Kashmiriyat: The Death of an Idea

By Chitralekha Zutshi September 11, 2019 Historians' Watch 3 comments

As Kashmir’s special status is revoked by India, what can the idea of “kashmiriyat” tell us about the historical basis of Kashmiri identity?

Democracy and Disaster: Pakistan in Bangladesh (1970) and Trump in Puerto Rico (2017)

By Naomi Hossain December 6, 2017 Historians' Watch 0 comments

Naomi Hossain compares President Trump’s handling of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017 to the Pakistani government’s response to the 1970 Bhola Cyclone in Bangladesh, to examine the implications of disaster for legitimacy, imperial power and democracy.

Kashmir’s Women’s Militia at the End of Empire

By Andrew Whitehead October 20, 2017 Histories of the Present 0 comments

Andrew Whitehead reveals how a women’s militia marked a moment of political empowerment as still unresolved conflict erupted in Kashmir at the end of empire.

Theatre Review: ‘Drawing the Line’

By Administrator December 15, 2013 Reviews & Comment 1 comment

Howard Brenton’s new play examines the last act of British rule in India, the dissection of the country in 1947 to create the independent nations of India and Pakistan.

Memorializing Partition

By Administrator August 31, 2013 History at Large 2 comments

Historian and columnist Ramachandra Guha on the memorialisation of the Partition in India

Karachi Literature Festival

By Yasmin Khan February 17, 2012 Histories of the Present 0 comments

Yasmin Khan reports from the 2012 Karachi Literature Festival

Telling a Truth About Kashmir – In Fiction

By Andrew Whitehead March 6, 2011 Histories of the Present 0 comments

The publication of a telling literary depiction of the most bitter period in Kashmir’s insurgency twenty years ago prompts Andrew Whitehead to consider the value to historians of fictional accounts of conflict.