Kashmiriyat

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 'Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat, Kashmiriyat' is the foundation for peace in Kashmir

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose birthday on 25 December is celebrated as 'Good Governance Day', has been lauded for his policies on Kashmir since he became the prime minister of India for the first time in 1996.

Article 35A doesn't define Kashmiriyat, repealing it isn't unconstitutional: Busting common myths about J&K's 'special law'

Regardless of what the court decides on 27 August, the next date of hearing, it would help to bust a few myths surrounding Article 35A, which have been carefully fed into the Kashmiri psyche for decades

Amarnath Yatra attack: Valley's response shows no one can kill Kashmiriyat, says Mehbooba Mufti

"The attack on Amarnath pilgrims has been condemned unequivocally by people in Kashmir," Mehbooba Mufti said.

Attack on Amarnath yatris likely to deepen Hindu-Muslim divide: Kashmir should prepare for more bloodshed

The brutal attack carried out by suspected militants on on Amarnath yatris is going to change the rules of engagement in Kashmir between security forces, and militants and their sympathisers

Kashmir unrest: Rajnath Singh promises permanent solution, blames Pakistan for promoting terrorism

Admitting that the Kashmir issue was a challenge for the Narendra Modi government, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asserted that the Centre will come out with a "permanent solution" keeping in mind "Kashmir, Kashmiris and Kashmiriyat".

Kashmir, Kashmiris, Kashmiriyat belongs to us, problems only limited to three-and-half district: BJP

Blaming Pakistan for trying to destabilise and weaken India through violence in Kashmir, Rajnath said that Kashmir - along with its people - belonged to India.

Kashmir unrest: As the Valley loses the perception battle, it's time for Kashmiris to introspect

More than a military problem, or an emotional question, Kashmir has become a battle of perceptions.

Mehbooba Mufti roughed up: Chaos at an event organised for women self-help groups

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was roughed up at a meeting with members of women self-help groups in Kashmir

Hizbul Mujahideen's Zakir Musa vs Hurriyat: Terrorists should not be allowed to set the agenda for Kashmir

The most important point is that all the militancy-prone districts of the valley cited above comprise only 7.2 percent of the total geographical area of the state that is with India at the moment.

Kashmir crisis: India must be ruthless in restoring law and order, enough of futile 'healing touch'

A new wave of fatalism on Kashmir is upon us. This fatalism isn’t the one that a CRPF jawan or a Kashmiri youth faces in the Valley on a daily basis. The fatalism I'm referring to is shaped hundreds of kilometers away in Delhi where romantic notions still abound of aman ki aasha with Pakistan and Kashmir violence is attributed solely to India's political failure. These fatalists give the governments in Centre and state far more power and agency than they really wield in Kashmir.