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Security
How the Quicksand of Counter-Insurgency Operations Has Hurt Indian Army's Core Value
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.
Dec 31, 2023
Live Wire
Constant Screening for Enemies Within Undermines Indians as Citizens
Dec 14, 2022
Politics
Constant Screening for Enemies Within Undermines Indians as Citizens
The spectre of terrorism and national security is being frequently raised to disenfranchise certain people.
Dec 14, 2022
Politics
Two Recent Verdicts Show 'Veneer of Calm' in Kashmir Serves New Delhi Best
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.
Jun 03, 2022
Opinion
'Safe' Topics, Pretence and No Sign of India: What's Ailing the Raisina Dialogue?
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.
May 09, 2022
Politics
Watch | 'Refugees Are People, Not Statistics,' Says Nandita Haksar
Human rights lawyer and author Nandita Haksar discusses her new book, international refugee law, the Indian government's position on refugees and more.
Mar 28, 2022
Politics
Night of Terror: The Dust Kicked up Before the Babri Masjid Demolition
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.
Dec 06, 2021
Security
India Doesn't Understand Afghan Society or Politics. We Must Stop Pretending Otherwise.
Two Indian beliefs – of 'goodwill' from Afghan people and Taliban-inspired terrorism coming to Kashmir – are both untenable.
Aug 02, 2021
Politics
In Modi's Meeting with Kashmiri Leaders – Speaking Was the Deal, Listening Was Optional
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.
Jul 04, 2021
Politics
Minority Politics: Notes on How Muslims Have Been Political in India
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.
Mar 06, 2021
Politics
How the Modi Government Has Used – and Dropped – the 'Terrorism' Bogey
Once the bogey of terrorism threatened to impact economic interests, it became the propaganda with diminishing returns.
Oct 09, 2020
Security
What Kashmir Has to Do With the India-China Stand-Off in Ladakh
An overture of peace in Kashmir can certainly lessen the pain on India’s frontier with China.
Jul 10, 2020
Security
As They Mourn Those Killed in Action, Veterans Must Also Ask the Govt Some Basic Questions
The tragic killings of army personnel deserved the outpouring of grief and condolences that flooded social media. But they also deserve to be stopped.
May 11, 2020
Analysis
Sukma Encounter a Reminder the Government is in Urgent Need of a Maoist Strategy
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.
Apr 09, 2020
What an Outsider's Eye Can See in Kashmir
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.
Nov 07, 2019
Modi and Shah Forget that Kashmir is No Tibet, India is No China
To impose its writ, the government has had to imprison nearly 80 lakh people in their homes, disconnected from each other and the world.
Sep 14, 2019
Politics
A Dangerous Experiment Is in the Works in Kashmir
The BJP is in for the long haul in the Valley. It has money, craft and determination.
Jul 30, 2019
Security
At G20, India Again Puts Its Obsession With the 'Bogey of Terrorism' Centre Stage
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.
Jul 08, 2019
Security
Help the Living, Not Just the Martyred
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.
Apr 01, 2019
Security
Do We Really Care for Kashmir or Just the Idea of It as a Part of India?
The problem is not Pakistan. It is us.
Feb 19, 2019