Basharat Ali

Basharat Ali is a Research Scholar at the MMAJ Academy of International Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. His research focuses on issues of political violence in Kashmir. He is also a freelance writer.

Indian policemen pay homage to their colleague who was killed in a gun battle in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, on Monday, February 18, 2019. Tensions escalated in the aftermath of a suicide attack on February 14, at Pulwama when a suicide bomber struck at a convoy, killing 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel. Photo: AP

Kashmiri Politics in the Shadow of Pulwama

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have always been a messy affair, with different dynamics operating in the three provinces of Jammu, Ladakh, and ...