book review: islam, women, and violence in kashmir: between india and pakistan
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Reviewed by: Dr. Mustafa Kamal Published in the Kashmir Times on November 9, 2009TRANSCRIPT
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IN S OF J ommo dill ""IsVtJ:'sal f Nyla Ali Khan,
31,e not f(.,- gotten o. d cribebe city of Kashmir ine qually be xunna i wvord a nd
iCile Hutt ntt followed byrlrvsc i iatiM1S of the agw-ny- Of
nit of the
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ruod by3<`ati i.nns,.
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virtue of thcei fang15 )m1 tsar iA 1816 bearrleof 1
i ere thus made citheir land that Ca cestors land .i3
meaning of they reiigti rut a 15 a)f ttia t lr1
have aptly de c,rzl d t.nmiset able plight and Ibtecpo v cnrt y of The Icashlnil
r,nt, out moot(, than
theireveryw .d.
t_cc
ghlmuI'iil,.l tan a r",> 2 iiaisteringtWa parts of the iviState .zle the Indian hold1jtisbniie and the otherailed ,Azad Tcashinir•
R iinhuste E`e'l by Pakistan.
India took T'as}ioiir;,problem) to the UNt.) andi:tit t •N. Security Council
d Me Mae
LiuP &
as 11C.li ;tl„pie ,astRand lIunir;l^it.eC
m. The entireWitt that
and iilanlaitand iunn vsl
over]-list aiy is witness
three rhff_ is ntocc a ioa , ni 18 32, 1864 andl8,8 4 famine reducedpopulation in Rashtir from80) }acs to 2, 00 lakhs.
it was this injustice1 theperpetrated by
alpccset Or' ogra roily
t±97. ipic'4ing one hundredin 3- 97 ,1) by virtue of
ri'sar thatleiai,,'t7l lmSlaei ^h MohammadAMOK the Moil ofI n'l illi and be father ofI'aiehiiiir Awakening, raisedthe bun ai of revolt in 19:31
gin \IahiraiclIn 1947 the los.Hari Siogh capitulated inIto Wake of the Pathan
1l May= from
Zi isw l (Wazir istan Myhacked by Pakista 11 and Wepopular and undisputedle i iltl:art Sheik-a was at tlie
l ishnlii•.
he twoindia and
led
an-Yt7iibyt 1's of the West
(1-,- S block) a0d the thenU SSR (Soviet. block)roiAipliruitinC matter's bytaking ^idos to servo theirnarrow self-interest of worlddomination afier the SecondWadd wan_
Whit' the Vest supportediakititani stand on the
i;sIle, LUSSR supported theIndian/Stan(]. Three warsother than the Pathan tribalinvasion of 1947 Were foughtbetween lnclia and Pakistan
1965. 19 , 1 and the Kargilar oa" 19119 all leading to
embittering Indctions and heavy
ht oriz .itivrl of the twoits This has also
general xad a proxy wa cirted insurgency Wii,_w
new in its twentiethiving claimed torts
hous_ands of lives and laiscale destruction of propeiand untold su ffering a0(1
llii m iliat ion o f the localpopulat ten-includingmigtalion of ]most airentire" con7nlunlty w in ai
include people and familiesfrom ]Muslim and Sikhcoin nilinit es as well.
Now Delhi never fulfilled)wed pl. noises
?i in-a, amn, onthe India
ie I TAX), theCouncil, It
Tr e-91 Ch€erouslythem by
a m o'p'tionalon One
&eep
Ve
es
toty 1n theig n umberI)eCOIn ng a
.ir° problem hand friendse becuuiiniT Inca
ce1)TucaIA , ormt.iojdu(: tobe it Indira- .tr
YOM of 1975 divto take off °_I;i
Congresssupport to
Congress-51Cer n neat inv is the h.init'
III
"Autonomy" ofRao Qovei' rment
n Fate of there'conunenda.tio'ns of workinggroups ct :nstititt"ed byGoyertinnen: of India withmuch #-i ill `e.
Destabiiizin; elected'augh
S political intrigues and
deceit and stick polity adopted, bytrust New Delhi within J&K have
1aieti tae 00niinon man>i ample from, the Indian nla instreanliluring a ncl He feels cheated and
disillusioned.partition Indian held Kashmir has
c 1947tiali of
OOad by a i olhie state given byhe mist `sire i•-<.a}aa liner the lion ofaiidenre I llz zia. Poverty,a, after igIioranc.e, liseases,tic and illiteracy, hunger are but a
she past. Being a
as 11
vto that , muchhelp, albeitNew .:Delhi..e has eoule tor
ci P,- l i`,, a l's totheir differencesth 1)4 ,ter past.....
people of J&KE both sides of the
on board in a spirit ofand lete live".
It is here that J&K canply a rule of'uniting the twoestranged neighbours, Indiaa;id Pakistan in anunbreakable and everlaAiag
tie
bond of trioirrelevant boc;
Women have Inbi ggest ; gainer'sstruggle fbi' elnan)cilthe i prearr. d p i :'launched and `+1 amaIegendnrt S'
the Lion of KJ&K NatioriiParty MAT heI<3 :s h ire ii9i wonPantiit, has r
This i , rt:lr g i'miracle for a per.
re Sakes in every some 0wind just o er. thre,
isrst err'lsphere of
Ktl,JWS
MO
giving theof the weeJ&K State
inysti
%a,u fret; another
a ma
the i 'Iogh€
to }ti;rnmitIa'
Jefialigir, "If there is iion earth it is here it is lis hf re` . Alas! ","'his ,i-ttFis wounded and lie: blebeckonin` ti m e l) inefor mere end (ICt cY`I]
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