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... general strike. Saba Chaudhry September 11, 2026. Created with Sketch. Women in Pakistan-administered Kashmir protest against state repression and ...#Kashmir #Pakistan #Protests #Strikes
A popular movement in Kashmir defies severe repression -
... general strike. Saba Chaudhry September 11, 2026. Created with Sketch. Women in Pakistan-administered Kashmir protest against state repression and ...#Kashmir #Pakistan #Protests #Strikes
A popular movement in Kashmir defies severe repression -
... general strike. Saba Chaudhry September 11, 2026. Created with Sketch. Women in Pakistan-administered Kashmir protest against state repression and ...#Kashmir #Pakistan #Protests #Strikes
A popular movement in Kashmir defies severe repression -
... general strike. Saba Chaudhry September 11, 2026. Created with Sketch. Women in Pakistan-administered Kashmir protest against state repression and ...#Kashmir #Pakistan #Protests #Strikes
A popular movement in Kashmir defies severe repression -
Japan, India, Ukraine: Why some countries are uneasy about new UN map | Maps News
In a historic move last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage the use of…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #Africa #AfricanUnion #Asia #Asia-Pacific #BorderDisputes #Explainer #History #India #Inequality #Japan #Kashmir #Maps #Russia #UnitedNations #UnitedStates
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Japan, India, Ukraine: Why some countries are uneasy about new UN map | Maps News
In a historic move last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to encourage the use of…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Africa #AfricanUnion #asia #AsiaPacific #BorderDisputes #Europe #Explainer #history #India #Inequality #Kashmir #maps #news #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedNations #UnitedStates
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Japan, India, Ukraine: Why some countries are uneasy about new UN map | Maps News https://www.byteseu.com/2356125/ #africa #AFRICANUNION #ASIA #AsiaPacific #BorderDisputes #Europe #Explainer #history #india #Inequality #Japan #kashmir #Maps #News #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedNations #UnitedStates
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Turkey, Which Sided With Pakistan During Operation Sindoor, Wants To Join SCO. What Does It Mean For India? | World News
News…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #IndiaPakistanTurkey #IndiaTurkeyrelations #Kashmir #OperationSindoor #PakistanTurkeymilitaryties #RecepTayyipErdogan #SCOmembership #ShanghaiCooperationOrganisation #TurkeyIndiarelations #TurkeyNATO #TurkeyPakistandefenceties #TurkeyPakistanrelations #TurkeySCO #TurkeySCOmembership #TurkeywantstojoinSCO #World
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Oikeus: Intia rikkoo Pakistanille elintärkeää vesisopimusta
Indus-joki tuo veden 80 prosentille Pakistanin maatiloista.
#Oikeus #Pakistan #Ulkomaat #Intia #Kashmir #Vesivarat #Tuomioistuimet
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Antes de conocer el mundo, debes aprender a verlo.
#ElDonDeLaVision #RelatoCorto #Microrelato #Literatura #Escritura #FicciónBreve #Fantasia #Mitologia #MundosImaginarios #Magia #Leyendas #Dioses #Visiones #Humor #Cuentos #LedZeppelin #Kashmir #ElDescansoDelOnironauta
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🔴 Farooq Tariq greps under en demonstration till stöd för kampen i Kashmir.
Farooq Tariq är en berömd mångårig socialistisk aktivist i Pakistan. Han är ordförande för Haqooq Khalq Party och generalsekreterare för Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee.
https://youtu.be/fwmeM6dWouw?is=lZFlH54pTWf4IUqT
#Pakistan #Yttrandefrihet #Internationellt #Kashmir #FarooqTariq #SvPol #Vänster #Vänsterpartiet #InternationellSolidaritet #FjärdeInternationalen
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#Indien ist kompliziert. Ganz doll herumtergebrochen: sie wollen sich #Kashmir holen.
https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/juni/koloniale-nachwehen-der-kampf-um-kaschmir
"Die hochgerüsteten Nachbarn Indien und Pakistan sind weiterhin gefangen in den Logiken eines postkolonialen Nationalstaatsdenkens, das auf nationale Einheit, territoriale Integrität und die Projektion von Stärke setzt."
