Since the death of Burhan Wani, commander of the Kashmir-based Hizbul Mujahideen, Kashmir has dominated the prime time discourse in the country. Once the birth place of Shaivism, Kashmir now finds itself in the news for ISIS slogans raised in public by the pro-Pak separatists in the state. The evolution of Kashmir from being a confluence of cultures, religions and intellectual traditions to becoming a haven for radical Islam is one of the most unfortunate developments in the history of South Asia.
It therefore becomes extremely important to have an honest and upfront conversation about Kashmir’s history, its relationship with the Union of India and the circumstances in which Kashmir finds itself a victim of the clash of ideologies.
In this interview by RightifyTV, Hindol Sengupta decodes the Kashmir Conundrum and provides a compelling narrative on the crisis of Kashmir with a view of its past, present and future.
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About the Speaker: Hindol Sengupta (born 1979) is an Indian journalist and entrepreneur, who is the author of six books. His latest book Being Hindu: Old Faith, New World and You was released by Penguin Random House in November 2015. The book has won praise from economist and scholar Bibek Debroy, who is also the translator of the Mahabharat, the Indologist Michel Danino who teaches at IIT-Gandhinagar, R. Vaidyanathan, professor at IIM Bangalore and the popular writer Amish Tripathi.
Hindol Sengupta lives in Delhi and is currently Editor-at-Large at Fortune India. In 2015 his seminal book on India’s underbelly of entrepreneurship, Recasting India, was shortlisted for one of the world’s most renowned prizes in economic writing, the Hayek Book Prize, given by the Manhattan Institute. He became the youngest writer ever, at 34, to be nominated for the Hayek Prize and the first ever from India.