Two Years After Burhan Wani: Kashmir Remains Tense as Elections Loom
It has been two years since the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter in Bumdoora village in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Sarral Sharma
Sarral Sharma is a researcher at the Centre for Internal and Regional Security (IReS), Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), a New Delhi based think tank. He is also a member of the Delhi team of Aaghaz-e-Dosti (Beginning of Friendship), an India-Pakistan conflict resolution and peacebuilding initiative. He is currently pursuing his M.Phil from the Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi. His M.Phil dissertation topic is, 'Tracing India's Second and Third Generation Partition Narratives'. He holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi. His research interests include political and armed conflicts in South Asia, India and Pakistan relations, India's internal security threats, and radicalization propaganda in India.
Articles by Sarral Sharma
Behind the Ramadan Ceasefire in Kashmir: Motivations and Prospects
Despite much apprehension over a unilateral ceasefire proposal, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh declared a conditional ceasefire, or the Non-initiation of Combat Operations (NICO), for […]
Srinagar By-Election: Deteriorating Political Space in Kashmir
The dismal 7 percent voter turnout in the recent by-election for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat of the Kashmir Valley is a grim reminder of […]
India’s Shifting Stance on Pakistan
Recent Indian actions, such as making unusually sharp public statements about Pakistan, attempting to diplomatically isolate Islamabad, and reportedly launching cross-border strikes, seem to indicate […]
Discontent in Kashmir: The PDP-BJP Alliance’s Mistakes
Last month, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Mehbooba Mufti won the Anantnag by-election with a margin of over 12,000 votes. The result […]