Americans In Kashmir History
Admiral Chester W Nimitz
(February 24, 1885- February 20, 1966)
A five star admiral, Chester William Nimitz retired as US’s chief of naval operations (CNO) in...
Buying out the West
The rise of Indian clout has an overwhelming influence on the West’s policy towards Kashmir, which until recent times favoured a resolution taking Kashmiri...
Kashmir in America
The second generation of around a 1000 Kashmiri American families feel more closer to their ancestral land and are making small efforts in their own way to help alleviate sufferings of their brethren. A Kashmir Life report.
Karakoram’s Newerland
Islamabad’s fresh dose of autonomy to the erstwhile Northern Areas have created a lot of heat and dust. R S Gull profiles the region’s history...
Exploring deadlock
The India Pakistan dialogue seems to have broken before it was restarted, but Indian side suggests its agenda was exploratory and the results were...
Reducing trust deficit
India and Pakistan foreign secretaries’ meet at Islamabad has not made much headway though the two have prepared the ground and agenda for the...
Where is PM’s authority?
As United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government celebrates a year in power in its second stint, questions on Prime Minister’s authority are being raised. Iftikhar...
Fast Forwarded
The Indo-Pak composite dialogue facing hiccups since its 26/11 pause, is seeing a sudden boost with talks at three levels lined up in Islamabad....
Axis of Asia
Its proximity to China, Russia and India, is both boon and bane for Gilgit Baltistan. Empowered by the 2009 LFO, it wants all its...
Yearning to cross over
In four years of its operation, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus has ferried 11,000 passengers across the Line of Control to meet their families. Thousands are...
Quite Dialogue
New Delhi has ordered a ban on prepaid mobile telephony in Jammu and Kashmir citing “serious security concerns”. This comes just after the announcements...
Dragon diplomacy
As India and Pakistan keep fighting their hot and cold wars – physical and diplomatic – over Kashmir, China is often considered the silent...
Gobbling Dragon
New Delhi is countering leaked reports of Chinese incursions by denials, But China’s steady encroachments in Ladakh are an open secret. KASHMIR LIFE assesses...
‘A plague on both their houses’
Career diplomat and one of the many South Asian experts in US Howard B Schaffer’s just released book ‘The limits of influence’: America’s role...
Three Kashmiris in White House
A Kashmir born woman become third Kashmiri origin person to join team Obama. Farah Pandit will take care of the Washington’s outreach efforts in...