Kashmir At The Crossroads

Author : Sumantra Bose
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300262711

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Kashmir at the Crossroads by Sumantra Bose Pdf

An authoritative, fresh, and vividly written account of the Kashmir conflict—from 1947 to the present The India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir is one of the world’s incendiary conflicts. Since 1990, at least 60,000 people have been killed—insurgents, civilians, and military and police personnel. In 2019, the conflict entered a dangerous new phase. India’s Hindu nationalist government, under Narendra Modi, repealed Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomous status and divided it into two territories subject to New Delhi’s direct rule. The drastic move was accompanied by mass arrests and lengthy suspension of mobile and internet services. In this definitive account, Sumantra Bose examines the conflict in Kashmir from its origins to the present volatile juncture. He explores the global context of the current situation, including China’s growing role, as well as the human tragedy of the people caught in the bitter dispute. Drawing on three decades of field experience in Kashmir, Bose asks whether a compromise settlement is still possible given the ascendancy of Hindu nationalism in India and the complex geopolitical context.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390742730

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Kashmir at the Crossroads by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231540254

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Pakistan at the Crossroads by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

In Pakistan at the Crossroads, top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions between civilians and the military, strategies of political parties, police and law enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, economic challenges, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the United States. In addition to ethnic strife in Baluchistan and Karachi, terrorist violence in Pakistan in response to the American-led military intervention in Afghanistan and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas by means of drones, as well as to Pakistani army operations in the Pashtun area, has reached an unprecedented level. There is a growing consensus among state leaders that the nation's main security threats may come not from India but from its spiraling internal conflicts, though this realization may not sufficiently dissuade the Pakistani army from targeting the country's largest neighbor. This volume is therefore critical to grasping the sophisticated interplay of internal and external forces complicating the country's recent trajectory.

Author : Arundhati Roy,Pankaj Mishra,Hilal Bhatt,Angana P. Chatterji,Tariq Ali
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781844677351

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Kashmir by Arundhati Roy,Pankaj Mishra,Hilal Bhatt,Angana P. Chatterji,Tariq Ali Pdf

Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world—and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human- rights abuses and atrocities are routinely visited on its Muslim-majority population. In the last two decades alone, over seventy thousand people have died. Ignored by its own corrupt politicians, abandoned by Pakistan and the West, which refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally, India, the Kashmiri people’s ongoing quest for justice and self- determination continues to be brutally suppressed. Exploring the causes and consequences of the occupation, Kashmir: The Case for Freedom is a passionate call for the end of occupation, and for the right of self- determination for the Kashmiri people.

Author : Victoria Schofield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949
ISBN : 0755619757

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Kashmir in Conflict by Victoria Schofield Pdf

"Why has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquillity, become a major flashpoint, threatening the stability of a region of great strategic importance and challenging the integrity of the Indian state? This book examines the Kashmir conflict in its historical context, from the period when the valley was an independent kingdom right up to the struggles of the present day. Located on the borders of China, Central Asia and the Sub-Continent, the insurgency in the valley has also created serious tensions between India and Pakistan. Drawing upon research in India and Pakistan, as well as historical sources, this book traces the origins of the state in the 19th century and the controversial "sale" by the British of the predominantly Muslim valley to a Hindu Maharaja in 1846. Through an exploration of the implications for Kashmir of independence in 1947, it gives a critical account of why, for Kashmir, self-determination may seem a more attractive option than affiliation to a larger multi-racial whole."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Author : N. Khan
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137029579

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The Parchment of Kashmir by N. Khan Pdf

A cross-disciplinary anthology on contemporary Kashmir by academics from Jammu and Kashmir, the first such volume to appear. The book offers a panorama of key cultural concerns of Jammu and Kashmir today, incorporating analysis of military, cultural, religious, and social aspects of the society and polity.

Author : Fozia Nazir Lone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004359994

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Historical Title, Self-Determination and the Kashmir Question by Fozia Nazir Lone Pdf

In Historical Title, Self-Determination and the Kashmir Question, Lone offers a fresh framework, while recognising signs of spreading terrorism in the region, to understand the rights of the Kashmiri people and how they could be addressed by the international community.

Author : Iqbal Chand Malhotra,M. Maroof Raza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : India
ISBN : 9390358620

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Kashmir's Untold Story by Iqbal Chand Malhotra,M. Maroof Raza Pdf

Author : Christopher Snedden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849043427

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Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris by Christopher Snedden Pdf

Examines the strategic and historical circumstances surrounding the British creation and handing over of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, the Maharaja's accession to India, and the unintended consequences of these actions.

