Kashmir and Neighbours

Kashmir and Neighbours
Author: Atav Trkkaya
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2017-07-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351755692

This title was first published in 2001. This text reviews terrorist activity carried out ceaselessly and systematically in one of the most otherwise alluring spots on our planet. The rise of militancy, not only in Kashmir, but also in Punjab and in India's North-East, is related also to analogous belligerency in and around the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Following preliminary information on the land, people, the past and the constitutional history of Kashmir, this work focuses on the rise of political violence and its consequences, following the evolution of democracy from the period of the provisional government. While dwelling mostly on the example of Jammu and Kashmir, the study endeavours to underline once more the need for an anti-terrorist international regime.

India and Pakistan

India and Pakistan
Author: Avtar Bhasin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2018-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9386826216

The book is based on archival material accessed for the first time from the Nehru Papers and the archives of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. It provides readers with a new perspective on a great many significant issues of the sub-continent's India–Pakistan discourse. The Partition was an opportunity for the two nations to go their own ways and build egalitarian societies, complementing each other. Unfortunately, unable to transcend old animosities, Pakistan added new ones to construct the bogey of Indian hegemony. This was diametrically opposed to India's determination to steer clear of the past and pursue a positive policy towards Pakistan, since it shared centuries of historical, economic, social and cultural ties with its people. For India, the separation was like a family dividing its assets by mutual agreement of its members and living peacefully thereafter. For Pakistan, however, the separation was akin to a permanent breakup of a family, which was accompanied by the nursing of grievances and the harbouring of adversarial feelings. It is this mental make-up dictating the Indo–Pakistan narrative in the years following the Partition, which the book succinctly captures.

Uneasy Neighbors

Uneasy Neighbors
Author: Kanishkan Sathasivam
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351876821

This volume represents a comprehensive and detailed case study of the long-running conflict between India and Pakistan - primarily over the contested territory of Kashmir, and the involvement of the United States within that conflict. The book details the history of 'Partition', the critical event in the modern history of the subcontinent and the fundamental catalyst for the enduring rivalry between India and Pakistan. It provides a summary description and analysis of the characteristics - demographic, social-cultural, political, economic and military - of the three primary actors that are party to the conflict: the sovereign states of India and Pakistan and the territory of Kashmir. It explains the history of US policy toward India and Pakistan as individual countries as well as US policy toward the conflict between them, particularly in light of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests of 1998 and events since September 11, 2001. In addition, the volume also describes and analyzes the involvement of three other major extra-regional actors.

India and Her Neighbours

India and Her Neighbours
Author: N Jayapalan
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: China
ISBN: 9788171569120

The Book Deals With All Aspects Of India And Her Neighbours In Detail. The Introductory Chapter Clearly Indicates The History Of India And Her Neighbours In Brief. In The Second Chapter Under The Heading China A Detailed Description Is Given About The Relationship Between China And India In A Chronological Order In Different Phases. Chapters On Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma (Mayanmer) And Bhutan Provide A Vivid Account About The Various Aspects Of The Neighbouring Countries And Their Relations With India From Beginning To The Present Day. The Last Chapter On India And Saarc Studies India S Relations With Saarc In A Lucid Manner. The Book Is Designed To Meet The Requirements Of The Students, Candidates For Civil Services Examinations And The Common Readers.

Pakistan Our Difficult Neighbour and India's Islamic Dimensions

Pakistan Our Difficult Neighbour and India's Islamic Dimensions
Author: Brig(Retd) Darshan Khullar
Publisher: Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9382652825

In this remarkably candid book, the author has taken a hard look at Pakistan, in his words our difficult neighbour and analysed the reasons as to why the two countries have never been friends and probably will not be in the future, at least not in the immediate one. The author attributes India’s failure to neutralise Pakistan to its kind of near constant Gandhian (passive) approach to India’s security interests. The author believes that the future of Muslims in India is bright and that it would be quite a lusterless country without them. It is a matter of time before India has its first Muslim Prime Minister but this will happen when the latter represents interests of all Indians and not merely those of the Muslims. His study of Muslims is spread of a wide range of inter related perspectives. What has been written comes through the author’s personal knowledge, not through any ideological prism and also secondary observations of other people and least of all through rose tinted glasses. He has spared no one who he believes is guilty of committing crimes against the Nation. It is a passionate book that ends on an optimistic note.

Pakistan and Afghanistan: The (In)stability factor in India's neighbourhood?

