Dec 03 2019
The 'Israel model': The fragile paradise of Kashmir faces an existential threat
India's Hindu nationalists have learnt from their allies in Israel. The results can be seen in Kashmir.
A house of absolute tragedy
When Kashmir appears as an international issue, it does so as a “problem” – a “bilateral” and “territorial” dispute between India, Pakistan and China, three nuclear-armed powers. Such a perspective reduces Kashmir to a piece of land which can be bought or fought over, without considering the perspective and aspirations of millions of the region’s inhabitants. The Indian state has argued that Kashmir is a “bilateral” dispute to be solved through dialogue with Pakistan – a position that both excludes international mediation and the perspectives of Kashmiris themselves. Meanwhile, the Indian government uses the singular lens of terrorism--expansively defined as everything from armed conflict to stone pelting to civil disobedience--to conceal the reality of Indian occupation, erase more than 100 years of struggle for sovereignty led by the people of Kashmir, and delegitimize...
Dec 03 2019
The 'Israel model': The fragile paradise of Kashmir faces an existential threat
India's Hindu nationalists have learnt from their allies in Israel. The results can be seen in Kashmir.
Jan 05 2020
During my Christmas in Kashmir, stories of survival, resistance, and pain
Not one person of about 100 people I talked with in the four camps I visited had been able to talk to their family in IOK since Aug 5.
Dec 06 2019
Is Kashmir India’s Palestine?
With India’s increased oppression of the people of Kashmir, one cannot help but see similarities to Israel’s decades-long, brutal oppression of the Palestinians.
Aug 08 2019
Call the crime in Kashmir by its name: Ongoing genocide
Tensions have escalated between the countries many times in the past and have sometimes resulted in military confrontation.
Aug 15 2019
The Silence Is the Loudest Sound
The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications blackout.
Dec 02 2019
India is escalating Kashmir conflict by painting it as terrorism
The greatest threat to Indian security is communal violence, not terrorism.
Oct 17 2019
How can Canada ignore the conflict in Kashmir?
India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, are at the brink of war over Kashmir. It should be at the heart of foreign policy debate by our party leaders.
Aug 18 2019
Kashmir, Solidarity and the Canadian State
I agree entirely that Kashmir deserves our solidarity in the face of the Indian government’s repression and denial of its constitutional rights.
Aug 16 2019
To Kashmir, the country without a post office, with love
I remember running around Dal Lake in the Kashmir Valley as a teenager, counting the soldiers as I passed by.
Nov 21 2019
Kashmir under India's new order
Inside Kashmir: Under India’s new order, ominous quiet reigns, but resistance lives on
Dec 18 2019
The Crisis In Kashmir Has Started A Conversation I Don’t Know How To Have
This year I picked up a pastime I thought was reserved for white people: fighting with my family about their terrible politics.
Aug 17 2019
Understanding Kashmir
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Suvir Kaul, a historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, about India's move to assert itself in Kashmir.
Aug 03 2020
Kashmir’s grim one-year lockdown anniversary
August 5 will mark one year of military lockdown in Indian administered Kashmir.
Jul 30 2020
Which Kashmir? Pakistan wala ya India? Konsa Kashmir? Pakistan's or India's?
This piece is part of APLA’s newest Speaking Justice to Power Series, which focuses on Kashmir.
Jul 30 2020
Kashmir: Silence Is Not An Option
In this season of global confinement and mass suffering, of protests and historical reckonings, we focus our attention on Kashmir, where the word lockdown has long been tethered to collective struggle.
Jul 27 2020
Canada stands idly by, as Kashmir passes a year of military occupation by India
August 5 will mark a year of military lockdown for the people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK).
Mar 04 2020
Interrogating the "Normal" in Kashmir
Report of a Visit to the Valley, January 31 to February 5, 2020
Jan 29 2020
Both Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits will have to find empathy, generosity to overcome their political differences
If Pandits return to Kashmir, as they should, they may have to live in fear as their Sikh and Muslim brethren do.
Jan 22 2020
What about the Kashmiri Pandits? – Thirty Years Later, Make the Question Count
An empty question, cynically recycled in tweets and speeches, needs to be replaced with actual questions about healing for Kashmiri Pandits, their culture, and for Kashmir itself.
Jan 23 2020
Shared Trauma Underpins Sikh-Muslim Solidarity in Kashmir
The state should remember that its repression will only deepen solidarities amongst persecuted minorities and also Hindus who recognise the perversion of their faith.
Jan 15 2020
Kashmir: Memories of Colonial Unknowing
With India's revocation of Article 370, Kashmiri azaadi (freedom) has been made more difficult. How should an Indian speak about and stand with Kashmir in this context?
