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
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
Both India and Pakistan have a long history of deploying rhetorical strategies to skirt the issue of plebiscite or complete secession of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. When feeling particularly belligerent Pakistan cries itself hoarse declaring the legitimacy of plebiscite held under United Nations auspices in J & K; India responds just as aggressively by demanding the… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share
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