Pakistan and Afghanistan: The (In)stability factor in India's neighbourhood?
Author:
Publisher: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9385714945

The present volume comes out of a conference held by the IFPS in collaboration with CPWAS at Calcutta University in March 2012. The volume comprises of eight essays highlighting on various approaches to the question of instability in India’s western neighbourhood, and what it could mean for India. The issues covered include the domestic dynamics of Pakistan, Afghanistan, the extent to which these have a bearing on the foreign policy of the Government of India, and the economic and social cost extracted by the aura of instability that has come to characterise the neighbourhood.

Politics in India

Politics in India
Author: Subrata Mitra
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2017-11-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317701135

The second edition of this textbook brings together general political theory and the comparative method to interpret socio-political phenomena and issues that have occupied the Indian state and society since 1947. It considers the progress that India has made in some of the most challenging aspects of post-colonial politics such as governance, democracy, economic growth, welfare, and citizenship. Looking at the changed global role of India, its standing in the G-20 and BRICS, as well as the implications of the 2014 Indian general elections for state and society, this updated edition also includes sections on the changing socio-political status of women in India, corruption and terrorism. The author raises several key questions relevant to Indian politics, including: • Why has India succeeded in making a relatively peaceful transition from colonial rule to a resilient, multi-party democracy in contrast to its South Asian neighbours? • How has the interaction of modern politics and traditional society contributed to the resilience of post-colonial democracy? • How did India’s economy moribund—for several decades following Independence—make a breakthrough into rapid growth and can India sustain it? • And finally, why have collective identity and nationhood emerged as the core issues for India in the twenty-first century and with what implications for Indian democracy? The textbook goes beyond India by asking about the implications of the Indian case for the general and comparative theory of the post-colonial state. The factors which might have caused failures in democracy and governance are analysed and incorporated as variables into a model of democratic governance. In addition to pedagogical features such as text boxes, a set of further readings is provided to guide readers who wish to go beyond the remit of this text. The book will be essential reading for undergraduate students and researchers in South Asian and Asian studies, political science, development studies, sociology, comparative politics and political theory.

Accursed & Jihadi Neighbour

Accursed & Jihadi Neighbour
Author: Premendra Agrawal
Publisher: Commercial Services
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2014-08-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 8193051203

Sunanda Tharoor is accursed, she is accused to ruin her life and she is victim due to all of us. Sunanda Pushkar just few hours before her death tweets and sends sms to the senior journalists and wants to meet them to disclose conspiracy of ISI, IPL and Dubai Mafias. Nalini Singh as first witness speaks out. Sunanda's death flames touch Leela Palace to hotel Aman. Shashi Tharoor when in UN doesn't sit on the gold bar loaded truck running from Iraq but saves the Congress and Sonia Gandhi from the Oil for Food scam and in reward gets the ministerial berth. Mehr Tarar tweets for her country's ISI as well as for her latest lover Shashi Tharoor. What type of this love Jihad is? Her spying eye moves toward Omar also. Dr Gupta of AIIMS raises finger on Ghulam Nabi Azad. Mehr follows the path of Arrosa Alam who had affair with Capt Amrinder Singh. Why is Dubai focal point? Sunny Varkey nearer to Tharoor and Bill Clinton presents Sunanda Pushkar to Shashi Tharoor in Dubai. Sex is a game for high society celebrities and politicians. Minister of State in the PMO, Jitendra Singh opens the debate on the Article 370. Iraq Afghan terror looms on Kashmir. PM Modi says a good neighbour is important for a country's happiness. Sheikh abdullah's and Nehru's present heirs remind us: "Nehru's romance with Edwina gave birth to Art 370 and PoK and Let the priests go to Mecca, we will go to UK" "We're a tiny 3% in the valley; even then we remain refugees in our own nation because we are not vote bank. Is it not bloody paw on the back of secular structure of our India? Kashmir a paradise lost can be found again to abrogate Article 370" -Pain of Kashmiri Pundits When read conflicting tweets between Shashi, Sunanda and Mehr it seems and reach the final page: Shashi Tharoor's sexual frustration leads him into an affair with the Mehr Tarar to leave ill Sunanda.

India's Foreign Policy and Its Neighbours

India's Foreign Policy and Its Neighbours
Author: Jyotindra Nath Dixit
Publisher: Gyan Books
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2001
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788121207263

A collection of authors articles on foreign affairs and India s foreign policy orientations, covering the period from 1994 to the summer of 2001, events analyzed to see their impact on India's interests, intact with the experiences and observations. A valuable reference source for scholars and researchers dealing with India's foreign policy.