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• Is the PM listening?

  Broadcast On February 17, 2003

  ... no lengthy convoy, no ambulances, no accompanying police jeeps. Yet Mrs. Thatcher had just brushed with death and the IRA were as vicious as our Kashmiri brethren today. So my advice is short and ...

• The man in a bib

  Broadcast On March 3, 2003

  ... in India. “This is why talks are so important” he continued. “When talks start they will strengthen our hands to tell the Kashmiris to stop. The talks will offer hope and we can use that to point out ...

• A little bit of nothing

  Broadcast On May 5, 2003

  ... a current affairs programme we make for Doordarshan Metro. Our guests were the former Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, the former Kashmir Maharaja, Karan Singh, and NCP General Secretary Praful ...

• The perfect press release

  Broadcast On June 23, 2003

  ... is what the press release said : “Asked if he ruled out another Kargil, Musharraf said, ‘No. Let me tell you that before Kargil, Kashmir was a dead issue. To avoid Kargils, we need to resolve disputes ...

• When the Valley cries

  Broadcast On September 8, 2003

  ... as I embark on another reckless discourse. This time my subject is the Kashmiri people and a weekend visit to Srinagar. I won’t claim I know, leave aside understand, but I feel I sensed something I should ...

• Scenes from Srinagar

  Broadcast On November 10, 2003

  ... on our return journey, he clearly knew what he felt. And he expressed it pithily. “The Kashmiri people must hate this” he said softly, staring all the while at the check posts with their evil-looking ...

• Us and them

  Broadcast On September 4, 2004

  ... on the Kashmir issue. Sometimes it seems to me the Government itself is not sure. They have agreed to talk – because clearly that was the right thing to do – but do they know what their aim and strategy ...

• Dear old Jaswant

  Broadcast On November 4, 2004

  ... was on the 12th of June. About two weeks later he gave me an interview. I asked if India would be prepared to consider converting the Line of Control in Kashmir into the official border. In ...

• For Dainik Bhaskar

  Broadcast On February 24, 2005

  ... in a very good way, and that their rights will be given to them.” Later in the same interview Karzai appeared to support what he called the Kashmir struggle : “We support every movement ...

• Musharraf calling

  Broadcast On January 12, 2006

  ... language, “self-governance is more than autonomy (the present relationship between Srinagar and Delhi) but less than independence (what many Kashmiris want).” What he seems to be suggesting – if you paraphrase ...

• Is ignorance really bliss?

  Broadcast On April 13, 2006

  ... of its population. In contrast, the insurgencies in Kashmir and the North East only cover 11 per cent of the country’s area and 4.5 per cent of its population. Clearly the Naxalite threat is far worse. ...

• Kasuri ka kya kasur tha?

  Broadcast On July 20, 2006

  ... the need for the two countries to work together to control this environment, but they can only do so if they resolve their disputes.” In other words, the threat from Kashmiri terrorists will continue ...

• Should Mohammed Afzal be hanged?

  Broadcast On October 13, 2006

  ... his hanging will send Kashmir up in flames then might clemency be in the greater public good? Soli Sorabjee says this argument is both tantamount to blackmail and could also set a terrible precedent. ...

• Bespoke suits from Savileroy!

  Broadcast On November 2, 2006

  ... name of ‘Mr. Savileroy’, he’s a Kashmiri gentleman called Abdul Majid Butt and his family has been making bespoke suits and ladies dresses since the early years of the 20th century. What’s more Mr. Butt ...

• Two faces of Pakistan

  Broadcast On September 13, 2007

  ... progress on the Kashmir front. Benazir made a point of saying she would not reverse good work even if done by a dictator. Nawaz said he would set up a Kargil Commission and it would be free to question, ...

• What is the truth?

  Broadcast On February 26, 2008

  ... in Jammu and Kashmir and the North East”. Last December (20th) he said it again. He told the country’s chief ministers: “Left Wing Extremism is possibly the single biggest security ...

• Meet the new Asif Zardari

  Broadcast On March 6, 2008

  ... When I asked about Kashmir and the role it has played separating India and Pakistan, Asif, in a simple heartfelt reply, reversed Pakistan’s stand. Let’s put Kashmir aside for a wiser generation ...

• The Major and the General

  Broadcast On March 7, 2008

  ... about Pakistan, China and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir”. However, the one thing you cannot accuse General Kapoor of is a “free-for-all”, whatever that silly phrase might mean. ...

• Are we overdoing it?

  Broadcast On April 30, 2008

  ...  which is so off-putting on television. I’m afraid I have to add its undignified. It’s demeaning. So why do we do it? The easy answer, I suppose, is that it’s cultural. Kashmiri or ...

• It’s time to say sorry

  Broadcast On June 17, 2008

  Are we responsible for the distrust, even the alienation, Kashmiris feel when they consider their 60 year association with India? Have we betrayed promises, mistreated our fellow citizens, trampled ...