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The HarperCollins India Guide to Understanding Kashmir

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Presenting the HarperCollins India Guide to Understanding Kashmir.

With these 21 essential books, dive deep into the complex history and contemporary politics of Kashmir.

  1. A Dismantled State by Anuradha Bhasin
  2. Kashmir by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
  3. For Now It is Night by Hari Krishna Kaul, tr. Kalpana Raina, Tanveer Ajsi, Gowhar Yaqoob and Gowhar Fazili
  4. Kashmir by Romesh Bhattacharji
  5. Sheikh Abdullah by Chitralekha Zutshi
  6. Gul Gulshan Gulfam by Pran Kishore
  7. Scattered Souls by Shahnaz Bashir
  8. Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years by A.S. Dulat, Aditya Sinha
  9. Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir by Farah Bashir
  10. Red Maize by Danesh Rana
  11. A Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux by Khemlata Wakhlu
  12. The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
  13. Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control by Dinkar P. Srivastava
  14. Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir by Malik Sajad
  15. The Night of Broken Glass by Feroz Rather
  16. Future Tense by Nitasha Kaul
  17. A Desolation Called Peace: Voices from Kashmir by Ather Zia and Javaid Iqbal Bhat
  18. Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir by Anam Zakaria
  19. As Far as the Saffron Fields by Danesh Rana
  20. The Kashmir Conundrum by Gen. NC Vij
  21. Tales from Kathasaritsagara by Somadeva, tr. Arshia Sattar

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A Dismantled State
by Anuradha Bhasin

On 5 August 2019, the status of Jammu and Kashmir was altered by revoking Articles 370 and 35A, constitutional clauses that gave the region a sliver of autonomy since its accession to India in 1947. On the ground in the…

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A Dismantled State
Kashmir
by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

Maharaja Hari Singh rules Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Princely State expected to accede to Pakistan during the partition in 1947. But Hari Singh dreams of a Switzerland-like status for his Himalayan kingdom. Meanwhile, popular leader Sheikh Abdullah rallies for freedom and…

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Kashmir
Kashmir
by A.S. with Sinha Dulat

There comes a day in one's life when one feels it should all be put down before memory fades. There are endless memories and I have carried a story with me for a long time. SRINAGAR IN THE WINTER OF…

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Kashmir
Kashmir
by Romesh Bhattacharji

When we think of Kashmir today, we think of militancy and conflict, but it was once an unspoilt land, lush and beautiful-heaven on earth. Kashmir takes us back to this paradise, to a time when militancy had not yet struck…

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Kashmir
A Desolation Called Peace
by Javaid Iqbal Bhat

The accession of Kashmir to the Indian Union in 1947 had raised objections both in Kashmir and India, echoes of which continue to be heard even today. At the time, Sheikh Abdullah was the uncrowned king of Kashmir; today, his…

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A Desolation Called Peace
Indian Lives Series Book 2 - Sheikh Abdullah
by Chitralekha Zutshi

This is the second book in the Indian Lives series, edited and curated by Ramachandra Guha.The Kashmiri leader Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (1905-82) is one of the best-known and most controversial political figures of twentieth-century South Asia. A fierce Kashmiri nationalist,…

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Indian Lives Series Book 2 - Sheikh Abdullah
For Now, It Is Night
by Hari Krishna Kaul | Kalpana Raina | Tanveer Ajsi | Gowhar Fazili | Gowhar Yaqoob

Hari Krishna Kaul, one of the very best modern Kashmiri writers, published most of his work between 1972 and 2000. His short stories, shaped by the social crisis and political instability in Kashmir, explore - with an impressive eye for…

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For Now, It Is Night
Gul Gulshan Gulfam
by Pran Kishore | Shafi Shauq

It's the nineties, and Kashmir is in turmoil. The tourism industry has taken a big hit, and the youth are disillusioned, with no jobs or hopes for the future. In this climate, Malla Khaliq waits day after day for guests…

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Gul Gulshan Gulfam
Scattered Souls
by Shahnaz Bashir

It was the 1990s. The army descended upon Kashmir to quell a massive armed rebellion against Indian rule. They entered not just the land, but also the lives of its people, fracturing their idea of home and punctuating their days…

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Scattered Souls
Rumours of Spring
by Farah Bashir

'A terrifying yet tender account of a girlhood spent under near-constant siege.' Madhuri Vijay, author of The Far Field'Extraordinary - this memoir of growing up in Kashmir in the 1990s is illuminating, heartbreaking, and beautifully told.' Kamila Shamsie, author of…

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Rumours of Spring
Red Maize
by Danesh Rana

The old, who had seen peaceful times, rightly predicted, 'So much blood will seep through our land that someday we will have red kernels of maize instead of yellow. The day is not far when the hills will start to…

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Red Maize
As Far As The Saffron Fields
by Danesh Rana

In March 2019, two militants were killed during a siege at a house in Nowgam, on the outskirts of Srinagar. One of them was known simply as 'Idrees Bhai'. The encounter was forgotten for the most part, until investigators came…

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As Far As The Saffron Fields
A Kashmiri Century
by Khemlata Wakhlu

Perhaps the most enigmatic region in the world, Kashmir has a special place in the Indian subcontinent's history. Over the several centuries of being ruled by kings from diverse faiths and cultures-Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Afghans, Sikhs and Dogras, the region…

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A Kashmiri Century
The Far Field
by Madhuri Vijay

In the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged, naive and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote village in Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of…

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The Far Field
Forgotten Kashmir
by Dinkar P. Srivastava

Forgotten Kashmir examines the evolution of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) over the past seven decades. It includes major milestones like the 'tribal' invasion in 1947-48, the Sudhan revolt in the 1950s, the Ayub era, the Simla Agreement, the adoption of an…

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Forgotten Kashmir
Munnu
by Malik Sajad

Seven-year-old Munnu is growing up in Indian-administered Kashmir. Life revolves around his family: Mama, Papa, sister Shahnaz, brothers Adil and Akhtar and, his favourite, older brother Bilal. It also revolves around Munnu’s two favourite things – sugar and drawing. But…

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Munnu
The Night of Broken Glass
by Feroz Rather

Over the last three decades, Kashmir has been ravaged by insurgency. While reams have been written on it - in human rights documents, academic theses, non-fiction accounts of the turmoil, and government and military reports - the effects of the…

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The Night of Broken Glass
Future Tense
by Nitasha Kaul

The son of a former militant, Fayaz is an aimless bureaucrat whose marriage to his wife Zeenat has broken down. His nephew Imran is a young student, a misfit in Srinagar, hoping to join a new kind of spectacular resistance.…

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Future Tense
Between the Great Divide
by Anam Zakaria

Seventy years ago, as India and Pakistan gained their independence, the region of Jammu & Kashmir also found itself divided, with parts of the territory administered by Pakistan ever since. Located by the volatile Line of Control and caught in…

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Between the Great Divide
The Kashmir Conundrum
by General N.C. Vij

Kashmir has been considered one of the longest-running and most intractable conflicts of the modern world. How does one make sense of the issue and look to the future?In The Kashmir Conundrum, former Indian Army chief General N.C. Vij –…

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The Kashmir Conundrum
Tales from the Kathasaritsagara
by SOMADEVA | ARSHIA SATTAR

The Kathasaritsagara - the ocean of stories - is among the world's great story collections, truly an ocean that carries the reader on its gentle swell to shores far and near, to places known and imagined, to people familiar and…

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Tales from the Kathasaritsagara

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