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Muslims as Numbers that Don’t Count
The exclusion of Muslims from the treasury benches is not merely a communal grievance; it is a democratic deficit that diminishes the integrity of representativ...
Pokhran‑II at 25: The Anniversary We Should Not Celebrate
The 1974 test had already established India’s nuclear capability, the 1998 test was a miscalculation that gifted Pakistan the legitimacy for parity and pushed t...
Politics Of Memory In Kashmir: When Interpretation Becomes Intervention
A displaced community has a right to write down its own memory; it does not need to be told how to describe its own experience.
South Asia’s Dangerous New Normal of Limited War
From Balakot to Operation Sindoor, India and Pakistan are entering an era where military escalation below nuclear threshold is becoming faster, riskier, and har...
Howzat? An Air Show, 108 Horses and a Foreign Tour for Austerity!
Whatever the nature of the fiscal and economic crisis, if the country requires austerity, the leader should show by example, not by doing the opposite of what h...
Sindoor vs Bunyan: Why India and Pakistan Must Choose Peace
For two neighbours consistently engaged in military pursuits, bellicose rhetoric and proxy wars – the only future is dialogue, reconciliation and peace
Ultimate Oasis: Kashmir at Crossroads of Power and Prosperity
Kashmir Valley’s geography offers enormous economic promise, but political realities continue to shape every development debate
Line of Control Holds Together What is Threatening to Fall Apart
Based on Mirza Waheed’s ‘The Collaborator’, a film that battles against forgetfulness through a textured portrayal of Kashmir’s landscape
The Water Wars: Masala-e-Kashmir and the Fantasy Fortress
Pakistan's army cannot go on exploiting the Kashmir cause to pursue strategic control over the region's rivers, a decades-long rhetorical gambit that has now lo...
The Burden of Words: “Exile,” Memory, and the Politics of Naming in Kashmir
The sufferings of Kashmiri Pandits and their homelessness are undeniable but words used to describe that suffering matter in a land where every community carrie...
When Families Remain Divided Across Line of Control
For thousands of Kashmiris living along the Line of Control, separation is not an abstract political reality, but a daily emotional burden carried through misse...
Kashmir Beyond Slogans: Seven Point Formula to Realism and Reconciliation
Kashmir issue can no longer be approached through emotional rhetoric or maximalist positions alone, and calls for a gradual, realistic framework rooted in dialo...
New Districts, Old Wounds: The Contested Reorganisation of Ladakh
Ladakh's latest administrative reorganisation has reopened decades-old faultlines, creating fissures between its Buddhist and Muslim communities
Kashmir’s Selective Memory and Dangers of Simplified Narratives
Reducing the migration of Kashmiri Pandits or Kashmir’s growing drug crisis to single-cause explanations may serve politics, but it prevents society from confro...
Between Faith and the Constitution: Where Should Courts Draw the Line?
Sabarimala and Triple Talaq cases raise the question of whether courts should strike down religious practices that violate fundamental rights using the ERP doct...
Is PaJK Once Again Heading Towards Confrontation?
With the Awami Action Committee's June 9 ultimatum looming, government inaction and electoral uncertainty push the region toward a defining confrontation
Bhalessa’s Viral Cry and a Public Health Reality
A woman’s distress question, “Where should I go in an emergency? Why is there no lady doctor at SDH Gandoh?” is a reflection of poor health infrastructure
A Citizen-Led Initiative to Track Sand Mining in India
Data sprints by India Sand Watch empower common people to transform scattered news reports into a powerful, open-access database to track sand mining
Lost in Choice: The Awareness Gap in Higher Education under NEP 2020
A well-designed reform is dropping off into confusion as students are ill-prepared to embrace the policy and make informed choices
Exit Polls Out, but Bengali Voters Can Be Deceptive
Ahead of the counting day, mood on the ground reveals tell-tale signs of TMC managing to scrape through