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J & K : Review of Developments Post the Abrogation of Article 370

… the old order has come to its justified end. There is however, much harmful weed still occupying critical spaces of socio-political, cultural and religious existence. Building a ‘new order’ in a conflict zone is always a daunting challenge. I....

October 22, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , UNHRC , Article 370

Post August 5, the Many Truths of Kashmir

Bashir Assad Article

Post the abrogation of Article 370, with restrictions in Kashmir - clampdown on communication channels through mobile and internet services - the information coming out through media outlets cannot be the depiction of the complete truth of the situat....

September 27, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir situation , Media in Kashmir , Militant diktats in Kashmir

तालियां! - जम्मू-कश्मीर अब सचमुच भारत का हिस्सा है

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM Article

तेजतर्रार हमला, सर्जिकल अभियान और अचंभा शब्दों का इस्तमाल सैन्य अभियानों में सबसे अधिक किया जा....

September 27, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , 70 साल समस्या , अनुच्छेद 370 और 35ए , पाकिस्तानी छद्म युद्ध

Accession of Jammu and Kashmir and Constitutional Provisions: A Historical Recount

… Pakistan is a self-appointed Stake Holder in Kashmir Dispute … has always displayed double standards while dealing with J&K … with this new development she has started becoming fearful about its hold on POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan. No wonder Pa....

September 16, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu and Kashmir , India’s constitutional amendment , History of Kashmir politics , Kashmir’s integration

Kashmir Urgently Needs a Fresh Intellectual Discourse

Bashir Assad Commentary

As the situation in Kashmir slowly but steadily seems to ease off, the baffling question in most quarters is that how should the Government move forward in restoring the confidence of large sections of people in the Valley. This question does not app....

September 11, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Separatist discourse in Kashmir , Kashmir of false narratives

Pakistan: Developing Narrative

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Since the 05 August 2019 revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), several strands have emerged in the developing Pakistani narrative that Prime Minister Imran Khan is spearheading. In this, the entire government machinery and espe....

August 31, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s reaction on J&K , Pakistan’s false rhetoric , Pakistan’s Muslim card

कश्मीरी आतंकियों की नई नस्ल

Bashir Assad Article

कश्मीर में आतंकवाद के मौजूदा दौर के पीछे विचारधारा की मजबूत बुनियाद है। यह 1990 के दशक की विचारधार....

August 23, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article

Repeal of Article 370 - Pakistan’s Reaction

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Articles 370 and 35 A, which gave special status to J&K were part of Indian Constitution. Their repeal does not violate any international agreement. These ensured that the people of J&K enjoyed democratic rights within the Indian Union, which the peo....

August 19, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , POK , Repeal of Article 370 , Pakistan’s Kashmir rhetoric

Three Cheers - Jammu and Kashmir is Truly Integrated with India

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM Commentary

Lightening strike, surgical operations and surprise are the terminologies most used and practiced in military operations. But here in Jammu and Kashmir, Government of India has done one better and in one step resolved the 70 years old legacy of a pr....

August 10, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Repeal of Articles 370 & 35A , Roots of Kashmir separatism , Pakistan’s antics over Kashmir

Kashmir - A New Chapter Begins

… the recent decisions of abrogation of Article 370 along with Article 35A, and bifurcation of the State … are indeed historic and will help the State and its people, chart out for itself/themselves a new future of peace, progress and integratio....

August 09, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , Article 35A , Modi Government , Article 370 , Chapter Begins