Kashmir

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. It cannot happen without out-of-the-box thinking, and accepting the task as a mission to be accomplished with zeal and passion. India knows New Delhi can do it …

October 22, 2019 Download

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article 370, Kashmir, UNHRC, Jammu & Kashmir

Missing Factors in India’s Policy towards Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Many in India often wonder why don’t we have better relations with Pakistan and how long will we keep on bickering and fighting. Many also point to the perils of a miscalculation given that the two countries are nuclear weapons states. The most famous articulation has, of course, been that the bilateral dialogue should be ‘uninterrupted and uninterruptible.

June 3, 2017 Download

Tags: Ayub Khan, India’s Policy, Kashmir, POK, Terrorism, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Nehru Era’s Defence and Security Policies and Their Legacy

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction During the nationalist movement and struggle for independence, there was little attention paid to articulation of India’s defence and security policies by the Indian National Congress (INC). Allusions to concepts and precepts of defence of an independent India were entirely absent from INC party resolutions and documents or for that matter in the speeches of the political leadership. Click here to read full Paper

March 19, 2014 Download

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, China, Defence, Kashmir, Kashmir Conflict, Nehru Era, Pakistan, Security Policies, Tibet, Governance and Political Studies

Amarnath Yatra: Occasion to Revisit the Indian Institution of Tirtha

Dr Anirban Ganguly

Pilgrimage – tirtha – is a unique Indian civilisational institution that has fascinated and propelled people over the ages. The current issue of further curtailing the period of pilgrimage to the sacred shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir is an occasion to revisit this institution of pilgrimage and to see it within the Indian spiritual, cultural and civilisational framework.

June 19, 2012 Download

Tags: Amarnath Yatra, Kashmir, Historical and Civilisational Studies