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Trump’s Test as India and Pakistan Clash Over Kashmir Again0
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- August 21, 2019
By John McLaughlin 21 August 2019 Source Composite Sean Culligan/OZY, Image Getty Why you should care Tensions are high on the nuclear-armed subcontinent, where international intervention has worked in the past. But will it in the Trump era? When the latest India-Pakistan flare-up arose over disputed Kashmir, my mind went back to Christmas Eve, 2001.
READ MOREINSIDE THE EXODUS OF INDIAN MIGRANTS FROM KASHMIR0
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- August 9, 2019
By Yashraj Sharma WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Modi’s government says the abrogation of Kashmir’s special status will better integrate it with India, but Indians are leaving in droves. It’s 8 pm and the streets of Srinagar — the capital of Indian Kashmir — are desolate, with one of the strictest curfews the region has seen. But
READ MORETHE MAN DRIVING MODI’S KASHMIR POWER GRAB0
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- August 8, 2019
By Sanjay Kapoor 8 August 2019 WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Amit Shah, India’s home minister and protégé to the PM, has a reputation for ruthlessness. Noise and bedlam come easy for India’s Parliament, but on Monday it reached a new level. Opposition parliamentarians were angry over the bizarre manner in which the central government had shut
READ MOREKashmir has changed forever, and tens of thousands of Kashmiris away from home can’t even check on their loved ones.0
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- August 7, 2019
Just Let Me Speak to My Family – True Story By Maroosha Muzaffar 7 August 2019 OZY Why you should care For many Kashmiris, democracy in the “world’s largest democracy” just died. When I texted my brother just past midnight on Sunday, I implored him not to go to work in the morning. It wasn’t
READ MOREREFUGEE RIPPLE EFFECT: THE ‘SEND THEM BACK’ STRATEGY IS SPREADING0
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- August 5, 2019
By Mat Nashed 5 August 2019 OZY WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Nations are increasingly violating international law and returning refugees to war zones. The border crisis isn’t only about the West. This OZY original series captures how migration is reshaping many societies. “I’m not fine at all. I’m dying in Libya.” Muhammad Hafees sent me the message from a Libyan
READ MOREThe Rise of a Moderate (and Persecuted) Islamic Caliphate0
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- July 30, 2019
By Sophia Akram 30 July Why you should care The Ahmadiyya movement is growing faster than any other strand of Islam. Half a mile from South London’s busy Morden station is the vast complex of Baitul Futuh Mosque, the largest Islamic place of worship in Europe. But the $19 million in donations that went into
READ MOREThis Feminist Urdu Writer Wasn’t Afraid to Talk About Sex0
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- July 23, 2019
By Maroosha Muzaffar 23 July 2019 Chughtai convinced her parents that she needed to attend university — and attend she did, becoming the first Indian Muslim woman to earn both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education. Why you should care A writer who was considered a bad influence on Muslim youth
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India: WHY THOUSANDS OF SIKH MEN DISAPPEARED AT THE HANDS OF POLICE0
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- July 10, 2019
By Sonia Sarkar 10 July 2019 WHY YOU SHOULD CARE A crackdown saw a generation of young men go missing at the hands of Indian security forces. The January night was dark and dull. Sitting on a charpoy bed, 21-year-old Harjinder Singh Rana was playing his one-string tumbi, a traditional instrument, and singing, “Nanak dukhiya sab sansar.” Lord,
READ MOREAfghanistan’s Stunning New Success Story: Sports0
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- June 24, 2019
By Maroosha Muzaffar 24 June 2019 Why you should care Because sports are helping this country change its narrative. It was only a practice match. But when Afghanistan beat Pakistan in May ahead of the currently ongoing men’s Cricket World Cup in the U.K., fans back home hit the streets with celebratory firecrackers and gunshots.
READ MORETrump and Iran Are Climbing a Shaky Ladder of Escalation0
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- June 21, 2019
By John McLaughlin 21 June 2019 Why you should care Diplomatic opportunities to blink or save face in Washington and Tehran’s game of chicken are running thin. In my last column, I was struggling to understand U.S. strategy on Iran. Two weeks later, I still am. What’s clearer, especially since Iran’s downing of an unmanned
READ MOREIndia’s Poorly Performing States Need a Federal Takeover0
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- June 20, 2019
OZY 11 March 2019 Immodest proposal Immodest proposal Propositions that fall on the continuum between controversial and utterly insane. Sometimes we’re tongue-in-cheek. Sometimes, dead serious.Read more By Charu Sudan Kasturi • MAR 11 2019 Why you should care Decentralization is great to deepen the roots of democracy. But a booster shot of centralization may be
READ MOREEscaping Death in Pakistan Only to Find More of the Same in Sri Lanka | True Story0
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- June 7, 2019
| OZY 7 jUNE 2019 By Aaquib Khan Why you should care Because “safety” is sometimes a fluid concept.OZY takes to streets across the globe with a simple question: “How was your day?”In this occasional series, OZY takes to streets and neighborhoods across the globe to ask a simple question: “How was your day?” In
READ MOREHow India Is Tearing Down a Bridge to Kashmir0
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- May 20, 2019
By Umar Lateef Misgar Why you should care Banning civilian traffic on the only highway connecting Kashmir to the world could rupture India’s connection with the conflict-torn region. No one asked them, but it was in the name of Kashmir’s people that the Indian government recently introduced a partial ban on civilian traffic along the
READ MOREWhy Trump’s Iran Strategy Puts America on the Road to Nowhere Good0
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- May 14, 2019
By John McLaughlin* 14 May 2019 OZY You could argue that the nuclear deal is not perfect and that a better one is possible, but now we are stuck trying to do it on our own. Why you should care Trump has given up allied leverage over Iran, setting America on a collision course with chaos
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