Kashmir
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The Writ of the Pakistani State into P.A.K
Two states reached for the same instrument five weeks apart. The AJK police called the protesters a challenge to the writ of the state. Pradhan put tukde-tukde forces at Jantar…
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The Meltwater Carries No Passport
X.T.M reports Anuradha Bhasin’s talk at Mela Nordic’s Stockholm Partition event, which proposed cross-border newsrooms, a shared archive and arts as empathy, and weighs it against earlier attempts such as…
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Open Thread – Brutal clampdown, protesters shot in Kashmir (Pak administered)
An open thread on protests and shootings of civilians in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, asking commenters to skip sovereignty disputes and discuss why such unrest recurs and why clampdowns follow.
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The 1000 Years Frame Erases 80% of India
Two of girmit’s sharpest comment-thread interventions: why the further application of the Two Nation Theory finds no liberal takers in India, and why the maximalist “1000 years of Islamic supremacy”…
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Pakistanis = Indian Muslims With Sovereignty?
X.T.M argues that Pakistanis are in effect Indian Muslims who gained sovereignty, and asks what it cost. The post says Partition gave sovereignty to two-thirds of the pre-1947 Muslim population,…
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“What did Op Sindoor actually accomplish”?
RecoveringNewsJunkie answers a commenter who asked what Op Sindoor accomplished. Citing SATP figures, the post argues that India’s retaliation since 2016 has deterred Pakistan-based terrorism, and that the four-day clash…
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Kashmir is not Palestine.
X.T.M argues that comparing Kashmir to Palestine is false. He points to the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Muslims voting and holding office, and the contrast with Gaza, while…
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Open Thread: Israel Strikes Iran
Open Thread on the Israel strike on Iran: Tehran bombed, 12 or more Shia protesters killed at the US consulate in Karachi, and Shia mourning in Kargil and Kashmir after…
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Back from Vermont
After a week skiing in Vermont, X.T.M argues that the Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush have the terrain for a major winter sports economy. Militarisation, contested borders and weak infrastructure,…
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Pakistan Does Not Need to Imitate India to Be Stable
X.T.M answers a call for Pakistan to turn secular and drop Kashmir. He argues that state failure comes from weak institutions rather than religious language, that Kashmir is foundational to…
