Kashmir: Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative

413 Pages·2017·53.15 MB·English

by  Khalid Bashir Ahmed

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KASHMIR

EXPOSING THE MYTH
BEHIND THE NARRATIVE
KHALID BASHIR AHMAD
(DSAGE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Name: Ahmad, Khalid Bashir, author.
Tide: Kashmir : exposing the myth behind the narrative / Khalid Bashir Ahmad.
Description: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications
India Pvt Ltd, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017002728[ ISBN 9789386062802 (print) | ISBN
9789386062819 (ePub) | ISBN 9789386062826 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Jammu and Kashmir (India)—Historiography. | Kashmiri
Pandits—Historiography. | Historiography—Political aspects—India—Jammu
and Kashmir. | Myth—Political aspects—India—Jammu and Kashmir.
Classification: LCC DS485.K25 A54 2017 | DDC 954/.60072—dc23 LC record
available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017002728
ISBN: 978-93-860-6280-2 (PB)
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Prologue xiii
1. Aborigines 1
2. Mind’s Eye 16
3. Malice 31
4. Power 54
5. Blood 95
6. Agitation 167
7. Migration 225
8. Homeland 283
9. Media 319
Epilogue 341
Glossary 359
Bibliography 366
Index 375
About the Author 388