Omar Abdullah : The Burdens of Inheritance

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Congress\' political coup : Inter-District Recruitment Bill, 2010. 3. The hurt and the pain. 4. Justice Saghir\'s Report on Centre-State relations. 5. Dialogue processes in 2009. 6. \'Asian Century\' dream and Kashmir. 7. Public Salary Bill: managing the crunch. 8. Budget 2010-11: Populism and pain. 9. Anti-Baltal Land Transfer Movement: National Conference\'s Watershed. 10. Nitish Sengupta and Mukherjee Committee recommendations. 11. Forest Policy 2010-11. 12. Politics of economic loss. 13. Dad\'s new job. 14. Global economic meltdown and J and K. 15. J and K\'s Case to the 13 Finance Commission. 16. Towards the Rule of Law. 17. Investment and Article 370. 18. Omar\'s Vote on Indo-US Nuclear Agreement. 19. The Mughal Road: Who deserves the credit? 20. Negotiating economic freedom. 21. RTI and Good Governance. 22. Tourism and environment. 23. Climate change. 24. Regional and ethnic divisions. 25. Hydro power: Strengths and the Handicap. 26. Prime Minister\'s Economic package. 27. Human rights and civil liberties. 28. The Shopian Tragedy. 29. Buying the Street peace. 30. Elusive police reforms. 31. Demystifying the State\'s GDP. 32. Unemployment--The Herculean challenge. 33. Self employment: Challenges and prospects. 34. Militarization of job market. 35. Kashmir\'s Brain Drain. 36. J and K\'s Myths of discrimination. 37. The Kashmiri Stereotype. 38. Uniting Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. 39. From Grandpa\'s Legacies to Dad\'s Lessons.

"In January, 2009, when Omar Abdullah took over as Jammu and Kashmir\'s (J and K) Eleventh and the Youngest Chief Minister, the burden of his family\'s political legacies automatically passed on to his shoulders. Omar evokes certain expectations in the state--improve governance and facilitate a just and honorable settlement of the J and K question. There is cynicism about his abilities and political vision too. And there are questions: How is he dealing with his family\'s political legacies? Is he able to manage the myriad challenges his state confronts today? This book analyses some of these questions: From New Delhi--Srinagar relations to political governance, from economics to human rights, from global economic downturn to the state\'s economic growth, from regional and ethnic divisions to Amarnath land transfer issue and so on. Most importantly, it also talks about possible ways out and solutions."