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Jayaprakash Narayan commented-through his speeches, statement and writings on Jammu and Kashmir state-more than any other Indian leaders. As conscience keeper of India with an independent mind and moral courage, he expressed his views on the developments in the state from pre-independence days to the latest days of his life. He was admired as well as condemned by the people and leaders of the country but never ignored. He was the profoundest influence on the ...
After 1947, Muslims of India, acquired a different form, in terms of their role, status, problems challenges and opportunities. The partition of the country divided them in two and later three parts and led their political, bureaucratic and intellectual elite to migrate to Pakistan. The expert opinion was divided about their very future. W.C. Smith, a renowned scholar of Islam, for instance, believed that "Islam in India would emerge as more progressive, ...
Kashmir: Insurgency and After attempts to understand the nature and historical roots of the insurgency in Kashmir, and examines the causes and consequences of the blood-soaked rupture between the Kashmiri people and the Indian state. It delves into the erosion of the basis for secular and democratic politics in the state by narrating the history of its alienation from the rest of the country. The author argues that the politics of secession and the militancy of ...