Thirteen million people in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir have spent the last three weeks under a regime of extraordinary repression and collective punishment at the hands of India’s Hindu supremacist BJP government. Freedom of speech and assembly have been abolished, with gatherings of more than four people outlawed. Critics who have denounced the repression to the media have been imprisoned. Public transport has been shut down, and the region’s economy has ground to a halt.

So, what is this dispute about? Hasn’t Kashmir always been contested, isn’t it always highly militarised? To answer these questions, I am joined on today’s program by Kavita Krishnan, leftists and feminist activist in India, and leading member of the Communist Party of India Marxist Leninist