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By Arvind Lavakare On Wednesday, August 16th, 2017
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Mehbooba Is Already Enjoying A Rare ‘Azadi’- Il

[contextly_sidebar id=”5I5kPie3y2VXZ3Y4E8ueWsETwhX4dUtx”] Constitutional Lollipops to J&K Cripple Idea of India The Indian Constitution’s Article 370, Clauses 1 (c) and (d) say that —- “(c) More...

By Arvind Lavakare On Friday, August 11th, 2017
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Mehbooba Is Already Enjoying A Rare ‘Azadi’- I

Big Compromise with J&K on National Laws The truth is finally out. Mehbooba Mufti is an ardent supporter of the evil “separatist” agenda in J&K, if not a “separatist” herself. For all you know, she More...

By Ram Ohri On Monday, June 19th, 2017
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Book Review: Jammu & Kashmir – Dilemma of Accession by Radha Rajan

Jammu and Kashmir Dilemma of Accession: A Historical Analysis and Lesson by Radha Rajan has been published by Voice of India, New Delhi and is available on Amazon.   The mystery surrounding the delayed accession More...

By Kalavai Venkat On Thursday, June 15th, 2017
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India’s Forgotten Soldiers: An Appeal to those criticizing them

I met an Indian colleague at work for the first time. We have interacted remotely many times but he lives in Manhattan while I live across the continent. So, this was the first in-person meeting. He mentioned that More...

By Ram Ohri On Saturday, June 3rd, 2017
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Tackling Jihad-e Kashmir And Ghazwa-e Hind

The Kashmir Valley continues to be a major zone of religion-based fault-line conflict in India. There have been frequent displays of ISIS flags and jihadi symbols along with pro-Pakistani activity by militant groups More...

By Vivek Sinha On Saturday, April 15th, 2017
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Flashpoint Kashmir: How and why an average Kashmiri is robbed of his dreams

Yet again the picturesque Kashmir Valley is in news for wrong reasons. This time the big talk is about violence during by-elections of the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency that led to the death of eight boys. Over More...

By Poulasta Chakraborthy On Saturday, July 4th, 2015
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Amnesty International’s Christine Mehta: Proud to break the law

Broke the law, and proud of it. That seems to be the attitude of Christine Mehta, an employee of Amnesty International who as an American citizen applied and received the status of an OCI. In an article in the Hindu More...

By Kaushik Chatterjee On Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
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Tripura: A Success Story

Tripura is one of India’s North-eastern states. It is bordered by Bangladesh on three sides, with only the western part connected to India. The state figured prominently in the works of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath More...

By Shobha Srivastava On Friday, January 17th, 2014
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Cleansing the media-made distortion of AFSPA

Note: The authors of this article gratefully acknowledge the inputs given by an army officer–who wishes to remain anonymous–involved in insurgency combat in the area.  Introduction The summer of 2012–2013 More...