My Life in Kashmir IV
See Zack’s note about this series. It also has an index of this series. Initially, Muslim majority provinces were to form Pakistan and the rest India. States were to decide their future according to...
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See Zack’s note about this series. It also has an index of this series. Our neighbour and his brother were Colonels in Maharaja’s army. They were on the border but their families were at home. Same day...
View ArticleMy Life in Kashmir VI
See Zack’s note about this series. It also has an index of this series. Previous entry here. A few days later, three women came to the house we were staying in. They were the mother, sister-in-law and...
View ArticleMy Life in Kashmir VII
See Zack’s note about this series. It also has an index of this series. Previous entry here. Another brother of our Colonel neighbor was an Additional District Magistrate (ADM). He visited us in...
View ArticleKashmir: More Than Terrorism
In a previous post, I wrote: […] would you acknowledge that Palestine, Chechnya and Kashmir issues are about more than just terrorism? Joshua Scholar in turn asked: What is the situation in Kashmir...
View ArticleHope in Conflicts?
There have been some positive developments in two major conflicts recently. I am not sure whether these will amount to much as a little progress is often followed by a lot of backtracking. But may be...
View ArticleKargil
Via The Acorn comes this Nawaz Sharif interview about Kargil. Insisting that he was kept in the dark over Pakistan Army’s Kargil aggression, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharief has said the...
View ArticleEarthquake in Pakistan
There was a devastating earthquake in the northern parts of Pakistan and India about 24 hours ago. The epicenter of the 7.6 intensity earthquake was about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Islamabad....
View ArticleKashmir Earthquake Donations
There have been many updates to my previous post about the earthquake. I have added some information about where you can donate for the relief efforts and some information sources as well. Now Manan of...
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Blog Quake Day
Desi Pundit (hat tip: Chapati Mystery) has called for organizing a day on October 26 for raising awareness to help the quake victims in South Asia. More than 50,000 people died in the October 8...
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