Never surrender
Progressives and occupiers need to learn from Palestinians a thing or two about Freedom and Dignity. You do not get what you want from powerful oppressors by begging. If something…
Modi and Kashmir
Narendra Modi ended his month-long silence over the ongoing crisis in Held Kashmir, by offering jobs and laptops to the restive Muslim youth there. He also claimed that Kashmir was…
The third intifada in Kashmir
This year Independence Day comes at a time when Indian-held Kashmir is witnessing Kashmir’s ‘third intifada’. This current intifada comes in the age of information empowerment of the Kashmiri masses…
The right side?
America observes the world from the relative safety of its faraway shores and sees conflicts shaded in black or white. The complex and nuanced ambiguities that define all conflicts are…
Ahmed Khan Kharal and the Raj
The great War of Independence in 1857 brought different ethnic groups of India together to challenge the British Raj. A large number of local soldiers left the British army under…
Why we are, where we are
Post-retirement, after a brief stint at diplomacy, I joined the bandwagon of peaceniks. A leopard hardly changes its spots but try I did. For more than seven years I, with…
Discursive paradigm of resistance
The British Raj in India faced continuous resistance by different strata of society – rajas of different states, peasants, religious leaders, army personnel, and ordinary people of India. In my…
Palestine’s Mandela
I have a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti. I have visited him at his modest Ramallah home several times. During our conversations, we discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace. Our ideas…
Decolonisation and the Nadvatul Ulema
The post-1857 period was a depressing era for the Indians. A large number of freedom fighters were either killed in the War of Independence of 1857 or imprisoned and hanged…
Beyond militarism
Pakistan’s national security dilemma has an uncanny resemblance to the security dilemma of the Sparta-led Peloponnesian League that was embroiled in a mutually enervating duel with the Greek Empire from…
