One may not agree with views of Ayesha Jalal, but it is worth listening her recent video touching the topics of Kashmir, Sovereignty and her findings on Partition. Below is the description attached to ‘YouTube’ video. The link to video is at the bottom.( F. Sheikh)

Ayesha Jalal, one of the most respected Pakistani historians, speaks on India-Pakistan relations. An interesting video with her interesting take on South Asian notion of ‘sovereignty’. This lecture was conducted by South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA). Those who are regular watchers of Zaid Hamid comedy would immediately recognize that these SAFMA people are the ones who are often branded as traitors and Indian agents by right wing Pakistani media.

By the way, she is the grandniece of the renowned Urdu fiction writer Saadat Hasan Manto. And she is married to Sugata Bose, a Hindu from India and the grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and grandson of nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose. He is also her research partner. Together, they have written a book called Modern South Asia which is the first South Asian history book that has been written in joint collaboration between a Pakistani and an Indian. link to video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUkrO9xGn20