The ‘Peacenik’
Post-1996, Mufti Sayeed rallied behind Indo-Pak relations and eventually created a political space for unionists in militancy-hit Kashmir. Though coming at the fag end...
Talk Walks, Finally
As Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue emerges from the ruins of Composite Dialogue between Delhi and Islamabad, Masood Hussain analyses the surprising resumption of engagement and...
The ‘Saffron’ Line
Delhi and Islamabad went back to their stated positions and cancelled the scheduled NSA talks. This time, again, Kashmir was the main factor. Amid...
Op Gibraltar
Half a century eclipsed since Pakistani dictator Ayub Khan pushed regulars disguised as Mujahedeen behind enemy lines into Kashmir thinking it would fetch him...
The Diplomatic Secret
An American diplomat whom India calls the mother of Hurriyat Conference, was recently in the middle of an espionage drama. But in 1991, this...
The 2009 Failure
Amid the roars of guns at the LoC, when Nawaz Sharief wished seeking Obama’s help on Kashmir, it angered many people from Delhi to...
Jinnah’s Kashmir Controversy (I)
Noted Kashmir expert, commentator and author, AG Noorani’s utterance that Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah rejected Lord Mountbatten’s proposal on November 01, 1947 and...
Coalition at Crossroads
Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah have been swearing by the relationship that the two political dynasties have had for generations in Jammu and Kashmir....
Delhi’s Historic ‘Victory’
As DMK pulls out of the UPA-II for allowing a lenient resolution at UNHRC against Colombo over the Tamil massacre, the move was keenly...
A Costly Operation
Within days after the 2001 Parliament Attack, more than half a million soldiers were mobilized on Indo-Pak border under Operation Parakram. While it cost...
For A Greater Good
by Shujaat Bukhari
India and Pakistan cricket teams clashing in Bangalore after seven years, the relations between the two “bitter” neighbours are showing a discernible...
The Kandahar Daand
Many years after the accused in the sensational hijacking of an Air India aircraft from Kathmandu in 1999 to Kandahar were convicted, the police...
A Marathon Struggle
Once termed to be the ‘juggler vein of Kashmir’, Baghlihar symbolizes an achievement that has laid a strong foundation for the state’s future forays...
Siachen: Can This Ice Melt?
After Siachen Glacier devoured more than 130 men in a single avalanche early this month, Islamabad is again seeking a way out of the...
‘Memogate’ And Kashmir
Efforts at resolving Kashmir have often involved people who never exist in the public imagination, and they are used to achieve informally what is...
