This article attempts a comparative study of India’s troubled borderlands, that is, Kashmir and the Northeast region …, and as a result, conflicts exist at many different levels. However, the ethnic scenario in Kashmir is compounded by …

For plural societies like India, the only workable strategy of nation building is to provide all segments of society … influences, was broadly drawn on accommodationist lines. As a matter of policy, India adopted cultural pluralism rather than an … consensus in India about using special provisions/autonomy as a strategy of nation building or as a mechanism of problem solving …

The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …