Kashmir's Kan-i-jungSource: Countercurrents
Every Friday afternoon, after prayers, young men on the streets of Srinagar fearlessly throw stones at heavily armed soldiers of the Indian Army. Shops draw down their shutters, the streets empty out and residents in the area avoid even peeping out of their windows.
A new cold war in KashmirSource: Asia Times
While we're still arguing about whether there's life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be? By "democracy" I don't mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration.
Our tribal property being razed say Kashmiri GujjarsSource: Two Circles
Jammu : Nomadic Gujjars in Jammu and Kashmir are anguished over what they call "devastation of our tribal properties" along the old Mughal era road, which is being developed as an alternate link between Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley.
Kashmiri Resistance and the Defiling of WomenSource: I News It
Come June and for the second year running, the Indian Held Kashmir is on the boil; much in the manner of the previous summer when the allocation of hundred acres of pristine Kashmiri land to a Hindu trust to permanently set up facilities for pilgrims undertaking Amar Nath Yatra, …
Cover-up of Kashmir rape, murder case 'reprehensible': CPI-MSource: Two Circles
New Delhi: Demanding "most stringent punishment" to the guilty, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday said the alleged "cover-up" attempts by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the rape and
murder of two women was "reprehensible".
Giving Cause To SeparatismSource: Counter Currents
What happened at Shopian two weeks ago is not the first instance of cruelty by the security forces and shows how men in uniform, instead of protecting people, continue to indulge in the serious human rights violations.
The Way OutSource: The Nation
PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari's assertion that it is indispensable to the development of good neighbourly ties with India that a resolution of the Kashmir issue is found, should be seen in the backdrop of the growing tensions between the two nuclear-armed states in the Subcontinent.
Police fire on Kashmir protestersSource: BBC News
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have fired on thousands of protesters demonstrating against the alleged rape and murder of two young women...
The 2009 National Elections: Signals from the Kashmir ValleySource: Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses
Elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, be they for the state legislature or Parliament, have become the symbol around which the contest for legitimacy between the separatists and mainstream political leadership takes place.