Gowhar Geelani

1 day ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy |Nirupama Subramanian

On May 10, India and Pakistan declared a ceasefire after a dangerous escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Earlier, on May 7, India had carried out what it described as targeted strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan. This was in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Kashmir on April 22 that killed 26 people. In an exhaustive interview, well-known Pakistani political and strategic affairs commentator Ayesha Siddiqa offers her perspective on these events.

5 days ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Anand Mishra |Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

The Centre’s sudden announcement on April 30 to conduct a caste census seems to have thrown poll-bound Bihar’s politics into turmoil. Coming just six months before the Assembly election, the move will force all parties to recalibrate their strategies.

5 days ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday (May 10) confirmed that India had agreed to a ceasefire with Pakistan after the latter reached out. Shortly before that, US President Donald Trump stated that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other’s military installations. “The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan called the DGMO of India at 15.30 hours (3.30 pm) this afternoon.

5 days ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy |Quratulain Rehbar

Eighty-two kilometres from Srinagar, in the shadow of empty hotels, shops, and shuttered guesthouses, three shopkeepers sit on the pavement outside, their eyes fixed on the phone screen. They are watching a YouTube video featuring a vlogger called B Boys who has 2.44 million subscribers on YouTube. He is seen roaming Srinagar city with a camera, pressing Kashmiris to speak out on the recent terror attack that killed 25 Hindu tourists and one local Muslim. “Why don’t you come out and protest?

5 days ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Ali Ansari |Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

Rahul Gandhi’s relentless campaign for a caste census has finally prompted the Narendra Modi government to announce that caste enumeration will be part of the next national census. While the government is keen to take credit for it, the reality tells us otherwise: it was Opposition pressure on the issue which forced the BJP to change its stand. The caste census is indeed a significant development, but merely determining the OBC population won’t be enough.