Abdul Ghani Bhat, a leading Kashmiri separatist, co-founded the MUF and chaired the Hurriyat Conference. His life was marked by decades of separatist involvement, political maneuvering, and personal tragedies. He died at 90, his health and influence diminished over time.
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Ever since my book, In Search of a Future was banned on Wednesday, people have been asking what it says. Relatively few know, for it…
View More My now-banned book brought out many startling revelations
In 2019, Kashmir was locked down with heavy deployment, contrasting the 1990 unrest where security collapsed. The author highlights the failures to rehabilitate Pandits and establish lasting peace, noting the ongoing militarization and societal polarization despite changes and promises.
View More 2019 deployment showed how Pandits could have been protected
Just a few days after the Pahalgam massacre in late April, I first heard in Srinagar that the ruling party was looking for arguments with…
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NEW DELHI: First, there was a series of pow-wows between Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Several social…
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Iran has proved a far tougher nut to crack than the other six countries that were said to be on a list of targets of…
View More The easy overthrow of the previous Neo-con targets lulled Israel
So, is Iran going to become another Iraq, or like Libya, or will history record that World War III began on the summer solstice, or…
View More Iran has resilience, but may remain isolated
Now that Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan has highlighted the vital importance of the question, why did Indian jets go down on the night…
View More Why did IAF jets go down? Poor Intel on latest Chinese systems
As bits of information, including videos, dribbled in on 7 May, one realised that some IAF planes seemed to have been hit. Amid the booms…
View More Intel and wrong strategic framing hamstrung IAF on 7 May
If one looks at the war-like moves last week as a chess game, several bits of evidence suggest that India knocked a slew of Pakistani…
View More Did India leap up the escalation ladder to force Pakistan down?
As the India-Pakistan drone conflict continues, questions arise over India’s strategic approach, with both sides declaring victory amid escalating tensions. Critics argue that India’s response may have inadvertently strengthened Pakistan’s position on the global stage, despite tactical gains.
View More India must refocus on strategic & diplomatic priorities
A range of BJP leaders have welcomed the announcement that the government has decided to include caste enumeration in the census, which is to take…
View More What might lurk behind the caste census move? Nitish? Rahul? US?