Breaking the ‘Kashmir Struggle’ Stereotype
Kashmir is once again on the boil which is not good news at all. And what makes the current situation more worrisome is that it has an uncanny similarity with the summer unrest of 2016 that saw a humungous loss of life and property. For one, the initial ‘trigger’ is the same-while it was Hizbul […]
The ‘Kantoreks’ of Kashmir
In his famous novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ published in 1922, World War I veteran Erich Maria Remarque brought out the horrors and futility of war through the harrowing and heartrending experiences of a group of young school boys who were goaded by their teacher named Kantorek to enlist themselves in the Great […]
Kashmir and the ‘armed struggle’
With Tehran once again reiterating its support for the “peaceful struggle” of the Kashmiri people for their ‘right to self determination’, the three decade old question of whether the ‘armed struggle’ is contributing positively to the Kashmir cause has once again cropped up. A reality check reveals that except for Islamabad, no other government […]
