Kashmir

Interview – Navnita Chadha Behera

E-International Relations • Oct 22 2022 • Features

Navnita Behera discusses the multilayered nature of the Kashmir conflict, the key ethical issues for research in conflict zones, and her work drawing on dharmic cosmology.

Opinion – Speaking Truth to Power in Kashmir

Shubranshu Mishra • Sep 25 2022 • Articles

The act of public mourning carries with it the power to unsettle and offend mainstream narratives by bringing to the fore the truth about disappearances in Kashmir.

Spectacular Violence: Pellet Guns and the Sovereign Right to Maim in Kashmir

Ananya Sharma • Feb 11 2022 • Articles

Perspectives of violence, visuality and disability help reveal ways of seeing in Kasmir and how the blinded body serves both as a sight and site of politics.

Interview – Chitralekha Zutshi

E-International Relations • Aug 28 2021 • Features

Chitralekha Zutshi talks about the making of Kashmiri identity, the Kashmir conflict, and the significance of recent constitutional changes made by the BJP.

Opinion – The Gendered Face of Violence and Erasure in Kashmir

Samreen Mushtaq • Jul 6 2021 • Articles

To think of woman soldiers stationed in Kashmir as gender liberation seeks to make invisible the violence that is central to the Indian State’s presence in and control over Kashmir.

Opinion – Pakistan’s New Approach to Gilgit-Baltistan

Tridib Bhattacharya • Dec 19 2020 • Articles

There is far more at stake for Islamabad in upgrading the region to provisional provincial status than merely appeasing Beijing or angering New Delhi.

From Militancy to Stone Pelting: The Vicissitudes of the Kashmiri Freedom Movement

Sarmad Ishfaq • Oct 27 2020 • Articles

Amidst a breakdown in relations over Kashmir, signs are pointing towards another war between Pakistan and India.

The Case of UN Involvement in Jammu and Kashmir

Stephen P. Westcott • May 29 2020 • Articles

The Security Council limited the Kashmiri people to accession into either India or Pakistan, in fact privileging another norm: the existing sovereign state’s rights.

Fixing Ruptured Masculinities: Reflections from Kashmir

Amya Agarwal • Feb 26 2019 • Articles

A façade of nationalism, security and religion is successfully curated under which the masculine politics dances relentlessly.

India and Pakistan: Formalizing the 2003 Ceasefire Agreement

Saeed Ahmed Rid • Feb 8 2018 • Articles

If the 2003 ceasefire between India and Pakistan is formalised with clear rules and regulations it should reduce the chances of future ceasefire violations.

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