Kashmir and the Turkish Elections on April 15, 2023First of all, let me make it clear that we would love to stay out of the internal politics of Turkey. We believe that it is none of our business to suggest to the educated people of Turkey how to vote in the next election. However, here are some facts that President Recap Tayyip Erdogan […]
Kashmir and Impasse at the UN on December 31, 2022Kashmir is a dispute recognised by the UN. It holds infamy as the most dangerous place on the planet. The 76-year-old conflict in that disputed, divided, devastated, and illegally occupied territory is the bone of contention of the nuclear tension in the region of South Asia. Without a just and lasting peace in Kashmir that […]
India’s Unilateralism and UN on September 13, 2022The dispute over Jammu and Kashmir is not insoluble through peaceful procedures. It appears to be so only because the obduracy of one of the parties – India – is encouraged by the apathy of the world powers. To cover its “wrongful occupation of Kashmir,” India has skillfully propagated a series of myths about the […]
Syed Ali Geelani: A Struggle for Self-Determination on September 1, 2022Self-determination, despite its ambiguities, has blossomed into a pivotal element in international relations in recent times. It has proven the key to resolving long-festering disputes and unforgiving conflicts. Exemplary have been Namibia, East Timor, Southern Sudan etc. In each case, self-determination was fueled by oppressive rule, whether foreign or otherwise. They also derived strength from […]
Lest we Forget: Khurram Parvez (Part II) on August 23, 2022The Structure of Violence (TSOV) report, which was prepared by Khurram Parvez and his team emphasises that the continuing denial of justice from the Indian State is a reason for appealing to the international community and justice mechanisms as domestic remedies have conclusively failed the people of Jammu and Kashmir. As recommended by this report, […]
Lest We Forget: Khurram Parvez (Part I) on August 18, 2022We are too familiar with the hacking of Kashmiri websites. Now, we are experiencing the same with one of the most familiar and the most visited websites of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) of which Khurram Parvez is the coordinator. This JKCSS website was hacked many times in the past. It happened […]
The Kashmir Files: Myth or Reality (An Afterword) on June 4, 2022Let me be straightforward with the members of the Pandit community who know well that they have left the Valley of Kashmir in large numbers in 1989/1990, living rootless lives in an unfeeling environment. Some of them have come abroad but the number is small. The privileged members of the community, as in all communities, […]
The Kashmir Files: Myth or reality (Part IV) on May 30, 2022“Terrorism-related charges levelled against me are concocted, fabricated and politically motivated,” and that, “If seeking Azadi (Freedom) is a crime, then I am ready to accept this crime and its consequences,” Yasin Malik said during the trial, reported by Associated Press. I believe that the loss of a homeland is more than the loss of […]
The Kashmir Files: Myth or Reality (Part III) on May 26, 2022It is a fact that ‘The Kashmir Files’ presents a wholly false picture of the situation in Kashmir. The agenda of ‘The Kashmir Files’ is to mislead the public about the realities of the ground situation and also about the Kashmir dispute itself. That is why the Singapore government banned the film and issued a […]
The Kashmir Files: Myth or Reality (Part II) on May 10, 2022Tobeya Ibitayo, writer and columnist of St. Louis Magazine’s Culture newsletter, USA asked internationally known Indian scholar, Arundhati Roy on April 22, 2022, about “The Kashmir files.” Arundhati Roy responded in these words, “The film is not about Kashmiri pundits in the end; it’s about Kashmiri pundits standing in for Hindus in India, and all […]