Sun. Dec 22nd, 2024

Face to Face

China’s stand in the recent India-Pakistan tensions reinforces incremental pro-India tilt in Beijing

Dr Swaran Singh is professor of Diplomacy and Disarmament at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. He specialises in Asia Affairs with focus on China-India relations and is visiting faculty at several Chinese and other Asian Universities. He regularly contributes to media and lectures at various national and international defence and foreign policy institutions. He spoke to IAR on India-China relations and Beijing’s stand on the latest round of India-Pakistan tensions.

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The Generation of Rage in Kashmir

David Devadas is no stranger to anyone interested in Kashmir. He has researched and written about Kashmir as a journalist and an author for more than 30 years. He was formerly political editor at Business Standard. An expert on politics and geopolitics, his analyses and predictions about Kashmir since 1988 have been consistently accurate. He has researched Kashmir as Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, India, as Visiting Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, and as an Erasmus Mundus scholar at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. His books `In Search of a Future, the Story of Kashmir,’ and `The Generation of Rage in Kashmir’ have been bestsellers. In this interview with IAR he discusses his intimate connection with Kashmir and the message he hopes to convey through his books.