The Saga Of Satisar
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Kashmir S Contested Pasts
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Author : Chitralekha Zutshi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-09
Kashmir S Contested Pasts written by Chitralekha Zutshi and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-09 with History categories.
A pioneering and comprehensive study of the historical imagination in Kashmir, this book explores the conversations between the ideas of Kashmir and the ideas of history taking place within Kashmir’s multilingual historical tradition. Analysing the deep linkages among Sanskrit, Persian, and Kashmiri narratives, Kashmir’s Contested Pasts contends that these traditions drew on and influenced each other to imagine Kashmir as far more than simply an unsettled territory or a tourist paradise. By offering a historically grounded reflection on the memories, narrative practices, and institutional contexts that have informed, and continue to inform, imaginings of Kashmir and its past, the book suggests new ways of understanding the debates over history, territory, identity, and sovereignty that shape contemporary South Asia.
Kashmir Saga
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Author : DR. SHEIKH SHOWKAT HUSSAIN
language : en
Publisher: Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Kashmir Saga written by DR. SHEIKH SHOWKAT HUSSAIN and has been published by Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Religion categories.
A Street In Srinagar
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Author : Chandrakanta
language : en
Publisher: Zubaan
Release Date : 2012-06-25
A Street In Srinagar written by Chandrakanta and has been published by Zubaan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-25 with Fiction categories.
Srinagar, capital city of the famed ‘paradise on earth’, Kashmir. Ailan Gali, a deep, dark narrow lane that lies at its heart, where houses stand on a finger’s width of space and lean crookedly against each other, so deep, so narrow, so closely connected that even thieves do not dare enter. Yet people live and love here, they cling on to their old ways, they share stories and food, joys and sorrows, sufficient unto themselves. But the outside world beckons, youngsters begin to leave, and slowly change makes its way into Ailan Gali only to find its hitherto hidden mirror-image – the change that has insidiously been working its way into the lives of those who are the gali’s permanent residents. This funny, poignant, evocative story of a Kashmir as yet untouched by violence – but with its shadows looming at the edges – is a classic of Hindi literature, available in English translation for the first time. Published by Zubaan.
Hindus Of Kashmir A Genocide Forgotten
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Author : Bansi Pandit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-26
Hindus Of Kashmir A Genocide Forgotten written by Bansi Pandit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-26 with categories.
The present-day Kashmir valley, according to Nilmat Purana, the sixth century Sanskrit Classic, was a large lake called Satisar surrounded by gigantic snow-peaked mountains. Geological findings confirm that the Valley was once submerged underwater. There is a tradition that the lake was drained by an ascetic, named Kashyapa Rishi (sage) by cutting the gap in the hills at Baramulla (Varaha-mula). Hence the reclaimed land was called Kashyap Mar. In the people's language over a while, Kashyap Mar became 'Kashmir, ' the present name of the Valley.The Hindus of Kashmir Valley, popularly known as Kashmiri Pandits, are the aboriginal people of the Valley. Their ancestors (Saraswat Brahmins) settled in the Valley over five thousand years ago after the original lake was drained and the land became habitable. The Valley inhabitants were principally Hindus until the 14th century when Islamists entered the Valley and began converting Hindus to Islam. Seven mass exoduses of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley have occurred in the past 600 years. In the mid-1980s, the Islamist radicals, with the help of the local Muslim majority, began a militarized crusade to Islamize the Valley. Throughout the summer of 1989, armed radical Islamists intensified their jihad in Azadi's name (freedom) to Islamize the Valley. Explosive and inflammatory speeches broadcast from the loudspeakers installed on the mosques became frequent. Thousands of audio cassettes, carrying similar propaganda, were played all over the Valley to instill fear into the already frightened Kashmiri Pandit community. There were open calls for the establishment of an Islamic order. Various Islamist groups like Jamat-i-Islami and its militant wing Hizbul Mujahedeen, women's wing Dukhtaran-i-Millat, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Allah Tigers, Jamiatul-Ulemmi Islam, etc. proclaimed the objective of their struggle as Islamization of the Kashmir valley and its merger with Pakistan. The Islamic extremists launched a malicious campaign against the Kashmiri Pandits through sermons in mosques and via the local Urdu newspapers by publishing materials derogatory to Pandits and by denigrating their history, customs, and traditions, with an object of spreading hatred and disinformation about this ancient indigenous community amongst the ordinary