The One State — Two State Trajectory on September 5, 2018Despite local and international peace efforts, the Palestinian territories have endured years of political, social and psychological violence. The notable scholar, Edward Said writing after the 1982, Israeli assault on Beirut, put it bluntly: “I recall during the siege of Beirut obsessively telling friends and family there, over the phone, that they ought to record, […]
Reporting Kashmir: the Indian narrative on August 13, 2018Since India’s independence from British colonial rule and the subsequent partition in 1947, India and Pakistan claim their right of control over the region and have fought four inconclusive wars over Kashmir. Reinforced by Indian military’s ubiquitous presence in Kashmir, the locally elected governments have turned Kashmir into a “late modern colonial occupation” in which […]