Author: David Devadas

Reading the G-20 Leaders’ Declaration (issued at their annual summit last weekend) alongside the carping of several Western analysts makes one feels like Alice in Wonderland. Read in its entirety, the long and detailed Declaration shows a great deal of thought, inputs, and negotiations. Different lines in many of the paragraphs seem to reflect the […]

For many, ‘Jawan’ is an indictment of the state of the nation over the past few years

Nine years ago today, a colossal flood submerged two-third of the Kashmir Valley. It inundated areas around the city centre and Lal Chowk in Srinagar, and reached the second storey of buildings in the upmarket Rajbagh locality on the banks of the Jhelum river. Even the Army cantonment in Badami Bagh, perched on the edge […]

Control of the Indian Ocean region is critical for China’s economy, and its strategic ambitions.

While India wants a multi-polar world, China might prefer a large anti-West forum.

Govt’s propaganda campaigns in J&K have largely been fruitless   

As militancy creeps back, the opportunity for real integration and re-establishment of Kashmiri Pandits, seems to have been frittered away

This is the third in a series of articles written by journalist David Devadas’ on the fourth anniversary of the introduction of constitutional changes in J&K

This is the second part of David Devadas’ series on the impact of constitutional changes introduced in J&K 4 years ago

People are yearning for elections and the return of the same politicians who were previously sidelined. This desire seems to reflect a longing for the old and criticized 'ecosystem,' where separatism and violence once thrived.