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View of the valley where the attack occurred. Source: Wikipedia On April 22, 2025, Kashmir made headlines once again. A group of 25 tourists — all men were murdered in cold blood near Pahalgam, a popular tourist destination in South Kashmir. News broadcasts and media outlets were quickly filled with the clamor decrying this heinous crime, allegedly carried out by either the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organization or its offshoot called the The Resistance Front, though no group has officially claimed responsibility yet. It didn't take long to sense the polarising nature of these reports. They seemed designed to stoke communal tensions between two communities in this country that, after independence, have shared a strained and uneasy relationship. Many of the news reports directly highlighted the alleged involvement of the Pakistani Army in the incident. However, indirectly, they seemed almost unanimous in holding Muslims — and specifically Kashmiri Muslims — responsible for the trage...

The Environmental Crisis: A Naga Folktale Our world in the 21st century is going through tumultuous times in the wake of globalization and liberalization of economy. One specific domain in which the changes wrought have been especially catastrophic is in the area of environment and ecology. It is argued here that failure on the part of modern environmental discourse to articulate the grievances of people affected by concerns and issues vis-à-vis the environment is primarily responsible for the growing indifference, inaction and the absence of political will in the public domain. Environment today has been reduced to just another department in the government administration and a fashionable subject of academic study.   Many of the environmental issues prioritized by the special breed of environmentalists and state authorities have been shaped by western concerns and exist merely to conform to their ideals and positions. This has led to an utter disregard for issues that im...