In a post 9/11 world, in which the uncritical essentializing of people from the "Third-World" has been legitimized; Iraq and Afghanistan have been dehumanized in an attempt to disseminate enlightenment in those "dark" regions; the discourse of "honor killings" is… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I have often noticed that the two nuclear powers on the Indian subcontinent, India and Pakistan, attribute to Kashmiris an inferior intellect, a lineage,… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The diversity of India cannot thrive on facile attempts to create the homogeneous category of "Indian." Nor can it thrive on dubious attempts to… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse population of Indian and Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir has been unable to reach a consensus on the future… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The rhetoric of hate and binarisms pervades the politics of the "Third-World" and of the West. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Both India and Pakistan have a long history of deploying rhetorical strategies to skirt the issue of plebiscite or complete secession of the former… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
In establishment Indian and Pakistani thought, Kashmiris are defined as different from the nationals of the two countries. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
In the era of Khruschev the Soviet Union had publicly declared itself a supporter of the Indian stand on Kashmir. In 1962 a Russian… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The partition of India in 1947 legitimized the forces of masculinist nationalism and enabled hatred for the "other" to irreparably mutilate a shared anti-colonial… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
For India, Kashmir lends credibility to its secular nationalist image. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir. — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
