The Crackdown on Kashmir

<p>India has guaranteed a degree of autonomy to the people of Kashmir, a disputed territory between India and Pakistan, since 1947. Why did India unilaterally erase that autonomy this week? Guest: Jeffrey Gettleman, the South Asia bureau chief for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>To Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jammu.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> eliminating the autonomy of Kashmir</a> was an administrative move. But to his critics, the decision was a<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/world/asia/kashmir-india-modi.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> blow to India’s democracy and secular identity</a>.</li><li>On Thursday, Mr. Modi <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/world/asia/kashmir-india-modi.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">addressed the nation about the decision</a> against a backdrop of rising protests, mass arrests and<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/world/asia/pakistan-kashmir-india.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> escalating tensions with Pakistan</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/asia/india-pakistan-crisis.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Read more about the roots of the crisis</a> and what could happen next.</li></ul>