Kashmir

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Washington Post: For more than 70 years, India and Pakistan have waged sporadic and deadly skirmishes over control of the mountainous region of Kashmir. Tens of thousands have died in the conflict, including three …

India’s external affairs minister made a pointed correction to US Senator Lindsey Graham after the latter suggested the Kashmir issue should be resolved between “two democracies.” The minister argued it’s only up to one. Commenting on international conflicts and whether they could be resolved by way of democracy at the…

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday slammed all references to Kashmir made by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his visit to Pakistan and advised him not to interfere in India’s internal matters. In a statement, Indian foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said Kashmir was an “integral and inalienable part of…

Indian paramilitary troopers in Kashmir on August 5, 2019. (Photo by Muzamil Mattoo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Fahad Shah is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Time, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, the South China Morning Post, and elsewhere. He is also the founding editor and publisher of the…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to offer around 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares) of land in Kashmir as part of a business summit planned for April or May to help the Himalayan region after withdrawing its special rights and making sweeping administrative changes. FILE PHOTO: Empty houseboats are seen at…

Written by Aanchal Magazine | Updated: February 10, 2020 8:54:10 am Terming the Kashmiri Pandits issue as a political issue or heightened consciousness of being a minority is yet another fallacy.It was the fall of 2018 when after a four-day stay in Srinagar, Kashmir, I, along with my mother, was…

Written by Alaka Sahani | Updated: February 7, 2020 7:14:24 am A still from Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film Shikara.Writer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra on the film Shikara, his connect with Kashmir, the Pandit exodus and why the only solution to hate is love. You have been working on a movie on…

The world's forgotten conflict needs the international community's attention now more than ever. The long-suffering people of Kashmir deserve a ceasefire, reconciliation, and stability – and it is the duty of the UN to advance this goal by appointing a special envoy to the region. OSLO – After more than 70…

Written by Nishant Shekhar | New Delhi | Updated: February 3, 2020 9:39:22 pm Vidhu Vinod Chopra directorial Shikara will hit screens on February 7.Why did you decide to go with the title Shikara? Shikara is a cultural symbol of Kashmir. The movie is about Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus and while…

Image caption Those that survived the avalanches have been cut off from outside help "There was nothing but horrible signs of death under the snow," Shakila recalls. "My 11-month-old daughter was on one side of me, and the dead body of my sister-in-law on …