CGW World Issues: Kashmir Hot Spot Analysis

General Information:

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CIA World Factbook: the quickest short intro.

– Choose India, then Click on Transnational Issues – then try Pakistan.

The BBC – Search “Kashmir” for an India-Pakistan Timeline. Also a useful News Flash

Global Issues in Context – YMCI database Search “Kashmir”

(the password may be the old cool_ etc. or the Knowledge Ontario password try both.)

1.  Look at the “Global Viewpoints” and the subject headings on the left side.

Books: Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life REF 305.8 WCR

Lands and People REF 909 LAN 1999

Britannica’s Macropedia REF 031 NEW 2003 – See major Article for Country

More specific Information:

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WWW Virtual Library – Kashmir:

This is the best place to start as each page in the WWW.VL is hosted by a University and a Professor who is an expert on the Subject in question, i.e., Kashmir:

It has pages on the following: http://www.vl-site.org/index.html

· Index of Topics

· E-Mail Lists and Newsgroups

· Kashmir as Disputed Territory

· Kashmir-India Alignments

· Kashmir-Pakistan Alignments

· Kashmiri Language

· Philanthropic Organizations

· Regional News

· Regional Travel
regional weather in

· India ~ Pakistan ~ Srinagar
policy perspectives of

· India ~ Pakistan ~ U.S.A.

See Also:

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United Nations: www.un.org always worthwhile – Use the Main search and Enter “Kashmir”.

For the broadest returns.

Kashmir Study Group: www.kashmirstudygroup.net/ a bipartisan group of Indians and Pakistanis. Part of their “A Way Forward 2005” is a population distribution table. Actually, this site could do everything for you. It has historical overviews too.

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: http://www.ipcs.org/index.php - select “regions - Jammu and Kashmir.

One World.net http://www.oneworld.net/ - a Network of News Articles – very good material. Select “Places” click your way through to the country you want.

NEWS:

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NEWS: Kashmir News – www.kashmirnews.com World News Network.

BEWARE! Many Sites found on the open Net are Biased -- Either One way or other.

Two Examples of Biased sites follow below:

A Site dedicated to Muslim Kashmir http://www.greaterkashmir.com/default.asp

The Kashmiri Times (produced in Indian Kashmir) – http://www.kashmirtimes.com/

A Left-of-Centre site:

New Internationalist Magazine (at http://newint.org/).

A site manned by an Indian PhD teaching in the USA:

Another good site for your ISP would be www.globalissues.org. Search using “Kashmir”.