संवाद # 121: Shah Faesal on impact of Article 370, past & future of Islam in Kashmir, Pakistan, IAS

Shah Faesal is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. In 2010, he became the first Kashmiri to top the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) examination. He tendered his resignation from the Indian bureaucracy in protest on 9 January 2019. On 4 February 2019, Shah Faesal began his political life by giving a public speech in his hometown of Kupwara. Shortly after, on 16 March 2019, he announced his own political party, the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM). He left politics on 10 August 2020 and quit the JKPM. He was reinstated in IAS in April 2022 by the Modi government.

0:00 Promo
3:27 Shah Faesal's U-Turn
6:47 Reason for joining politics
10:19 Views on Article 370 when it was abrogated
14:38 Kashmiris were attached to 370
16:28 Why Faesal was able to change views
22:16 Politics is very competitive
26:03 What happened during detention
28:43 Never thought of joining politics
31:48 Importance of idealism
32:59 Difference in being IAS in Centre Vs DC
39:00 The Turkey Episode
41:06 BIG change in Kashmir after 2019
46:06 Government has to enforce PEACE
48:27 Article 370 removal changed the game
49:31 Terrorists not 'misguided youth'
53:55 On Kashmiri Pandits
57:30 Role of Pakistan
1:00:00 Muharram procession in Kashmir
1:02:02 Past and future of Islam in Kashmir
1:08:35 Arabisation of Islam
1:10:55 Kafirs, Jihad & Sharia
1:12:39 Will reforms in Saudi impact Islam
1:16:12 Danger of Kashmir returning to pre-2019 era