🧵 5/6
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Kashmiri Chicken Rogan Josh - tender chicken simmered in a rich, aromatic blend of spices, cooked to perfection!
Recipe link: https://youtu.be/jjmFtOVUjyAhttps://kitchenstagram.com/index.php/chicken-rogan-josh/
Posted into Kitchenstagram @kitchenstagram
#kitchenstagram
#Food #foodporn #viral #shorts #reels #video #quick #easy #recipe #lunch #dinner #delicious #tasty #chicken #chickenroganjosh #curry #Kashmiri #indian #mild #meal #homemade #fromscratch #lunch #roganjosh #kashmir -
The Christmas gifts (and also birthday gifts) I made this year, part 3:
I designed this super soft scarf and knitted it with the super soft Soffio by Lana Grossa yarn 🧶. There are Virgin Wool, Cotton Bio and Cashmere in this 🧶.
Want to knit something for myself too from this 🧶❣️
#JaanaCrochets #JaanaVirkkaa #JaanaAlsoKnits #JaanaMyösKutoo #knitting #owndesign #christmasgifts #knitted #scarf #lanagrossa #soffio #cashmere #knitter #handmade #neulominen #omadesign #neulottu #huivi #kashmir #käsityö -
Ceasefire Was the Mistake. Betrayal, the Reminder.
India paused at the edge of history, and Pakistan did what it always does.
The ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump between India and Pakistan lasted less than the flying time between Washington and Islamabad, just over four hours, to be precise, before being blatantly violated by Pakistani shelling across the Line of Control. The world must understand: peace with a proxy state is a strategic illusion.
No Indian was surprised. Pakistan’s duplicity is textbook. Trump’s naivety was not.
This ceasefire, hailed by some as a diplomatic breakthrough, now stands as a case study in strategic misjudgment. India agreed to pause at a moment when it had the momentum, the moral authority, and the military edge. The nation stood united. The enemy was exposed. And for the first time in decades, the world wasn’t asking India to stay silent; they were watching to see how far we’d go.
This was Modi’s golden hour. An opportunity to correct history, reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and finally hold a rogue state accountable, and redraw the regional narrative, once and for all. Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood at a moment that could have defined his legacy, not just as a leader, but as a statesman who reshaped South Asia.
Instead, he paused. He folded to a ceasefire pushed by Donald Trump, a man chasing relevance, not resolution. Predictably, that fragile truce shattered within four hours.
But perhaps this was not an ending, but a reset. By violating the ceasefire so quickly, Pakistan has done more than break a promise, it may have reopened a door. It has done a favor that every Indian today is grateful for.
It’s almost as if the cosmos, the very universe itself, has given Prime Minister Modi a second chance, to correct the hesitation, to finish what was started.
After all, even Mother Universe has her favourites.
But what if Pakistan had pretended to honour the ceasefire?
What if, instead of violating it within hours, it had played the long game, waited a few weeks or months, resumed back channel terror, and struck when global attention had waned?
India’s stance would have collapsed under its own weight, written off as all hue and no fizz.
We would have been remembered as the nation that roared when it was wronged and retreated when it had every military, diplomatic, moral, and strategic advantage.That would have been more dangerous than a broken truce. It would have been a self-inflicted historical wound, one that generations down the line would read as yet another chapter in India’s long list of strategic hesitations.
Let it be clear: historical blunders don’t get second chances. But today, fate has offered one. And India must not waste it again.
10 reasons why the ceasefire was a strategic miscalculation
1. PoK is not optional: A ceasefire without a roadmap for reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is not strategy, it’s submission dressed as restraint. Accepting a ceasefire without even naming it in the resolution undermines our sovereignty and long-standing claim.
2. We’re repeating history, and expecting a different result: Historically, every ceasefire or dialogue attempt has followed this cycle: a terror attack, global outrage, Pakistani denial, and eventual Indian de-escalation. Nothing changes. The 2003 ceasefire was violated over 7,000 times by 2020, and each attempt at talks since has been followed by proxy violence. Ceasefire violations: 2,140 in 2018, 3,479 in 2019, 5,133 in 2020, the highest in two decades.
