Kashmir: a sea of traumatized humanity
From a tourist’s lens, being born in Kashmir is a blessing to be cherished. To a Kashmiri, however, it equates to a lifelong imprisonment. From the moment a Kashmiri is…
Kashmir at the UNGA
In his first UNGA address of the year 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mentioned five urgent priorities for 2022. Calling it ‘five-alarm global fire’, he pointed out that the Covid-19…
#KashmiriLivesMatter
The true way of feeling somebody’s pain is to go through it yourself. Many things cannot be expressed till felt. Words cannot replace experiencing an event. If ever these sayings…
Kashmir in chains
“At midnight on Aug 4, 2019 India turned all of Kashmir into a giant prison camp. Seven million Kashmiris were barricaded in their homes, internet connections were cut and their…
Kashmir dilemma
IN the darkest days of the conflict in Northern Ireland, there seemed to be no imaginable solution. The centuries-old dispute between the Catholics and Protestants — those who wanted to…
Kashmir & Germany
WHAT relationship could there possibly be between Kashmir and Germany — unless one dips into post-World War II history to discern one? Visualise Christmas Eve 1979, with 100, 000 Soviet…
Realpolitik and Kashmir
Global politics is governed primarily by power rather than morality. Moral values do play a role in influencing the thinking of statesmen/women guiding the destinies of nations. But when it…
Kashmir`s future
HISTORY has placed an enormous burden on the People`s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and its leaders; especially on its president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, leader of the National Conference, and…
The Kashmir challenge
Pakistan, along with the rest of the world, faces several real and likely to become real existential challenges. They include: climate change, including the numerous extreme effects of global warming;…
Kashmir: an open wound
After the slaughter of millions of human lives as a result of World War I, the League of Nations was created on January 10,1920 to ensure international peace. Later, Lenin…
