Rahul Pandita

Irom Sharmila’s quest for an ordinary life

The lack of wisdom in the proposed J&K Police Bill

Taj Hassan’s largely unnoticed novel recreates the complexities of life in Maoist-strong zones

Even if Afzal Guru were not hanged, Kashmir’s integration with India would have remained patchy at best

Silence on fatwas is no longer an option for Kashmiris

The politics of untruth about the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits

A chilling account of the circumstances under which a Kashmiri Pandit family was forced out of the Valley, the terror that foreclosed all hope of returning, and the grim existence of those who sought shelter in a Jammu refugee camp. Excerpts from Rahul Pandita’s latest book, Our Moon Has Blood Clots

Sri Lanka had a chance to heal itself, but that opportunity was not seized, says Frances Harrison in an interview

…a look at the gains and losses of the CPI (Maoist)

Finally, non-Punjabi readers can feel the anguish in the poems of Lal Singh Dil, a Naxalite poet from Punjab