politics

How Israel is destroying its own reputation

Israeli claims of being threatened on all sides fail to acknowledge that co-existence, recognition of rights and dignity must run both ways.

Historic Kashmir elections to shape its political future

The election to the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly will be crucial for defining the region’s political future.

Kashmir’s high-stakes polls for low-power assembly

The Union Territory government will have powers similar to a municipal authority, but a lot more than that is on the line.

Is the Jammu and Kashmir election a quest for political agency?

The Pakistani standoff aside, the Indian government must go beyond ensuring only procedural democracy in the Kashmir Valley.

What’s at stake as Kashmir goes to the polls

The Indian government will have to take a considered view on doing more than statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.