Muslim masses in the Valley. On January 4, 1990, a local Urdu newspaper, Aftab, published a press release issued by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, asking all Pandits to leave the Valley immediately. Another ultimatum was given to the minority Pandit community through the local press on April 14, 1990, asking them to leave the Valley within two days or face death. This announcement was published in a popular local newspaper Alsafa, Srinagar, on April 14, 1990. These warnings were followed by Kalashnikov-wielding masked Jehadis carrying out military-type exercises openly. The elimination of the entire Pandit community was deemed necessary to rid the Valley of its un-Islamic elements. To achieve their goal, Islamists began a campaign of killing Hindus in cold blood. From late 1989 to mid-1990, over 1000 Hindus were massacred - a genocide forgotten. The Hindus' atrocities led to the exodus of the entire Hindu population from the Valley to Jammu and other cities in India. Over 350,000 Pandits became refugees in their own country and are still waiting to return to their homeland. The account given here is an abridged description of the ethnic cleansing and the subsequent exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in 1989-90, who became refugees in their own country. Not only has this human tragedy been forgotten by the world community, but a campaign of disinformation coupled with misguided and misinformed narrative has been perpetuated for years by Pakistan, Muslims, and the media. The author, whose family has been a victim of this human catastrophe, hopes that this text sets the record straight for future generations of the uprooted Pandits.
The Plague Upon Us
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Author : Shabir Ahmad Mir
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-08-20
The Plague Upon Us written by Shabir Ahmad Mir and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-20 with Fiction categories.
‘In times like these, truth is perhaps the only justice we can have, the only vengeance we can wreak.’ Blood drips from the pellet-stricken eyes of young Kashmiri men as Oubaid watches insurgency and violence rip through the streets of his homeland. A voice in his head tells him he knows who brought this plague upon them. But acknowledging it would mean that he must relive the horrors that have been inflicted on those he loves... Yet the voice will not leave Oubaid alone, and as he reluctantly confronts his past, there emerge four echoes of a story, narrated by four childhood friends – a youth caught in conflict, the daughter of a social climber, the son of a moneyed landlord and a militant. As their tales diverge and coalesce, they unravel a truth that is not always the sum of its parts – one that reveals the full tragedy of a people buffeted by circumstance and desperately seeking salvation. A taut, searing reflection of our times, The Plague upon Us announces the arrival of an arresting new voice in contemporary fiction.
Gul Gulshan Gulfam
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Author : Pran Kishore
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2017-06-10
Gul Gulshan Gulfam written by Pran Kishore and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-10 with Fiction categories.
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 to arrive at his three beloved houseboats - Gul, Gulshan and Gulfam - on the Dal Lake, and struggles to keep his three sons together. While Noor Mohammed loves his father, and tries to keep the faith, despite evidence that business is on the decline, Ghulam Ahmed and Ghulam Qadir have plans that might place them in the path of danger. Meanwhile, as Khaliq prepares for his much-pampered daughter Parveen's wedding, the sudden arrival of a mysterious American girl sets in motion events that threaten to disturb the precarious equilibrium of his household. Gul Gulfam Gulshan paints a portrait of a Kashmir in transition, and of a man who is trying to salvage the memories and values of his youth. Once a popular television series, this novelization vividly recreates the streets of Srinagar and the once-living economy of the Dal lake. This is a deeply affecting story about relationships, migration, ambitions and dreams of preserving one's homeland.
Tales Of Kashmir
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Author : Somnath Dhar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Tales Of Kashmir written by Somnath Dhar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Folklore categories.
Of Gods Men And Militants
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Author : K. L. Chowdhury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Of Gods Men And Militants written by K. L. Chowdhury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Jammu and Kashmir (India) categories.
On the present condition in Kashmir, India.
Kashmir The Land Of Kashyapa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Kashmir The Land Of Kashyapa written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
The Hindu History Of Kashmir
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Author : Horace Hayman Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Hindu History Of Kashmir written by Horace Hayman Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Jammu and Kashmir (India) categories.
Based on the Kalhana's Sanskrit work "Rajatarangini".