In establishment Indian and Pakistani thought, Kashmiris are defined as different from the nationals of the two countries.

- 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 fundam…

- Nyla Ali Khan

Both India and Pakistan have a long history of deploying rhetorical strategies to skirt the issue of plebiscite or complete secession of the former p…

- Nyla Ali Khan

The rhetoric of hate and binarisms pervades the politics of the "Third-World" and of the West.

- Nyla Ali Khan

The partition of India in 1947 legitimized the forces of masculinist nationalism and enabled hatred for the "other" to irreparably mutilate a shared …

- 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 de…

- Nyla Ali Khan

For Pakistan, Kashmir represents the infeasibility of secular nationalism and underscores the need for an Islamic theocracy in the subcontinent.

- Nyla Ali Khan

The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India.

- Nyla Ali Khan

The much-lauded parliamentary democracy in India has been unable to protect a genuine democratic set-up in Kashmir.

- Nyla Ali Khan