Aug 18 2019
How to be an ally with Kashmir: War stories from the kitchen
As Kashmiris are confronted with a new era of settler colonialism, we must take a stand against the violence.
Nov 11 2019
Normalcy in Kashmir seems far away
Regular lockdowns of internet communication coupled with discord in Kashmir and government interference in the Indian media doesn’t augur well for the future of the state.
Dec 03 2019
The 'Israel model': The fragile paradise of Kashmir faces an existential threat
India's Hindu nationalists have learnt from their allies in Israel. The results can be seen in Kashmir.
Jan 05 2020
During my Christmas in Kashmir, stories of survival, resistance, and pain
Not one person of about 100 people I talked with in the four camps I visited had been able to talk to their family in IOK since Aug 5.
Dec 06 2019
Is Kashmir India’s Palestine?
With India’s increased oppression of the people of Kashmir, one cannot help but see similarities to Israel’s decades-long, brutal oppression of the Palestinians.
Aug 08 2019
Call the crime in Kashmir by its name: Ongoing genocide
Tensions have escalated between the countries many times in the past and have sometimes resulted in military confrontation.
Aug 15 2019
The Silence Is the Loudest Sound
The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications blackout.
Dec 02 2019
India is escalating Kashmir conflict by painting it as terrorism
The greatest threat to Indian security is communal violence, not terrorism.
Oct 17 2019
How can Canada ignore the conflict in Kashmir?
India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, are at the brink of war over Kashmir. It should be at the heart of foreign policy debate by our party leaders.
Aug 18 2019
Kashmir, Solidarity and the Canadian State
I agree entirely that Kashmir deserves our solidarity in the face of the Indian government’s repression and denial of its constitutional rights.
Aug 16 2019
To Kashmir, the country without a post office, with love
I remember running around Dal Lake in the Kashmir Valley as a teenager, counting the soldiers as I passed by.
Nov 21 2019
Kashmir under India's new order
Inside Kashmir: Under India’s new order, ominous quiet reigns, but resistance lives on
Dec 18 2019
The Crisis In Kashmir Has Started A Conversation I Don’t Know How To Have
This year I picked up a pastime I thought was reserved for white people: fighting with my family about their terrible politics.
Aug 17 2019
Understanding Kashmir
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Suvir Kaul, a historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, about India's move to assert itself in Kashmir.
Aug 03 2020
Kashmir’s grim one-year lockdown anniversary
August 5 will mark one year of military lockdown in Indian administered Kashmir.
Jul 30 2020
Which Kashmir? Pakistan wala ya India? Konsa Kashmir? Pakistan's or India's?
This piece is part of APLA’s newest Speaking Justice to Power Series, which focuses on Kashmir.
Jul 30 2020
Kashmir: Silence Is Not An Option
In this season of global confinement and mass suffering, of protests and historical reckonings, we focus our attention on Kashmir, where the word lockdown has long been tethered to collective struggle.
Jul 27 2020
Canada stands idly by, as Kashmir passes a year of military occupation by India
August 5 will mark a year of military lockdown for the people of Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK).
Mar 04 2020
Interrogating the "Normal" in Kashmir
Report of a Visit to the Valley, January 31 to February 5, 2020
Jan 29 2020
Both Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits will have to find empathy, generosity to overcome their political differences
If Pandits return to Kashmir, as they should, they may have to live in fear as their Sikh and Muslim brethren do.
Jan 22 2020
What about the Kashmiri Pandits? – Thirty Years Later, Make the Question Count
An empty question, cynically recycled in tweets and speeches, needs to be replaced with actual questions about healing for Kashmiri Pandits, their culture, and for Kashmir itself.
Jan 23 2020
Shared Trauma Underpins Sikh-Muslim Solidarity in Kashmir
The state should remember that its repression will only deepen solidarities amongst persecuted minorities and also Hindus who recognise the perversion of their faith.
Jan 15 2020
Kashmir: Memories of Colonial Unknowing
With India's revocation of Article 370, Kashmiri azaadi (freedom) has been made more difficult. How should an Indian speak about and stand with Kashmir in this context?
Aug 18 2019
How to be an ally with Kashmir: War stories from the kitchen
As Kashmiris are confronted with a new era of settler colonialism, we must take a stand against the violence.
Nov 11 2019
Normalcy in Kashmir seems far away
Regular lockdowns of internet communication coupled with discord in Kashmir and government interference in the Indian media doesn’t augur well for the future of the state.
Dec 03 2019
The 'Israel model': The fragile paradise of Kashmir faces an existential threat
India's Hindu nationalists have learnt from their allies in Israel. The results can be seen in Kashmir.