Nyla Ali Khan

Nyla Ali Khan is an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City Community College. She is a former Visiting Professor at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and former Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She is the author of four books, and several articles that focus on the political issues and strife of her homeland, Jammu and Kashmir, India. She is the granddaughter of Sheikh Abdullah. Quotes The creation of India and Pakistan were pyrrhic victories for their denizens because the political, socioeconomic, psychological, and culture havoc wreaked by that momentous event is reflected in those pogroms, ethnic cleansing, proliferation of nuclear weapons, poverty, and riots that continue to cause seismic tremors in the Indian subcontinent. "The Hidden Tragedy of Kashmir", Interview with Souad Sharabani, www.counterpunch.org, September 15, 2016. In Kashmir, rights relating to life, liberty, dignity of the people, and freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution, embodied in the fundamental covenants and enforceable by courts of law, have been gravely violated. "The Hidden Tragedy of Kashmir", Interview with Souad Sharabani, www.counterpunch.org, September 15, 2016. The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India. "The Hidden Tragedy of Kashmir", Interview with Souad Sharabani, www.counterpunch.org, September 15, 2016. External links Category:Women academics from India Category:Women scientists from India Category:Educators from India Category:Political authors from India Category:Non-fiction authors from India Category:Women authors from India Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:People from New Delhi