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What Those Who Disagree with Manu Joseph Have to Say [Part 4 of 'A Fresh Wave of Thinking in the Kashmir Valley' Series]

By Karmanye Thadani: In the previous article in this series, we dealt with the non-separatist Kashmiri Muslim writer Sualeh Keen’s piece endorsing Manu Joseph’s stand about normalcy having returned to Kashmir. So, what do those having a problem with Manu’s article have to say? Let’s see

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What Those Agreeing with Manu Joseph Have To Say – An Analysis [Part 3 of 'A Fresh Wave of Thinking in The Kashmir Valley' Series]

By Karmanye Thadani: In the previous article in this series, I have mentioned that Sualeh Keen, a Kashmiri Muslim writer, has endorsed Manu Joseph’s stand. In an article titled The Unhappiness Factory of Kashmir, he has written- “When Manu Joseph wrote these words in the

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What was Manu Joseph’s article all about? – An Analysis [Part 2 of A Fresh Wave of Thinking in The Kashmir Valley]

By Karmanye Thadani: Manu Joseph started his article by throwing light on the attack on Prashant Bhushan and how the people of the valley were awaiting Anna Hazare’s response, since Anna had suggested a referendum across India on the question of a Lokpal Bill and so,

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Background of Kashmir: [Part 1 of 'A Fresh Wave of Thinking in the Kashmir Valley' Series]

By Karmanye Thadani: The word ‘Kashmir’ first reminded people of natural beauty, then it came to epitomize terrorism and now, it has come to mean controversy with the mainstream narrative of the problems in the valley revolving around the misuse of special anti-terror legislations and

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Human Rights Enactment in India: How ‘Human’ Do We Feel?

By Anavil Jaiswal: A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed

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The Best Deal for Kashmiris Practically [Part 5 of #UnderstandingKashmir]

By Karmanye Thadani: We have impartially examined the history of the Kashmir issue in brief as also the narratives on all sides – Indian, Pakistani and separatist. Without the faintest trace of nationalist bias, let us examine the issue from the perspective of the Kashmiri

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Kashmir and Me: A Conflicted Identity

By Niyati Bhat: When it comes to Kashmir, there is something that wipes out my mind clean. Almost every Kashmiri writer I know is writing about Kashmir, about their memories, the agonies, the good and the bad phases, the ruins of their homes. I can’t.

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Tracing the History of the Kashmir Issue [Part 2 of #UnderstandingKashmir]

By Karmanye Thadani: Keeping in mind my appeal to read this series without a nationalist bias, if we were to trace the history of the conflict, back in the 1930s, when the Dogra monarchs, who were Hindus, ruled Jammu and Kashmir (which comprised Hindu-majority Jammu,

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Why Is Kashmir Still Relevant And Why Is It Crucial To Understand The Issue Objectively? [Part 1 of #UnderstandingKashmir]

By Karmanye Thadani: The recent protests erupting in the valley owing to a Kashmiri boy being run over by an Indian military vehicle, the controversy surrounding the screening of Sanjay Kak’s documentary Jashn-e-Azadi in Symbiosis University, Pune, and the anti-Pakistan remarks made by Mumtaz Khan,