but also Share Responsibility for Protecting River

  24 September, by Bharat Dogra
  COMMUNICATION
  Whether in the context of the Cauvery river or the Narmada river or other rivers, so much time and effort has been spent on the sharing of the river waters. Isn’t it time now to devote more time and effort to the sharing of  (...)

• Id in Kashmir, Problem of Survival in Mewat

  24 September, by Humra Quraishi
  MUSINGS
  Perhaps, for the first time in the recent history of Kashmir, curfew was imposed in the Kashmir Valley on Id. To compound the situation, connectivity snapped, if it was not hugely disrupted. The masses in the Valley cannot get over the  (...)

• Mahasweta’s Last Wish Remained Unfulfilled

  24 September
  TRIBUTE
  by Chandrasekhar Bhattacharjee
  It was a scorching summer noon of mid-April, 2010. Mahasweta Devi landed at Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi, from Delhi after receiving the Manavata Bikash Award, conferred by the IIPM. She was trying to find a  (...)

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