Luv Puri

Luv Puri is international affairs analyst for two decades. He is a contributing writer on peace and security issues for various publications.
Puri has worked for The Hindu and the United Nations, including the Secretary-General’s Good offices, for long spells on a wide array of issues in South East Asia, with a particular reference to Myanmar, South Asia and Central Asia. As a journalist, he was the first Indian who was given permission to physically cross the Line of Control, a boundary that divides the Indian- and Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir.
Early life
Luv Puri did his Masters in Arts from New York University and Bachelors in Arts (Honors) at Delhi University.
Awards
In 2006, Puri won the European Commission Award for Human Rights and Democracy and in 2005, he was commended by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) for promoting the values of tolerance and religious freedom.
He is the recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship and was also a fellow of International Visitors Program of the US State Department in 2004. Puri has also been given Appan Menon Award for his work on Himalayan tribes in 2004.
Books
Luv Puri authored the book Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir: The Uncovered Face, and contributed several articles for international affairs publications. His second book Across the LoC: Inside Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, based on his field work in Pakistan and diaspora communities, was published by the Columbia University Press/Hurst in 2012.

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