Dr. Nyla Ali Khan During the last two decades, each military crisis between India and Pakistan has been followed by attempts at diplomatic rapprochement, which have turned out to be fiascos. The two countries go through sporadic peacemaking efforts, characterised by negotiations. For instance, in January 2004, the then Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,...
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is shielding the criminals. The former deputy chief minister made the statement after the Supreme Court reprimanded the CBI for transferring officials probing the Muzaffarpur Shelter home. “The way, in which Supreme Court is scolding Nitish Kumar and Bihar government, time and again,...
Syed Basharat Hussian The recent war between the two top officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation was actually a direct result of the Modi-led BJP government by appointing its favoured Alok Verma as the Director in 2017, and then inserting another favourite Rakesh Asthana . Rakesh Asthana – Asthana a high-profile Gujarat-cadre officer who...
Syed Basharat In June 2018 Indian National Congress issued a statement under the theme of BJP & Corruption: A saga of the last four years, where they alleged that the corruption has increased under the Modi Government. The statement reads as follows “Almost five years have passed since the Narendra Modi government assumed power. One...
The “significant progress” said to have been made during six days of talks between US officials and the Afghan Taliban suggests that both sides are serious about trying to find a peaceful solution to a 17-year conflict that has scarred Afghanistan. But with the Taliban currently refusing to hold direct talks with Afghan officials, and...
Dr Nyla Ali Khan Armed insurgency and counter insurgency in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Jammu and Kashmir scorched the landscape, blighting educational and economic opportunities. Despite their active role in political mobilization of 1931, the Quit Kashmir movement (anti-monarchical movement) of 1946, and the fierce nationalism of 1947, terror made women revert...
By: Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi Heartbreaking News: 13th January 2019, was a shocking day for me and many others. Early in the morning, we received the heartbreaking news of the demise of well-versed scholar of Fiqh and Hadeeth after his prolonged illness which he had been fighting for about three years. As he was famous...
Nyla Ali Khan My book Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s Reflections on Kashmir (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) is a compendium of the speeches and interviews of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who reigned as Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to 1953, and who was a large presence on the political landscape of...
Dr. Nyla Ali Khan I had the honor of being invited to the Oklahoma Conference of Churches 2017 Annual Dinner by the Reverend William Tabbernee. This event was held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, which, to my mind, symbolizes the dynamism of cultures and histories...
The strategic partnership of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in UP is very crucial in the run to 2019 general election in India. The Indian National Congress should have been taken on board but its arrogance, as seen in recent past during Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgar and Rajasthan elections, might be among the...