Rediscovering the culture of peace in south Asia

Abstract

Given the extent of brutalization by the state, the marginalization of common people, and the scale of human killing in Kashmir in India, Karachi in Pakistan, and Jaffna in Sri Lanka, the South Asian region clearly floats in poisonous waters. It is infected with internal and external insecurities and is precariously balanced upon fear, mistrust, bloodthirstiness, and dehumanized governance. Under the burden of militarization, poverty, violence, conditions of aid donor agencies and in the clutches of the empire of corruption, the region gasps for breath and peace.