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CSLG is organising a lecture by Aman Hingorani

CSLG is organising a lecture by Aman Hingorani

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  <strong>SEMINAR SERIES</strong> <strong>Aman Hingorani </strong> Lawyer, Supreme Court of India on <strong>Unravelling the Kashmir Knot</strong>   This talk examines the role that international law can play in helping to resolve the conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Dating from the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, the conflict has been driven by Indian bungling, Pakistani intervention and the political expediency of the major powers. With tens of thousands killed and millions rendered homeless, the Kashmir issue has poisoned relations on the sub-continent, given impetus to international terrorism and threatened all-out war between these two nuclear powers.   This talk is based on the book, Unravelling the Kashmir Knot, which relies primarily on British archives to show that the Kashmir issue was the end product of Britain's ruthless policies to satisfy its geo-political, defence and strategic interests in the Indian subcontinent. In this context, it may be noted that the result of the British colonial politics was the creation of modern day India and Pakistan within a constitutional framework contemplated by British statutes - namely, the Indian Independence Act of 1947 and the modified Government of India Act of 1935. While both India and Pakistan accepted these statutes, their stands on the Kashmir issue remain inconsistent with such constitutional law that gave them birth.   The book argues that the way forward on the Kashmir issue is to first depoliticize it. And a convenient way of depoliticizing any issue is by subjecting it to a legal analysis. While Kashmir is certainly a political issue, it is imperative to separate the legal from the political aspect of the issue, so as to test the legality of the stand of India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue before an international adjudicatory body like the International Court of Justice at The Hague. While law alone cannot resolve the Kashmir issue, a confirmation of the correct legal position by the International Court of Justice will help alter the current political discourse on this issue, so necessary for a just resolution.   This is what the book does with the help of comprehensive analysis of court rulings, UN papers, political observer reports and international law. The book then details the steps that must be taken in Kashmir for restoring some semblance of accountability and governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law, and a clear, directed policy conforming to principles of civilized society.   <strong>3.00 PM, Friday, 3 February 2017 Conference Room, CSLG, JNU</strong>   ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Aman M. Hingorani is a practicing lawyer and mediator in the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. Dr. Hingorani has also acted as an arbitrator and as adjunct faculty to teach law students and run training courses for young law teachers, lawyers and judicial officers. He has taught in programs at various institutions in India (including National Judicial Academy, Bhopal; Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi; Indian Law Institute, New Delhi) and abroad (including Keble College, University of Oxford, UK; Law School, Warwick University, UK; South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh).   He has prepared curriculum for law courses and other activities, such as the modules for the Indo-British Project on Advocacy Skills Training, British Council, New Delhi; the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) preparatory material for the All-India Bar Examination conducted annually by the Bar Council of India; and the ADR Manual for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry as its National Consultant. Dr. Hingorani has another 28 publications, both national and international, on varied subjects ranging from the grant of intellectual property protection to bioengineered life forms to the dynamics of missile proliferation globally.   <strong>PLEASE JOIN US FOR TEA AFTER THE SEMINAR</strong>

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.