India, May 12 -- A Columbia University seminar titled "Rapid Response: The India-Pakistan Conflict," organized by the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), sparked significant controversy within the Indian community on campus due to its initial framing.

The event, to held on May 12 evening (India time), drew criticism for equating "Hindu nationalism in India" with "Islamism in Pakistan's military-intelligence community" as root causes of the conflict, a comparison that overlooked Pakistan-backed terrorism in the region.

The controversy stemmed from the seminar's description, which failed to address a terrorist attack on April 22 in the Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir,...