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Well-wishers of Kashmiris and Palestinians should be vocal in their denunciation of any form of supremacism and bigotry instead of misrepresenting jihadism as fight for freedom and summoning apologia for terror-mongering. For, armed liberation attempts aided by jihadist neighbours have failed in both territories for the past 70 odd years.

he Sangh Parivar’s claims to being the true repository of Indian history and culture become louder every time it wields political power. It announces purging history of all the impurities that colonialism, and the evils that Marxism, had introduced into it. It promises to rewrite history completely and produce nationalist history in all its pristine purity. However, whether during its earlier stint or during campaigns to capture power or now, it has gone wrong on historical facts.

The question relevant to my purposes here is that is the “executive order,” not “bill” permitting the issuance of Dogra certificates to the Dogras, Hindu and Muslim, of Jammu province along the lines of Sir Owen Dixon’s proposition of the trifurcation of the State along religious and communal lines?

On the third anniversary of the death of Narendra Dabholkar, 20 July 2016, a sit-in was held at Jantar Mantar [New Delhi] to demand that his murderers and those of Prof. M.M. Kalburgi and Comrade Govind Pansare be brought to justice.

The recent spate in unrest and violence in Kashmir will cause nothing but anguish and torment, and a rift that will prove very difficult to overcome.