Book Review: Islam, Women, and Violence in Kashmir: Between India and Pakistan

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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

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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

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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

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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

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a m o'p'tionalon One

&eep

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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

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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

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giving theof the weeJ&K State

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to }ti;rnmitIa'

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