“The creation of India and Pakistan were pyrrhic victories for their denizens because the political, socioeconomic, psychological, and culture havoc wreaked by that momentous event is reflected in those pogroms, ethnic cleansing, proliferation of nuclear weapons, poverty, and riots that continue to cause seismic tremors in the Indian subcontinent.” PoliticalCultureCausesPovertyEventsCreationVictoryWeaponsIndiaNuclearPsychologicalIndianNuclear WeaponsPakistanRiotCleansingEthnic CleansingProliferationHavocIndia And Pakistan Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“The culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse population of Indian and Pakistani-administered Jammu and Kashmir has been unable to reach a consensus on the future of the land and the heterogeneous peoples of the state.” Has BeensStatesLandPopulationIndianDiverseConsensusKashmirJammuJammu And Kashmir Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“In establishment Indian and Pakistani thought, Kashmiris are defined as different from the nationals of the two countries.” TwoDifferentCountryDefinedIndianEstablishmentTwo Countries Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“I have often noticed that the two nuclear powers on the Indian subcontinent, India and Pakistan, attribute to Kashmiris an inferior intellect, a lineage, and a mystique that has allowed the dominant regime to manipulate the Kashmiri "Other" as a stereotypical and predictable entity.” TwoIndiaIntellectNuclearIndianAttributesRegimesEntityInferiorsDominantPakistanManipulatePredictableNuclear PowerMystiqueLineageIndia And Pakistan Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“The diversity of India cannot thrive on facile attempts to create the homogeneous category of "Indian." Nor can it thrive on dubious attempts to gloss over xenophobic provincialism or a highly culpable state-sponsored marginalization of a minority community.” StatesCommunityDiversityIndiaIndianThriveMinoritiesCategoriesDubiousGlossMarginalizationHomogeneousProvincialism Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India.” IndiaMythIndianSecularismJuggernaut Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“In the era of Khruschev the Soviet Union had publicly declared itself a supporter of the Indian stand on Kashmir. In 1962 a Russian veto had defeated a Security Council resolution on the plebiscite issue. By 1965, and after the fall of the Kruschev regime, Russian attitudes were significantly modified.” FallAttitudeIssuesSecurityUnionsErasIndianResolutionSovietRegimesDefeatedSupporterSoviet UnionCouncilKashmirVetoSecurity Council Author:Nyla Ali Khan
