The Kashmir Conundrum: Nationalism and Economic Inequality in South Asia

Last week, a terrorist attack in Indian-occupied Kashmir sparked a rapid military escalation: planes were shot down, thousands were arbitrarily detained, the houses of suspect’s families were blown up.

How did we get to a situation in which the safety of the whole world is threatened by the occupation of Kashmir?

Richard Hames spoke to Kashmiri scholar Mohamad Junaid about the brinkmanship of India and Pakistan, what daily life is like under endless occupation, and, of course, The British Empire.