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Defining religion in the context of Arunachal Pradesh has always been a challenge. The state and its human population were not completely isolated from the mainland Indian culture and society even in the remote past. This book has tried to relate the religious history of Arunachal Pradesh with the existing evidence in the form of ancient Indian epics, texts, contemporary literature and the archaeological investigations conducted over a period of past several ...
The book has mentioned a number of accords and agreements signed between the Kashmiri leaders and the Government of India right from the instrument of accession to the 1986 Farooq Rajiv Accord and analyzed the merit and the shortcomings of these agreements.
A History of Kashmiri Pandits written by Justice Jia Lal Kilam, was first published in 1955. It was very well received, much for its record of the socio-political and historical importance. The scholars and general readers appreciated the publication within the Kashmiri Pandit community and outside as well. The contents of publication are relevant even today, not only by way of filling the void. It also provides a valuable source material on the past history of ...
The National Human Rights Commission has been finding itself called upon to play enlarging role in the current situation. More than five years after the start of the militant violence in Kashmir, the commission has been receiving a number of cases and complaints involving the human rights violations there. This week, the Panun Kashmir Movement (PKM) presented a pile of documents to the NHRC listing the violations of human rights through acts of terrorism. The ...
“The present book is the manifestation of inundating current of ferocious magnitude ebbing in may own psyche. I have not chronicled the history of atrocities meted out to Pandits, neither did I enumerate the gruesome killing of the people of my country at the hands of terrorists. My tales allude to circumstances of distinct nature, some strange, others intriguing. There stories are an attempt to depict how terrorism affected and influenced all of us, one or the ...