You’re listening to ‘Sonth’, a Kashmiri- Hindustani bilingual podcast on hot button historical, political, and socio-economic issues of Jammu and Kashmir.

In this episode, The New Indian Editor-in-Chief Aarti Tikoo is joined by Professor Amitabh Mattoo who discuss the role of Sheikh Abdullah, Jawaharlal Nehru and Maharaja Hari Singh during the accession of the princely state into the Indian dominion. They analyze the series of political events leading up to the surge of jihadi terrorism in the valley which resulted in the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their homeland. 

Amitabh Mattoo is one of India's leading political scientists  and writers on Modern and Contemporary History, Political science, International relations. He was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009. He’s a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University and honorary professor of international relations at the University of Melbourne.