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This cross-border ten newspapers interdisciplinary study examined the extent to which the editorial and opinion column coverage in India and Pakistan played the role as negotiator or instigator between two countries during the ceasefire violation incident occurred in January 2013. Many studies have been undertaken to understand bilateral rivalry between both the countries, but how Indian and Pakistan press view these contemporary South Asian bilateral dynamics remains underexplored. Using qualitative content analysis as methodological tool, central objective of the article stands analyzed with the help of five politico-historical core foreign policy issues through the lens of a cross section of the Indian and Pakistan media—the newspaper press to be more precise. The findings are based on the analysis of editorial and opinion articles published in ten English language newspapers in both countries. The study revealed that newspapers' role as negotiator on both sides varied from newspaper to newspaper, however, on the whole, Indian newspapers remained much committed to their negotiator role vis-à-vis Pakistani counterpart.

Farmers' suicides have been a serious issue over the last three decades in Punjab and also in other states. Much debate has concentrated on the economic factors, especially debt. This article makes sociological observations of Durkheim in the context of Punjab's society and culture that may help us see the other side of the problem. It argues that debt per se is not the cause of suicide always but that of the agrarian crisis, following the liberal theory of economic and social development. The culture of consumerism is like fuel to the fire.