Touseef Raina

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Touseef Raina

Mr Touseef is a young policy advocate who has over ten years of experience in the field of political activism. Born in Baramulla, Touseef remains deeply rooted in his humble beginnings, with a thorough understanding of the weft and waft of the fabric of Kashmiri society. Founder of advocacy group, Global Youth Foundation (GYF), Mr Touseef served as advisor to Jammu and Kashmir AIMA association, convening dialogues between clerics of Kashmir. In February 2020, he was selected as a youth leader from South Asia in the Dialogue for Peace workshop organised by KAICIID in Rishikesh. Touseef’s leadership skills have earned him an invitation to attend the National Assembly of United Religions Initiative 2019. In March 2020, Touseef also visited the United States at the Invitation of the State Department as an IVLP (International Visiting Leadership Program) Fellow.

Who is killing whom, and why? We need answers, but from whom?
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There is confusion all around. And confusion almost always arises because of no accountability; a bliss for the unscrupulous, who thrive and prosper in the absence of any checks and…

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Accepting centre’s invite for talks is both an opportunity and an obligation for J&K leadership
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Touseef Raina The changes affected by the Government of India post-August 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir and the way local mainstream leaders were treated in the wake of the revocation…

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From fighting to surrender negotiations
Introduce result-oriented and institutionally feasible strategies for promoting peace and reconciliation in J&K
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What has really been perturbing the common people is that the efforts and initiatives aimed at promoting “lasting peace” in the trouble-torn Valley have not been well elucidated. Touseef Raina…

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Slow internet speed represents a severe impediment to online education in J&K
Slow internet speed represents a severe impediment to online education in J&K
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Due to the continued restrictions on the high-speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir, online teaching and learning in the Union Territory – in the age of COVID-19 – has become…

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Gupkar-Declartion
The decision of PAGD to contest elections is transferring politics in J&K out of the Intensive Care
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The presence of mainstream political groups comprising PAGD at the centre-stage help spark much-needed credibility in the mind of the public with regard to politics of this place The decision…

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Policies (implemented) speak louder than press releases
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There are certainly no such templates that would convince an ordinary Kashmiri into taking the claims of the government seriously. Touseef Raina It has become fashionable for the government to…

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A tale of two very different decisions
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A bureaucrat from J&K resigns out of the blue and floats a political party; presents himself as a changemaker. The frustrated, defeated, lost and futureless people, particularly the youth, seem…

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Of economic instability and political deadlock in J&K
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Now that Jammu and Kashmir has got a new Lieutenant Governor – a seasoned politician, unlike his bureaucrat predecessor – one expects that he will start the much-needed political outreach…

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The Night of Broken Glass
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The day when original residents of Kashmir left in droves to safeguard their lives and honour, humanity stood defeated yet again. The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits tattered the social fabric of Kashmir, otherwise, the land of saints and sages.

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The New Kind of Leadership for the Valley
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“The new kind of leadership should be groomed to stand for social justice in the development narrative while being sensitive to preserving the rights of the marginalized sections.” says Touseef Raina.

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