An excavation of a brutal history and its aftermath in India
The book ends where it should have begun. Kishwar's ideas for solutions need discussion of whether and how these can be implemented given the obstacles she describes.
Post-Pokhran, Kargil led America to warm up towards India. The bonhomie is still on, though, ironically, Pakistan is one glitch.
The response to the interlocutors’ report has stuck to the political ideas in it. An informed debate on all of it can lead to consensus, then action.
A superb probe of the 1994 kidnapping and murder of foreign tourists finds all, but the mourners, deficient
There are demands for change, but anything drastic will only escalate tensions
Fear and uncertainty regarding Jammu & Kashmir's identity offer a fertile field for militant recruitment which Pakistan will certainly exploit, writes author Radha Kumar
This is the first time the Indian government, not Pakistan, has repudiated the gains made by peace initiatives. Kashmiris bear the brunt.
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