Understanding Pakistan : Emerging Voices from India (Paperback)

1. Introduction (Mathew Joseph C.) Part One: Politics and Economy 2. Pakistan through the Kaleidoscope of Modernization (Dipanwita Roy Ghatak) 3. Ethno-nationalism in Pakistan: The Case of Baluchistan (Shashi Kant) Ethnic Transformation of Karachi and its Implications (Tarun Mathur) 5. Environmental Movements in Pakistan: A Case Study of Mangala Dam in Mirpur (Puyesh Kant Sharma) Part Two: Education, Media and Popular Culture 6. Language Controversy and Education in Pakistan (Azad Ahmed Khan) 7. Construction of History in Pakistani Textbooks (Zarine Khan) 8. Media Agenda Setting in Pakistan: Prospects for Socio-Political Transformation (Dheeraj Khan) 9. Pakistani Women Poets and the Dynamics of Religion, Politics and Society: A Comparative Study of Kishwar Naheed and Zehra Nigah (Urvashi Sabu) 10. Coke Studio: A Musical Identity (Bidisha Mukherjee) 11. Understanding Pakistani Cinema: A Peek from Across the Border (Shalmaly Mukherjee) Part Three: Minorities and Sectarianism 12. Religious Minorities in Pakistan: Aspirations and Challenges (Shiraz Sheikh) 13. The Blasphemy Laws and the Minorities in Pakistan (T. J. Jabir) 14. Religious Extremism and Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: Revisiting Islamization (Azhar Ali) Part Four: Pakistan, Afghanistan, the US and the War on Terror 15. Pakistan’s Afghan Policy: The Dynamics of Continuity and Change (Anwesha Ghosh) 16. Pakistan: Islamic Identity, Jihadist Upsurge and the War on Terror (Yaqoob-Ul-Hassan) 17. War on Terror and Democracy in Pakistan (Ashish Shukla) 18. Terrorism in Pakistan and Fragile Counter-terrorism Strategy (Nishu Sharma) 19. US-Pakistan Relations: Retrospect and Prospect (Sumit Kumar Jha) Part Five: Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir 20. Pakistan’s Changing Policy on Kashmir: Dimensions and Determinants (Samir Ahmad Bhat) 21. Pakistan’s Incoherent Claim on Kashmir (Deepali Raghunath Khaire)