Author : P. S. Verma
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House Private
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032238308

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Jammu and Kashmir at the Political Crossroads by P. S. Verma Pdf

Author : Sumantra Bose
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674728202

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Transforming India by Sumantra Bose Pdf

A nation of 1.25 billion people composed of numerous ethnic, linguistic, religious, and caste communities, India is the world’s most diverse democracy. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork and experience of Indian politics, Sumantra Bose tells the story of democracy’s evolution in India since the 1950s—and describes the many challenges it faces in the early twenty-first century. Over the past two decades, India has changed from a country dominated by a single nationwide party into a robust multiparty and federal union, as regional parties and leaders have risen and flourished in many of India’s twenty-eight states. The regionalization of the nation’s political landscape has decentralized power, given communities a distinct voice, and deepened India’s democracy, Bose finds, but the new era has also brought fresh dilemmas. The dynamism of India’s democracy derives from the active participation of the people—the demos. But as Bose makes clear, its transformation into a polity of, by, and for the people depends on tackling great problems of poverty, inequality, and oppression. This tension helps explain why Maoist revolutionaries wage war on the republic, and why people in the Kashmir Valley feel they are not full citizens. As India dramatically emerges on the global stage, Transforming India: Challenges to the World’s Largest Democracy provides invaluable analysis of its complexity and distinctiveness.

Author : A.S. with Sinha, Aditya Dulat
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789352772971

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Kashmir the Vajpayee Years by A.S. with Sinha, Aditya Dulat Pdf

Srinagar in the winter of 1989 was an eerie ghost town witnessing the beginnings of a war dance. The dam burst the night boys from the separatist JKLF group were freed in exchange for the release of Rubaiya Sayeed, the Union home minister's daughter. As Farooq Abdullah had predicted, the government's caving in emboldened many Kashmiris into thinking that azaadi was possible. It was a long, slow haul to regaining control. From then to now, A.S. Dulat has had a continuous engagement with Kashmir in various capacities. The initiatives launched by the Vajpayee government, in power from 1998 to 2004, were the high point of this constant effort to keep balance in a delicate state. In this extraordinary memoir, Dulat gives a sweeping account of the difficulties, successes and near triumphs in the effort to bring back Kashmir from the brink. He shows the players, the politics, the strategies and the true intent and sheer ruthlessness of the meddlers from across the border. Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years paints an unforgettable portrait of politics in India's most beautiful but troubled state.

Author : Nosheen Ali
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108497442

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Delusional States by Nosheen Ali Pdf

Offers a pioneering study of state-making, religion, and development in contemporary Pakistan and its northern frontier.

Author : Myra MacDonald
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787387515

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White as the Shroud by Myra MacDonald Pdf

Between South and Central Asia, in the high mountains and cold deserts, India, Pakistan and China have fought brutal wars over barren, uninhabited territory in a bid for control over their national peripheries, including Xinjiang and Tibet in China, and Jammu and Kashmir on the Indian subcontinent. White as the Shroud explores this broader story through the most surreal of such conflicts: the Siachen war, fought between India and Pakistan for control of the eponymous glacier. The tale of Siachen highlights the absurdity of seeking hard borders in such desolate mountains, as well as the brutality of high-altitude warfare—more soldiers were killed by the weather and terrain than by the fighting. As one of the few people to have visited both sides of the glacier, Indian and Pakistani, Myra MacDonald provides a first-hand view of the battlefield and a wealth of eyewitness testimony from combatants. She sets this account in the overarching narrative of the Kashmir conflict, India’s defeat by China in 1962, and the 1999 India-Pakistan Kargil war. White as the Shroudbrings a fresh perspective to one of the most volatile corners of the world, raising questions about borders and the wars fought to defend them.

Author : Aparna Rao,Michael Bollig,Monika Böck
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 085745059X

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The Practice of War by Aparna Rao,Michael Bollig,Monika Böck Pdf

The fact is that war comes in many guises and its effects continue to be felt long after peace is proclaimed. This challenges the anthropologists who write of war as participant observers. Participant observation inevitably deals with the here and now, with the highly specific. It is only over the long view that one can begin to see the commonalities that emerge from the different forms of conflict and can begin to generalize. [From the Introduction] More needs to be understood about the ways of war and its effects. What implications does war have for people, their lived-in communities and larger political systems; how do they cope and adjust in war situations and how do they deal with the changed world that they inhabit once peace is declared? Through a series of essays that move from looking at the nature of violence to the peace processes that follow it, this important book provides some answers to these questions. It also analyzes those new dimensions of social interaction, such as the internet, which now provide a bridge between local concerns and global networks and are fundamentally altering the practices of war.