Chitralekha Zutshi

The Conversation

Chitralekha Zutshi is an historian of Modern South Asia and the Indian Ocean World, with particular expertise in the region of Kashmir with a focus on Islam, nationalism, and historical thought and practice.

Chitralekha Zutshi is an historian of Modern South Asia and the Indian Ocean World, with particular expertise in the region of Kashmir with a focus on Islam, nationalism, and historical thought and practice.


An Indian soldier stands guard while carrying a riffle with a lot of white smoke billowing behind him.

Kashmir conflict is not just a border dispute between India and Pakistan

Conflict & Justice

India and Pakistan have been fighting for control over Kashmir, an 86,000-square-mile territory in the Himalayas, for seven decades. But the people of Kashmir have their own political goals too.