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...
Reunion Across LoC
A group of Kashmiri ladies were permitted to take the historic Jehlum Valley Road (JVR) to attende an intra-Kashmir conference at Muzaffarabad that an...
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...
Leaking Diplomacy
That it is a huge embarrassment for the State Department is an old story. The US cables leaked by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, apart...
Ceding Territory For Peace
India is ready to cede some territory to Bangladesh in return of the latter’s cooperation in ‘anti-terrorism’ needs and to buy peace with the...
Consensus on Slow and Steady
India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary talks ended on a quiet note in New Delhi perhaps signaling a willingness to make bilateral engagement uninterruptible and go slow...
Core issue not core of talks
Three wars and 60 years gone by but Indian and Pakistan have focused attention on solving Kashmir only twice despite a long history of...
Kashmir Lobbyist On Trial
For more than two decades, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai has globally been the most prominent advocate of the Kashmir 'cause'. Last week, America’s FBI...
Weary of Kashmir summers
Rush of tourists and Chidambaram’s ability to walk in the downtown Srinagar may indicate some semblance of normalcy in Kashmir but the message of...
Compulsive disengagement
With domestic political compulsions leaving India and Pakistan unable to come to any agreement on less contentious issues like Sir Creek and Siachen, there...