[Ministry of Defence, Government of India]3. We had the upper hand, for once: For the first time since Kargil, India had tactical advantage, diplomatic support, and internal momentum. Why surrender it halfway? Calling a ceasefire when momentum was peaking defied strategic logic.
4. Pakistan buys time, not peace: Every ceasefire becomes Pakistan’s breathing room, to rebuild camps, shift terror assets, and receive international funds. Within 48 hours of this ceasefire, Pakistan began lobbying OIC nations and the IMF for further assistance. Pakistan secured a $1.1B IMF tranche on May 9, 2025, the same day the ceasefire was announced.
[IMF Board Statement, 2025]. You think this is a coincidence?5. Global institutions continue to fund terror: Despite being on the FATF grey list (2018–2022), Pakistan received over $15 billion in IMF, World Bank, and ADB funding from 2019 to 2024, and in April 2025, the IMF approved a $1.1 billion bailout tranche just days before the ceasefire announcement. This ceasefire helps Pakistan paint itself as stable again, without dismantling its jihadist infrastructure. Pakistan spent $10B on defence in FY2024, despite economic collapse and IMF conditions. [SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, 2025] How? No prizes for guessing.
6. The internal fractures in Pakistan were exposed: The timing was historic, Balochistan saw protests in 23 districts, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) openly defied the military, and Sindhi nationalist groups had revived calls for autonomy. A sustained Indian campaign could have amplified these voices and pressured Pakistan from within. Instead, the ceasefire granted Islamabad space to suppress dissent again. UN Special Rapporteurs flagged 1,200+ enforced disappearances in Balochistan as of 2024. [OHCHR, April 2024]. And we agreed to look away? Really?
7. China is the silent winner: By halting military pressure, India inadvertently relieved stress on China’s strategic assets, especially, The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) through PoK and Balochistan, and secures its military posts in Gilgit-Baltistan. The ceasefire stabilizes these routes and protects China’s $65B investment in CPEC, that passes directly through disputed Indian territory in Gilgit-Baltistan.
8. We’ve left unfinished business, yet again: From Kargil (1999) to Uri (2016), from Pulwama (2019) to Rajouri (2025), Indian soldiers have paid the price of restraint. Accepting a ceasefire without achieving strategic depth or territorial recovery renders their sacrifices incomplete. India lost 40 CRPF personnel in Pulwama and over 2,000 soldiers in Kargil, none of these outcomes led to permanent deterrence. The blood of our soldiers deserves more than diplomacy.
9. It sends the wrong message to allies and enemies alike: For strategic allies like the U.S., France, Japan, and the UAE, this ceasefire signals hesitancy and inconsistency.
For enemies, Pakistan, and watching actors like China, Iran, and Turkey, it confirms that India can be forced to retreat through diplomacy.“Strong democracies finish what they start.” — Adm. John Aquilino, Indo-Pacific Command (2024)
10. It ignores the people of PoK, again: By not even naming PoK in the ceasefire framework, India abandoned the 3 million+ citizens living under Pakistani military and ISI rule, without rights, identity, or representation. PoK continues to suffer Islamization, demographic manipulation, and economic neglect. PoK’s per capita income is one-third of J&K’s, and unemployment stands at 36%. [Institute for Conflict Management Report, 2024]
Ceasefire or strategic miscalculation? India must not blink again
This ceasefire, brokered hastily, celebrated prematurely, and broken predictably by Pakistan, was not diplomacy. It was a failure of diplomacy. Let’s get this straight, without coverups.
India had the upper hand: militarily, morally, and globally. Yet it chose a brokered pause over pursuit. Pakistan, true to form, used the moment to regroup, deceive, and strike again. The IMF resumed funding. China regained space.
Worse, the world watched as India blinked at the brink of rewriting history.
Let’s be clear: Pakistan did not want peace, it wanted time. And India gave it away.
But history is not always cruel. Sometimes, it circles back with a second chance. Pakistan’s blatant violation of the ceasefire is just that, a cosmic reset, an opportunity to correct a critical miscalculation.
And let’s not forget: this is also a war of narratives and perceptions.
