JK Policy Institute

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Music, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
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A place like Jammu and Kashmir where most of the population suffers from various mental health issues as a result of the ongoing unrest, music could provide a way forward.…

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An unpredictable Srinagar-Jammu highway and the long wait for its development
An unpredictable Srinagar-Jammu highway and the long wait for its development
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Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway connecting the Kashmir valley to the outside world is one of the most treacherous roads in South Asia. The highway is…

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Reflection: Contextualizing the Silence of Women in Kashmir
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Disclaimer: This is a personal reflection article and does not claim to be based on targeted primary data collection on the topic. My reflections stem from the conversations and stories…

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Acid throwing as one of the acts of Gender-based violence
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Acid violence has horrendously devastated the lives of many young women. However, underreporting has belittled this graver issue. Ambreen Yousuf The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as the intentional…

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Why Forest Rights Act may be the panacea to all the problems facing the tribal people of J&K
Commentary: Why Forest Rights Act may be the panacea to all the problems facing the tribal people of J&K
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Arka Chakraborty and Taitreyi Biswas The strategic and geopolitical conflict in Jammu and Kashmir tinted with the colours of religious and national identities figures very frequently in the mainstream national…

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Elected Representatives at Grassroots in Dialogue with Jammu and Kashmir Policy Institute
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Jammu and Kashmir, a region that has been mired in conflict for over three decades, has seen its political reality evolve amidst structural chaos and some major political fallouts with…

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DDC elections
Every election in Kashmir is a binary choice. So is DDC elections.
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Identifying and analyzing the electoral competition in a place like Jammu and Kashmir is not as simple as it seems. It is hardly simple, but it is a lot more…

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Mutton crisis in Jammu and Ka
Commentary: Solving the pricing puzzle of mutton in Kashmir
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Setting prices for the mutton should be simple — cover costs, make a profit, and appeal to customers. But there are more variables to the mutton pricing formula than we…

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A look at Jammu and Kashmir’s Rural Sanitation and Waste Management
A look at Jammu and Kashmir’s Rural Sanitation and Waste Management
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Soon after its independence from the British, India embarked on a journey to improve the rural sanitation coverage. The first step towards improving sanitation and health was taken by the…

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SUFI SEED SCHOOLS
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Introduction The paper emphasizes the incorporation of the spiritual realm in early childhood education for the holistic development of children. It introduces Sufi Seed School established by Murshida Vera Corda…

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Winter weather in Kashmir
Commentary: Winter weather in Kashmir poses new challenges in the fight against COVID-19
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Arka Chakraborty and Kasturi Guha   Winters in Jammu and Kashmir are always the harshest, and yet the most beautiful in the Indian subcontinent. A 40-day-long (approximately) ‘Chillai Kalan’ (harshest…

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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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