The Kashmir Dispute and Its Effects Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has no resolution in sight. Ironically, the people of Kashmir have no affinity towards either of the two countries. POK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) citizens are fighting Pakistan occupation, and IOK (India occupied Kashmir) citizens are fighting Indian occupation. Both the occupied lands, nevertheless, are excellent tourist destinations with an inherently warm culture — as can be gauged from…

Kashmiri Nationalism The below is a quote from the book “Our Moon Has Blood Clots” by Rahul Pandita, who is a Kashmiri migrant. I have a purpose in quoting the lines below. The lines below juxtapose humanism and nationalism. Further, I have boldened the words “Kashmiri migrant”. That’s because this is how the whole of India, including the author of the book, consider Kashmiris as. In other words, till date,…

What is Akhand Bharat? Akhand Bharat (or less threatning Akhand Hindustan) not only includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh but also Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Myanmar and even Tibet: basically all the lands where Britishers colonized or tried colonizing. This is different from the RSS concept of Hindu Rashtra. However, they indeed want to identify Akhand Bharat with Hindu Rashtra. This becomes evident from the statements of RSS ideologues,…

Quota in Promotions in Jobs: The Incidental Question Should there be quota in promotions in jobs? Incidental to this debate is another legal question. Will the constitutional amendment introduced in the parliament pass the test of judicial scrutiny? I don’t intend to discuss the second question except to express a prima-facie view that there wouldn’t be any challenge to the basic structure of the constitution by introducing quota in promotions…

Norway Kids Dispute in Nutshell The Norway kids dispute is tragic, reflecting the complete failure of Indian diplomacy. The only question arising in the Norway kids dispute is whether the Norway government has any right to keep the kids in their custody. The answer is an unequivocal no. Let’s analysze the case. The Norwegian authorities have forcefully handed over the custody of one three-year-old and another one-year-old kid to some…