for the people of the world and more so for a Kashmiri. Yet‚ as the author rightly points out‚ hardly any work exists in the canon of Indian Literature in English about this issue. Basharat Peer‚ in his debut book Curfewed Night‚ sets out to change exactly that. Whether he succeeds or not depends on what the author aspires for; to be a narrator presenting a true and holistic picture of the tragedy of Kashmir‚ or to lend a voice to the plight of a Kashmiri Muslim. The beginning of the book paints
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Jammu and Kashmir jammu and Kashmir (i/dʒɑːmuː/ & /kæʃmɪər/; Urdu: جموں و کشمیر; Dogri‚ Hindi: जम्मू और कश्मीर; Kashmiri: जोम त कशीर(Devanagari)‚ جوم تِ کشیر (Nastaliq); Ladakhi: ཇ་མུ་དང་ཀ་ཤི་མིར།) is a state of India. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains and shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with thePeople’s Republic of China in the north and east while Line of Control separates it from Pakistani controlled
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inhabitants of Jammu and Kashmir who despite their geographical‚ religious‚ and linguistic differences are popularly known as Kashmiris. The people of Kashmir are the long—suffering people in South Asia and undoubtedly their struggle for freedom is a long-running popular movement like any other freedom struggle. For Indian and Pakistan it may be a dispute but for Kashmiris it is their right to fight for their freedom and the right of self determination. Kashmir is also a central factor determining
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vi. The 1993 Bombay Bombings vii. Anti-Christian violence in India viii. March 2001 Kanpur Riots ix. 2001 Godhra Riots x. Sikh related violence xi. National Liberation Front of Tripura xii. 1984-1990 Ethnic Cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits COMMUNALISM IN POST-MODERN INDIA Communalism has always been a problem in India due to the presence of many religious communities. During many periods throughout history‚ especially after the Delhi Sultanate‚ there have been clashes between
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SHOULD INDIA GIVE UP KASHMIR INTRODUCTION: Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century‚ the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range. Today‚ it denotes a larger area that includes the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir (which consists of Jammu‚ Kashmir Valley‚ and the Ladakh regions)‚ the Pakistan-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan‚ and
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Indian cuisine encompasses a wide variety of regional cuisines native to India. Given the range of diversity in soil type‚ climate and occupations‚ these cuisines vary significantly from each other. Indian cuisine has also shaped the history of international relations; the spice trade between India and Europe is often cited by historians as the primary catalyst for Europe’s Age of Discovery.[6] Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia. Cuisine differs across India’s diverse
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Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi/Kashmiri: जवाहरलाल नेहरू‚ pronounced [dʒəʋaːɦərˈlaːl ˈneːɦruː]; 14 November 1889–27 May 1964[4]) was an Indian statesman who was the first (and to date the longest-serving) prime minister of India‚ from 1947 until 1964. One of the leading figures in the Indian independence movement‚ Nehru was elected by the Congress Party to assume office as independent India’s first Prime Minister‚ and re-elected when the Congress Party won India’s first general election in 1952. As one of
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Justify the title ’The Ghat of the only world ’? Ghat symbolises the ultimate journey. On reaching mellow fruitfulness‚ Ali dreamt he was at the Ghat of the only world – the world of the gone. He was to bid adieu to the world of living. Having gone past pangs of life he was cradling “in supreme consolation”‚ that is‚ “I love to think that I’ll meet my mother in the afterlife‚ if there is an
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scholars were incomplete and there prevailed disagreement over the contents and text of the prepared manuscripts. Spellings are in inconsequent style of Kashmiri manuscripts and a good number of mistakes are also found in few of them. Metrical accentuations of most of the verses were written by putting the mark “II”. No attempt was made in the Kashmiri spellings to indicate the existence of matra-vowels or the consequent epenthetic changes of vowels caused by
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The Kashmir conflict (Hindi: कश्मीर विवाद‚ Urdu: کشمیر جھگڑا) is a current territorial dispute over the Kashmir region‚ the northwesternmost region of South Asia. The countries disputing are India‚ Pakistan‚ China‚ and the Kashmiri people. India claims the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir and as of 2010‚ administers approximately 43% of the region‚ including most of Jammu‚ the Kashmir Valley‚Ladakh‚ and the Siachen Glacier. India’s claim is contested by Pakistan‚ which controls approximately 37%
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