The Human Toll of the Kashmir Conflict: Tales of Grief and Courage from a South Asian Borderland

ISBN-13: 9781137509055 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 183 str.

Shubh Mathur

Opis

The Kashmir conflict is one of the longest-running and least-known in our times. Since 1989, when the movement for Kashmiri independence took the form of an armed insurgency, more than half a million Indian troops have been deployed there, making it one of the most highly militarized regions in the world. The grim record of military violence against the civilian population for over two decades is only now being documented. To the continuing chronicle of military terror, the families of the disappeared oppose a profoundly moral voice. The Human Toll of the Kashmir Conflict offers a collection of testimonies from the families of the disappeared and other victims and survivors of human rights abuses. Inspired by the families' long quest for the truth about their missing relatives, this book is based on the idea that preserving memory is central to the struggle for justice and to someday rebuild a society shattered by two decades of armed conflict.

Recenzje

"Mathur accomplished her research working in a conflict zone, earning the trust of the people who are constantly surveilled and often punished for speaking out, no ordinary feat. Given the paucity of research available on the human impact of the conflict, her research is an invaluable resource for future researchers interested in pursuing other aspect of this very important work." (Idrisa Pandit, Greater Kashmir, greaterkashmir.com, July, 2016)

O autorze

Shubh Mathur is an anthropologist whose interests include South Asia, human rights, memory and justice, minorities and environmental ethics. She works closely with the victims and survivors of human rights abuses in Kashmir and is deeply committed to their quest for justice. She is the author of The Everyday Life of Hindu Nationalism.