India: Conflicts Within
Jason Motlagh recounts how he first teamed up with the Pulitzer Center, which kick-started his career as an independent journalist reporting in war zones in India and Afghanistan.
From Nov. 26 to 29, 2008, 10 gunmen wielded guns, grenades and terror in the Indian city of Mumbai. Acting in five teams of two, they killed 163 people and wounded 300 others in attacks on sites...
Jason Motlagh, Special to the Pulitzer Center Virginia Quarterly Review
Jason Motlagh, Special to the Pulitzer CenterVirginia Quarterly Review
Jason Motlagh, Special to the Pulitzer CenterVirginia Quarterly Review
Jason Motlagh, Special to the Pulitzer CenterVirginia Quarterly Review
India's Prime Minister has called the Naxal Maoist rebels the country's greatest internal security threat. And their movement is growing.
Over the summer, tens of thousands of Kashmiri protesters jammed the streets demanding independence from India.
Miles away from the bustling streets of Mumbai, a decades-old Maoist insurgency is gaining ground.
When pro-independence demonstrations erupted in Kashmir over the summer, Danish Shervani said he hesitated to take part until he saw women and children shouting in the streets.
After a long, hot summer of protests against Indian rule, an uneasy calm descended on the Kashmir valley for the holy month of Ramadan.
"Ram, Ram, oh Ram," Chandan whispered to himself, moments after asking me to pray to my own God.
By Arun Venugopal
Vast ethnic diversity, geography and under-development have bred dozens of separatist movements in India's far-eastern Assam state.
Caught between India, Pakistan and a homegrown desire for independence, Kashmir has been hostage to conflict for more than fifty years.
After nearly two decades of bitter conflict in Kashmir that fueled tensions between India and Pakistan, separatist violence has decreased — to its lowest level since the armed uprising began.
Udalguri, India -- Flanked by mist-bearded foothills, groups of young men play volleyball on a grass clearing, jog around plywood barracks and chop wood.
Srinagar, India -- Bullet holes are still visible along the commercial heart of Kashmir's capital, reminders of past gunbattles, bombings and suicide attacks that used to be an almost daily occurre
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Jason Motlagh is a multimedia journalist who was until recently TIME Magazine’s Kabul correspondent. He has reported from around Afghanistan and more than 30 countries for leading US and...