“For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent.” NeedsIslamicNationalismSecularPakistanKashmirTheocracy Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“Kashmir is the real test of secularism in India.” RealTestsIndiaSecularismKashmir Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“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
“In a post 9/11 world, in which the uncritical essentializing of people from the "Third-World" has been legitimized; Iraq and Afghanistan have been dehumanized in an attempt to disseminate enlightenment in those "dark" regions; the discourse of "honor killings" is prevalent in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan and has carved a niche in Western academic discourse as another instance of the incorrigible bestiality of the Orient.” PeopleWorldHas BeensDarkHonorEnlightenmentThirdsWestWesternKillingIraqInstancePostsRegionsAfghanistanAcademicDiscoursePakistanFrontiersNicheProvincesThird WorldIncorrigibleHonor Killing Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“The rhetoric of hate and binarisms pervades the politics of the "Third-World" and of the West.” WorldHateThirdsWestRhetoricThird World Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“The Constitution of India seeks to guarantee respect for the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, and the integrity of the electoral process. But time and again, provisions of the Constitution of India have been flagrantly violated in Kashmir, and the ideals that it enshrines have been forgotten.” Has BeensLawProcessIntegrityIdealsIndiaConstitutionIndependenceForgottenGuaranteesProvisionRule Of LawJudiciaryKashmirElectoral Process Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“In Kashmir, rights relating to life, liberty, dignity of the people, and freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution, embodied in the fundamental covenants and enforceable by courts of law, have been gravely violated.” PeopleHas BeensLawLibertyRightsExpressionDignityConstitutionFundamentalsCourtCovenantFreedom Of ExpressionKashmir Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.” WritingTeethDividedGrinder Author:Walter Bagehot