Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House, speaks about how the right to be heard and to dissent is crucial in a democracy but they come with responsibilities. The current anti-government protests are being mobilised by partisan-players with a political stake and could jeopardise Pakistan’s hard-won democracy

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, comments on the Indian government's decision to call off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, speaks about how Pakistan has held meetings with separatists before and how India should not allow itself to be provoked in this manner

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, comments on the Indian government's decision to call off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan following the Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit's meeting with Hurriyat separatist leaders from Jammu and Kashmir

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, speaks about how Pakistan has held meetings with separatists before and how India should not allow itself to be provoked in this manner

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, was interviewed by Voice of America on the Indian government's decision to call off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan. This is the Indonesian language version of the article

Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House, speaks about how the right to be heard and to dissent is crucial in a democracy but they come with responsibilities. The current anti-government protests are being mobilised by partisan-players with a political stake and could jeopardise Pakistan’s hard-won democracy

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, analyses how although the histories, levels of economic development, and critical issues of India and the U.S. are different, the confrontational party politics in their political systems pose similar challenges. Both countries can learn from the experience of federalism of the other to take their national agendas forward