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Kashmir: Beyond Article 370. By Bashir Assad. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2020. 177 pp. Rs. 595/-

Bashir Assad, the Kashmiri writer has come out with yet another interesting and insightful study of Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370. To quote Bashir, he has brought out the “bitter truth following his inner voice” underscoring the....

March 18, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , Article 370 , Book Reviews , Kashmir: Beyond Article 370 , Bashir Assad , Kashmiri Muslims

All Quiet in Kashmir?

Bashir Assad Commentary

Kashmir is relatively calm since the last couple of months. No street protests, no encounters between the militants and the security forces. Last encounter was reported on November 26 between the militants and the forces in Pulwama district of South ....

January 09, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan , FATF , infiltration , ISI , Article 370 , Intelligence , Communications

Post 370 Kashmir - Roadmap for the future and Emerging Security Challenges

As Jammu and Kashmir enters the fifth month since the abrogation of Article 370, the national and international media, opposition leaders, and many public intellectuals have continued to repeatedly raise serious concerns about the security and commun....

January 06, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu and Kashmir , Article 370 , Post 370 Kashmir

As the 2019 Ends on a Mixed Note, the Tasks for 2020 are Clear

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The year 2019 will go down as one of the most seminal years for India. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), won a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections with the BJP winning a record 303 seats on its ....

December 27, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , economy , Ram Mandir , elections , Article 370 , NRC , Balakot strike , Triple Talaq , CAA , Strategic Communication

Kashmir: The Climb Ahead

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

“Don’t hit at all if it is honourably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft”, - Theodore Roosevelt

A State of Complexities

At the time of India’s independence, the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was, by the ver....

November 14, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Kashmir , Article 370 , Mainstreaming challenges in Kashmir , Kashmir imperatives

J & K : Review of Developments Post the Abrogation of Article 370

Abhinav Pandya

… 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. I....

October 22, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , UNHRC , Article 370

Interaction with the Delegation from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), China

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Dr Lou Chunhao, Deputy Director Institute of South Asian Studies and Dr Zhang Shujian from the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR). The opening remarks were delivered ....

August 28, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , UNSC , CPEC , Article 370 , BRI , Informal Summit

Constitutional Amendment - Responses from West Asia

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Responses of individual West Asian States on India’s decision to annul to revoke Article 370 and Article 35A has been multi-faceted and mostly focused on controlling the situation rather than any direct criticism for change in India’s policy. Sau....

August 28, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Article 370 , India’s constitutional amendment , West Asia on Kashmir

Article 370: Abrogation for Progress and Development of Jammu & Kashmir

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The divesting of Art 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution from within its own provisions and by way of Presidential decrees was a stroke of legal genius by PM Modi’s government – these Articles were seen by the rest of India as anachronistic an....

August 19, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Jammu & Kashmir , Article 35A , Article 370 , Next step in Kashmir , Integrated development in Kashmir

Kashmir - A New Chapter Begins

… the recent decisions of abrogation of Article 370 along with Article 35A, and bifurcation of the State … are indeed historic and will help the State and its people, chart out for itself/themselves a new future of peace, progress and integratio....

August 09, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , Article 35A , Modi Government , Article 370 , Chapter Begins