The Future of India's Conflict Zones
Channel: The Anti-Empire Project
Date: 26/10/2013

The world's largest democracy currently has several zones under some kind of low-intensity, protracted conflict. What is behind these seemingly intractable problems? Who is benefiting from them, how might they be solved, and how might friends of India help? Writer and professor Justin Podur spent January-April 2013 based in Delhi, from where he visited Kabul, Srinagar, and Chhattisgarh, studying the conflicts of the region. On July 25, 2013, at Hart House, at the University of Toronto, Podur presented some background notes and observations on the indigenous (adivasi) struggle in Central India and the Kashmir conflict.

Justin Podur teaches at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. He was a visiting professor at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia in the winter term 2013. Previously, in 2008, he taught in Pakistan, at the International Islamic University-Islamabad.

The event was organized by the Pakistan Development Fund.