Kashmir

Kashmir

Author: Saifuddin Soz

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9788129151926

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In Kashmir: Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle, one of the most prominent voices of Kashmir, Saifuddin Soz takes a passionate and compelling look at the past, present and future of a vastly misunderstood people. Throughout its long, diverse, distinctive but scarred history, the beautiful and bountiful land of Kashmir has captured the imagination of travellers, kings, historians and nations. From its origins as an ancient civilization, to embracing Islam, to fighting invaders, to ruthless militancy, and the ensuing action by the Indian army; Kashmir has seen it all. Kashmiris fought the Mughals, the Afghans and the Sikhs in the past. However, it was their fight against Dogra autocracy that ultimately led to their disillusionment with the Indian establishment. With Pakistan feeding the emotions of deeply alienated and disenchanted people and the Indian government using force and taking a harder stand by the day, this unique culture now stands completely besieged. What is the future of Kashmir, then? What is the destiny of its people? Can there be solution to the weary problem confronting Kashmir? Can Kashmir reconcile with the past for a better future? Can the Valley return to a life of dignity, peace and development? How? Saifuddin Soz discusses these questions and provides credible and implementable solutions to end the grave crisis.


Glimpses Of Kashmir

Glimpses Of Kashmir

Author: S.K. Sopory

Publisher: APH Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9788176485470

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The Book Contains The Proceedings Of A Seminar Relating To Kashmir And Attempts To Bring About A Synthesis Of Various Scientific Discipline As Well As Synthesis Of Science And Culture And Spritual Heritage Of Kashmir. Divided Into Ii Parts, Part I Covers Contribution Of Kashmiri Scientists And Part Ii Relates To Science, Spirituality And Kashmir Shaivism.


Marginalization In History A Study of Rural Women In Kashmir

Marginalization In History A Study of Rural Women In Kashmir

Author: Dr. Urmeena Akhter

Publisher: EduBubs Publishing House

Published: 2020-12-04

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 8194292697

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Marginalization is a multidimensional, multicausal, historical phenomenon. There are no general laws to understand and comprehend the complex nature of marginalization. The nature of marginalization varies in different settings. For example, the marginalization of women in Kashmir is not same as in rest of India, though, broadly, they share some features. The religious ideological system, patriarchy, political-economy of a country, and the overall social system have impact on the marginalization of a specific group or individual. Development is always broadly conceived in terms of mass participation. Marginalization deprives a large majority of people across the globe from participating in the development. It is a complex problem, and there are many factors that cause marginalization. This complex and serious problem need to be addressed at the policy level. Marginalization however, has remained to be a persistent phenomena in one form or the other for a vast section of the population despite fast social and economic transition in the society of Kashmir. Against this backdrop the present book aims to scrutinize the concept of marginalization as an interrelated social process, its changing dimensions and socio-political implications of persistent marginalization in Kashmir. This book is an attempt to highlight the marginalization in history of Kashmir. This book will help students and researchers to understand marginalization in history of Kashmir in a better way.


Saints and Sages of Kashmir

Saints and Sages of Kashmir

Author: Triloki Nath Dhar

Publisher: APH Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9788176485760

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Kashmir Has Been A Land Of Saints, Savants And Sages-Some Belonged To The Buddhist Faith-Some Advocated Shaiva Philosophy, Some Were Sufis And Some Were Saint-Poets. The Volumes Gives A Glimpse Of This Tradition Through An Account Of It Selected Sages From Kashmir And Lead Us To Divinity.


Kashmir Ecology and Environment

Kashmir Ecology and Environment

Author: Saligram Bhatt

Publisher: APH Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9788176486019

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Represents The Proceedings Of A National Seminar On Ecological And Environmental Issues Of Kashmir Held In 2003. Divided Into Four Parts The Last Being A Summary And Recommendations Of The Seminars.


The Book Of Gold Leaves

The Book Of Gold Leaves

Author: Mirza Waheed

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0241968119

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*Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016* Mirza Waheed's extraordinary new novel The Book of Gold Leaves is a heartbreaking love story set in war-torn Kashmir. In an ancient house in the city of Srinagar, Faiz paints exquisite Papier Mache pencil boxes for tourists. Evening is beginning to slip into night when he sets off for the shrine. There he finds the woman with the long black hair. Roohi is prostrate before her God. She begs for the boy of her dreams to come and take her away. Roohi wants a love story. An age-old tale of love, war, temptation, duty and choice, The Book of Gold Leaves is a heartbreaking tale of a what might have been, what could have been, if only. 'I loved it. The voice is lyrical, to match the beauty of Kashmir, and yet it is tinged with melancholy and grief, as is the story it tells' Nadeem Aslam (on The Collaborator) 'Waheed's prose burns with the fever of anger and despair; the scenes in the valley are exceptional, conveying, a hallucinatory living nightmare that has become an everyday reality for Kashmiris' Metro (on The Collaborator) Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel The Collaborator was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. It was also book of the year for The Telegraph, New Statesman, Financial Times, Business Standard and Telegraph India, among others. Waheed has written for the BBC, The Guardian, Granta, Al Jazeera English and the New York Times. He lives in London.


The Collaborator

The Collaborator

Author: Mirza Waheed

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0141048581

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Four teenage boys, who used to spend their afternoons playing cricket, or singing Bollywood ballads down by the river, have disappeared one by one, to cross into Pakistan and join the movement against the Indian army. A tale tinged with grief, 'The Collaborator' describes the heart of a war that is all too real.


Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris

Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris

Author: Christopher Snedden

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1849046212

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In 1846, the British created the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) - popularly called "Kashmir" - and then quickly sold this prized region to the wily and powerful Raja, Gulab Singh. Intriguingly, had they retained it, the India-Pakistan dispute over possession of the state may never have arisen, but Britain's concerns lay elsewhere -- expansionist Russia, beguiling Tibet and unstable China "circling" J&K -- and their agents played the 'Great Game' in Afghanistan and 'Turkistan'. Snedden contextualizes the geo-strategic and historical circumstances surrounding the British decision to relinquish prestigious 'Kashmir', and explains how they and four Dogra maharajas consolidated and controlled J&K subsequently. He details what comprised this diverse princely state with distant borders and disunified peoples and explains the Maharaja of J&K's controversial accession to India on 26 October 1947 - and its unintended consequences. Snedden weaves a compelling narrative that frames the Kashmir dispute, explains why it continues, and assesses what it means politically and administratively for the divided peoples of J&K and their undecided futures.