Letting Kashmiris speak, sans intervention 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 the middle of
Between the great divide: a journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir
โ Scribed by Anam Zakaria
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers India
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 996 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Azad Kashmir (Pakistan), India--Jammu and Kashmir., Jammu and Kashmir (India), Pakistan--Azad Kashmi
- ISBN
- 9352779487
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โฆ Synopsis
Letting Kashmiris speak, sans intervention 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 the middle of artillery barrages from both ends, Pakistan-administered Kashmir was until over a decade ago one of the most closed-off territories of the world. In a first book of its kind, award-winning Pakistani writer Anam Zakaria travels through Pakistan-administered Kashmir to hear its people - their sufferings, hopes and aspirations. She talks to women and children living near the Line of Control, bearing the brunt of ceasefire violations; journalists and writers braving all odds to document events in remote areas; political and military representatives championing the cause of Kashmir; former militants still committed to the cause; nationalists struggling for a united independent Kashmir; and...
โฆ Subjects
Pakistan -- Azad Kashmir
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