‘Saffron Kingdom’ is a film that seeks to reclaim and humanize the Kashmir story after years of misrepresentation by the Indian film industry. It streams in Canada.
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The stark difference in women’s education statistics shows how Kashmiri girls and women are bearing a disproportionate brunt of militarized governance.
China has announced the speeding up of a dam project in Pakistan. It follows the suspension of a key water-sharing treaty by India.
Missing from the coverage of Kashmir is the story of Kashmiris as Indigenous Peoples. Their territory has been under multiple occupations since 1947 and they face intensive repression.
The killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir on April 22 has triggered a sharp escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan, bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals dangerously close to open conflict.
India has said it would suspend crucial treaty governing river flows in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan has said any disruption to water supply would be ‘an act of war.’
The Chinese president’s absence at the New Delhi G20 summit sends a message about competition between the two countries.
India’s most populous state has brought in a law to police interreligious marriages, known as the ‘love jihad’ law. Here is what that means.
Non-Kashmiris can now apply for domicile in the region, giving them access to jobs and property that were previoulsy reserved for Kashmiris.
India’s Modi government has used populist rhetoric to scare the public and turn Kashmiri Muslims into symbols of terrorist violence. The news media in India seems to be following along.
In India’s far northeast, tensions are beginning to emerge in the 22-year peace process to end India’s longest insurgency.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he’s ushering in a ‘new India.’ But this new era is of ethnic majoritarianism and erases differences, dissent and the rights of minorities.
While the world avoids calling the crime by its name, Kashmiris are facing an ongoing genocide.
For decades, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir had a special status, with its own constitution, flag and the ability to make its own laws.
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We focus on Kashmir in the third part of our India Tomorrow podcast series: its history, the lives of its people, and the conflict over its future.
This is a transcript of episode three of The Anthill podcast series India Tomorrow on Kashmir.
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