Five years after the revocation of Articles 370 and 35A, when India was supposed to have embraced Kashmir as its integral part, all natives of the former beleaguered state, and now a Union Territory, are suspects at best and legitimate targets at worst.

The recent Rajouri-Poonch incident has offered a chance to start the process of recovery and climb out of the morass. Distinguish between criminality and a genuine mistake. Instead of incentivising criminal behaviour using the plea of troops’ morale, prosecute and punish the criminals in uniform. Make an example of them.

The spectre of terrorism and national security is being frequently raised to disenfranchise certain people.

The recent verdicts in the case of Yasin Malik and Waheed Parra once again confirm that prosecution in the case of Kashmiris is based on the message that the ruler in Delhi wants to convey.

Indian money was spent on an event that neither showcased India nor put it at the centre of the discussion on issues that deeply concern it.

Human rights lawyer and author Nandita Haksar discusses her new book, international refugee law, the Indian government's position on refugees and more.

In the wake of L.K. Advani’s rath yatra, nearly 1,800 people died in different parts of India between in 1990. This is the story of what happened with my family in Agra.

Two Indian beliefs – of 'goodwill' from Afghan people and Taliban-inspired terrorism coming to Kashmir – are both untenable.

That the PM could spare so much time on such an exercise suggests that Modi wanted to reinforce the Stockholm Syndrome among Kashmiri politicians, who don't need much persuasion to feel grateful towards those they deem as oppressors.

A Muslim mainstream politician has needed to appear to be devout for the benefit of his (it has rarely been she) Muslim constituents and flaunt his liberal credentials to non-Muslim voters.

Once the bogey of terrorism threatened to impact economic interests, it became the propaganda with diminishing returns.

An overture of peace in Kashmir can certainly lessen the pain on India’s frontier with China.

The tragic killings of army personnel deserved the outpouring of grief and condolences that flooded social media. But they also deserve to be stopped.

The government, relying exclusively on muscle and force, has been unable to create a counter narrative. All it has managed is juvenile slogans like ‘Urban Naxal’ to victimise rights activists.

When you live inside the circumstance with no possibility of stepping out, all your energies are expended in surviving. It is then that you need an outsider to show you that this is not living.

To impose its writ, the government has had to imprison nearly 80 lakh people in their homes, disconnected from each other and the world.

The BJP is in for the long haul in the Valley. It has money, craft and determination.

By going on and on about terrorism – even though the G20 agenda did not include the issue – the Indian government is only facilitating Islamophobia on the mainland.

As the government builds it defence on the graveyard of the martyred, a list of things that can help soldiers who live under extreme stress.