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My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy

By: Wajahat Habibullah

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My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy

By: Wajahat Habibullah

About the Book A CANDID ACCOUNT OF RAJIV GANDHI’S PRIME MINISTERIAL YEARS. On 21 May 1991, Wajahat Habibullah, then the commissioner of Kashmir (constituting the valley and the two districts of Ladakh), had returned home after inspecting a mysterious fire at Dalgate, Srinagar. Much to his dismay, there had been another fire, one that left him devastated: an RDX explosion in the south Indian town of Sriperumbudur had taken the life of India’s sixth prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. My Years with Rajiv is an endearing account of a friendship that turned into an administrative partnership, one that gave Habibullah an acute insight into Rajiv Gandhi’s political life. But equally, in this lucid memoir, recounting his years in the Indian Administrative Service, particularly at the Prime Minister’s Office, he walks us through the last three decades of the twentieth century—in many ways, the most formative years of Indian history. Habibullah also seeks to demystify the workings of the Indian government and bureaucracy: the modernisation of the Nehruvian nation, the turbulence of the Khalistan years in Punjab, the introduction of grassroots policies aimed at poverty alleviation in rural India, the beginning of telecommunications services, the Shah Bano case, the opening of the locks at Babri Masjid–Ram Janmabhoomi, Indian interventions in Sri Lanka, and much else. In this, the author, a natural raconteur, is more than successful, telling the tale in his inimitably candid and self-effacing manner.

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Westland

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9395767723

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9789395767729

Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict

Opportunities for Economic Peacebuilding and for U. S. Policy

By: Wajahat Habibullah

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Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict

Opportunities for Economic Peacebuilding and for U. S. Policy

By: Wajahat Habibullah

Efforts to develop warmer relations between South Asia¿s two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, will not succeed unless political violence in Kashmir is reduced. One of the key factors sustaining that violence is the dearth of economic opportunities, which ensures a steady supply of disaffected recruits to terrorists and militant groups. This report sketches the turbulent history of Kashmir from its division in 1947 through the revolt of 1989-90 to 2003, and then explores the economic dimensions of the conflict and the opportunities for peacebuilding. The governments of India and Pakistan, together with political leaders in Kashmir, must take the lead in promoting economic dev¿t., but they require the assistance of internat. financial institutions and of the U.S.

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DIANE Publishing

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143790291X

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My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy

By: Wajahat Habibullah

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My Kashmir

Conflict and the Prospects for Enduring Peace

By: Wajahat Habibullah

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Conflict and the Prospects for Enduring Peace

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In My Kashmir, Wajahat Habibullah lays out the intricate web of issues at the root of the conflict: ethnicity, religion, national identity, friction between national and local government, and territory. In an account that is equal parts history and memoir, he examines the complicating factors: the Indian government's missteps, the greed of the entrenched Kashmiri middle-class elites, and the religious politics and their all-too-familiar polarizing consequences. Unlike many others who have written on the subject, Habibullah gives even-handed treatment to both Indian and Pakistani perspectives, though he rightly keeps the Kashmiri people themselves at center stage, for their needs and desires will be pivotal to any real solution. Now, he says, despite the history of bloodshed and betrayals, the possibility for lasting peace is greater than ever before.

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United States Inst of Peace Press

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1601270313

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My Kashmir

The Dying of the Light

By: Wajahat Habibullah

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The Dying of the Light

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0670084794

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My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy

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Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict

Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict

My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy

My Years with Rajiv: Triumph and Tragedy

My Kashmir

My Kashmir

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