While soldiers hold forward posts, India is under equal pressure to hold the narrative line, on global forums, in media briefings, and through digital diplomacy. If we lose the story, we risk losing the support that matters.There will be no third chance. The time to finish what started is now.
And this time, we don’t pause. We prevail, and we shape the story while doing it.Sources and References
- Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
1994 Parliamentary Resolution on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)
https://mea.gov.in - Ministry of Defence, Government of India
Annual Reports on Ceasefire Violations (2018–2021)
https://mod.gov.in - CVOTER Survey (January 2024)
Public Sentiment on Military Action Post-Rajouri Attacks
Coverage: Hindustan Times, Times Now - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Pakistan Loan Approvals and Disbursement Records
https://www.imf.org - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Military Expenditure Database: Pakistan, 2024–25
https://sipri.org - Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Pakistan Grey List Timeline and Compliance Reports (2018–2022)
https://fatf-gafi.org - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Statements on Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan (2024)
https://www.ohchr.org - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
CPEC and China’s Strategic Investments in Gilgit-Baltistan
https://gjia.georgetown.edu - Institute for Conflict Management (New Delhi)
PoK Socioeconomic and Governance Analysis (2024 Report)
https://www.satp.org - Reuters, Al Jazeera, and The Hindu
Coverage on Ceasefire Announcement and Violation (May 2025)
https://reuters.com | https://aljazeera.com | https://thehindu.com
#BackstabPolitics #BetrayalInDiplomacy #BrokenTrust #CeasefireAftermath #CeasefireViolation #ChinaPakistanAxis #CPEC #Geopolitics #history #IMFandPakistan #india #IndianArmy #IndianDefense #IndianResilience #IndiaPakistanConflict #IndiaSecurity #IndoPakCeasefire #kashmir #LineOfControl #ModiDoctrine #NarrativeWarfare #NationalSecurityIndia #pakistan #PakistanTerrorState #PoK #politics #ProxyWarfare #SouthAsiaCrisis #StrategicBetrayal #StrategicDepth
- Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
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Government relying on ‘copy-paste’ arguments to oppose bail in UAPA cases: Jammu and Kashmir HC
‘Beware of the words ‘internal security,’ for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor,’ the bench said in its order, quoting the French writer Voltaire.
#kashmir #JKHC #UAPA #PSA #KhursheedAhmedLone #UnionGovt #india
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Interview: “In my 34-year career as journalist, I have never felt as anxious as I do today,” says Samar Halarnkar
In an interview with Maktoob’s Gafira Qadir, Samar Halarnkar, founder of the independent media house Article-14, talks about the tough situation journalists are in, facing threats and new laws that limit their freedom. He also talks about how hard it is to report on the government in a critical way.
#PressFreedom #media #journalism #censorship #DraconianLaws #BJP #UnionGovt #UAPA #PMLA #kashmir #manipur #UttarPradesh #islamophobia #hindutva #authoritarianism #india
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Why Kashmir’s activists are turning to the National Green Tribunal to save its forests and wetlands
From sharply reprimanding the government to fining construction companies, the green court has backed conservation efforts in the Union territory.
#kashmir #environment #NGT #mining #forests #wetlands #EnvironmentalImpact #UnionGovt #JKGovt #india
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'Violated Principles of Natural Justice': Caravan Files Petition Against Govt Order On Army Story
In its petition, The Caravan has underlined that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's order asking the magazine to take down its article on allegations of torture and murder against the Indian Army also violated the fundamental right to free speech and expression and the freedom of the press.
#TheCaravan #kashmir #IndianArmy #torture #UnionGovt #IBMinistry #PressFreedom #FreeSpeech #censorship #ITAct #ITRules #IndianArmedForces #journalism #media #india
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Lessons unheeded
Keen to display a strongman image by making swift and decisive moves, a political leader with an eye on electoral benefits can ratchet up tensions and fuel escalation dynamics, writes Sushant Singh.
#IndoPakRelations #NarendraModi #elections2024 #PulwamaAttack #CRPF #2019elections #kashmir #balakot #IAF #india #pakistan #diplomacy #geopolitics #security #defence
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Kashmir’s Hangul Crisis Deepens: Fencing on LoC leading to extinction in PAK
Last sightings in Gurez Valley in 1997, say experts.
