The History of Kashmiri Pandits

The Pandit Reborn- By Jia Lal Kilam
ALI SHAH could not maintain himself long on the throne. He had struck no deep roots in the people. The bulk of the people were subjected to a forcible conversion, and though later on they reconciled themselves to the inevitable, yet for the time being the wound was fresh [...]

UNITED STATES OBSESSION WITH THE KASHMIR ISSUE: An Analysis

UNITED STATES OBSESSION WITH THE KASHMIR ISSUE: An Analysis
by Dr. Subhash Kapila
Pakistan excepted, it is the United States of America which stands out as the second nation most obsessed with the Kashmir issue. The American obsession with Kashmir has been persistent for the last fifty years or so.
Paradoxically, when Indian Governments and leaders of [...]

Kashmir not the issue, Pak-Afghan border is

Kashmir not the issue, Pak-Afghan border is
It now turns out that Indian lobbying was successful in ensuring that India and/or Kashmir is not part of Mr Richard Holbrooke’s official brief. Mr Holbrooke was named “special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan” by the US secretary of state, Ms Hillary Clinton, after India made clear its sensitivities [...]

Where Future of Kashmiri’s Lies?

Where future of Kashmiri’s lies?
60 years have passed but conflict remained unresolved and tension continues to be simmering in the name of Kashmir or Kashmiri’s. Apparently thrust is placed on the Kashmiri but interests are entwined in territorial aggrandizement than future of people. Kahsmiris have never been the parameter in conflict resolution in last six [...]

Don’t be apologetic about Kashmir

Don’t be apologetic about Kashmir
February 12th, 2009 By Nitish Sengupta
 It is strange that a section of the Indian public, small though it is, has nowadays become apologetic about India’s role in Jammu and Kashmir. True, there have been cases of human rights violations in recent years on the part of the security forces, but that [...]

Indian media new target for Radio Pakistan

Indian media new target for Radio Pakistan
While Indian television channels are protesting against the proposed restrictions that the Government of India intends to impose on them following the live coverage of the Mumbai terror attacks on Taj, Oberoi and the Nariman house last November, the Punjabi Durbar programme of Pakistan radio still finds the Indian [...]

Kashmir dispute’s a fact

Kashmir dispute’s a fact

Aditya Sinha
David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, is absolutely correct.
“Although I understand the current difficulties, resolution of the dispute over Kashmir would help deny extremists in the [...]

Imaginary homes turn real for Kashmiri Pandits

Imaginary homes turn real for Kashmiri Pandits Born to wander and suffer (as some would say) for the last six centuries at least, and yet retain that healthy appetite for life, the Kashmiri Pandits are that rare breed that has effortlessly converted survival into an art form. To celebrate amidst deprivation and to sink roots [...]

Arrested Mumbai attack terrorist’s father speaks up

The Lashkar-e-Taiyba and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa might have disowned him, but the father of the lone Pakistani gunman arrested for the Mumbai terror attacks has admitted that the young man whose photograph was beamed by media across the world, is his son.
Amir Kasab , the father of Ajmal Amir Iman alias Ajmal Kasab, broke down as [...]

Pakistan Has No Choice To stop Its Terriorist Camps

Pakistan, under pressure to stop Islamist militant groups from using its territory for attacks, has moved against an Islamist militant camp, witnesses said.
Citing Pakistani news accounts and witnesses, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Pakistani military had sealed off a camp used by the Lashkar-e-Toiba or an affiliated group in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Authorities in India [...]