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”.