#kashmir #WildLife #hangul #KashmirStag #KashmirRedDeer #PAK #LOC #environment #NationalBorders #india #pakistan
https://kashmirtimes.com/kashmirs-hangul-crisis-deepens-fencing-on-loc-leading-to-extinction-in-pak/
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A Seven Year, 9,000-Mile Journey Along India’s Contested Land Borders
Suchitra Vijayan’s "Midnight’s Borders" follows the lives of people in the borderlands facing displacement and state-sanctioned violence.#books #interview #SuchitraVijayan #NationalBorders #SouthAsia #partition #pakistan #bangladesh #afghanistan #myanmar #china #kashmir #assam #nellie #bookstodon #nonfiction #india
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At the #NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon, we are not only imaging our collections, we also do #georeferencing. Amazingly, the more we digitise, the more data we get, and we can even reconstruct travel routes.
E.g.; Oleg #Polunin (https://bionomia.net/Q266663) collected in the "Kolahoi valley", #Kashmir, in 8/1956.
He started his travel from Pahalgam in the south, via Liddarwat (now a camping ground) towards a "pass" on 14422 ft. altitude where Polunin collected several plants. -
Eleven intelligence inputs warning of Pulwama attack were ignored
Frontline’s investigation reveals that 11 intelligence inputs warning of the Pulwama terrorist attack of February 14, 2019, were ignored. Who was responsible for the “oversight”, which resulted in the death of 40 CRPF personnel, the Balakot surgical strike, and ultimately the thumping electoral victory of the BJP?
#archives #kashmir #pulwama #PulwamaAttack #BJP #CRPF #balakot #pakistan #india #elections #intelligence #JEM #terrorism #RSS #NarendraModi
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#Srinagar : The government is helping a #Kashmiri #craftsman named Muhammad Yusuf Bhat to keep the #CenturiesOld #Palhoor ( #TraditionalSleeper ) alive in the #Kashmir Valley.
Yusuf, a resident of #Zanturg village in #KharioPampore , not only uses #straw to make #shoes but also many other items such as #patij (mats), #cups & #baskets .
This #art was used by the #Kashmiri people in #AncientTimes during severe cold season. -
Book Review: ‘Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India’ by Suchitra Vijayan
On borders and maps as concrete sites of state violence.
#archives #BookReview #SuchitraVijayan #india #pakistan #china #bangladesh #afghanistan #tibet #myanmar #kashmir #nellie #assam #muslims #minorities #NorthEast #NationalBorders #borders #nationalism #BJP #hindutva #books #bookstodon
https://www.himalmag.com/bordered-by-violence-midnights-borders-review-2021/
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You know what's ridiculous about the legislation of the world's largest #democracy??
The people who are at the receiving end are completely neglected.
Everyone but the #kashmiri people are speaking on what's happening in #kashmir . No one from Kashmir had a say in the revoking of Article 370.
And now the Transgender Persons Protection Bill is passed ignoring the demands and changes the trans community was asking for.
Soon #NRC and #CitizenshipAmendmentBill will come in play.
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Kids Talk Night Raids, Detentions & Curfew: Kashmir’s New Normal?
This made me cry. This is going to be an indelible scar on the young minds and hearts of the #kashmiri children. Do listen to them tell you what they feel. How has it been for them all this while.
Link to the article:
https://www.thequint.com/videos/childrens-day-kids-talk-night-raids-detentions-and-curfew-kashmirs-new-normalLink to the video file:
https://dai.ly/x7ny1tu#kashmir #kashmirneedsattention #childrensday #india #children
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@AdvManoj and every possible distraction is pushed ahead of Kashmir. I wonder what it must be there. #kashmiri people are very resilient but from those who I have met or spoken to recently I gather that they are broken this time. They don't even speak to each other. Constant fear. No reporting. No voice. Military tortures continue. I wonder what would hurt them more, the atrocities or our silence.
#india #kashmir #100days #kashmirneedsattention #LetKashmirSpeak
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Our Captured, Wounded Hearts: Arundhati Roy On Balakot, Kashmir And India
By deploying the IAF, Narendra Modi has ensured that Kashmir is conclusively internationalised.
