Articles
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Stitches of Struggle: Why Kashmir’s Home-Based Women Artisans Are Left Behind in the Global Luxury Economy
In the high-fashion capitals of Milan, Paris, and New York, a Kashmiri Pashmina shawl or a hand-embroidered Sozni garment is hailed as the ultimate symbol…
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UNSC Arria-Formula Meeting Underscores the Need for Universal Application and Effective Implementation of International Law
The Arria-Formula meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “Upholding International Law in Situations of Armed Conflict” underscored a fundamental principle shared by speakers…
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Settler colonialism cloaked in democracy
The International Day of Democracy, established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2007, was observed on 15 September with much fanfare across the…
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IIOJK: The World’s Largest Open-Air Jail — A Defence and Strategic Perspective
The term security in strategic studies generally means the defense of a state’s territory and people against external dangers. However, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu…
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Call for Dedicated UNHRC Debate on Right to Self-Determination
The World Muslim Congress (WMC) has recently called for an extensive and substantive debate on the right to self-determination at the United Nations Human…
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From Film Festivals to Manufactured Normalcy: India’s Long Strategy in Kashmir
Mushtaq Hussain India’s promotion of film festivals, cultural events, tourism campaigns, and red-carpet spectacles in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) as evidence of…
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Mental Health Crisis and Healthcare Collapse in IIOJK
In 1989, the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Srinagar recorded roughly 1,700 psychiatric outpatient visits annually. By 2015, that figure had reached 100,000.…
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UN Cartography Keeps Kashmir Disputed: Map 4668 Ratified
The United Nations General Assembly’s 4 September 2026 vote on “Correct the Map” has generated considerable discussion about the future of global cartography. For Kashmir,…
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From Borders to Narratives: Pakistan, Kashmir and the Information Age
In every battle fought with India, Pakistan had to hold the lines, obliterate the tanks and protect national borders. Years have passed, and we…
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Sheikh Abdullah, the Politics of Power and Kashmir’s Unfinished Freedom
Few figures in the modern history of Jammu and Kashmir embody the contradictions of Kashmiri politics more vividly than Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. He emerged…