Sahba Husain

Love, Loss, and Longing in Kashmir

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Produktbeschreibung

Researcher and activist Sahba Husain has been working in Kashmir for two decades, and in this personal, passionate account of that state and its people, she documents her deeply engaged and empathetic involvement with Kashmir's politicized terrain. We join her as she meets--and, crucially, listens to--people who carry all of the anger, despair, and helplessness of a people caught in conflict and violence. Forming deep friendships through this process, Husain finds herself questioning her own "Indian" identity. It is those relationships that form the backdrop of this book, in which Husain focuses on certain key areas: the health of a people, militancy and its changing meanings for local people and the state, impunity and the search for justice, migration and the longing for homes left behind, and women's activism along the faultlines of nation-state and community. A book of difficult subjects, but one that finds surprising beauty in its engagement with human relationships, of love for a land and a people and of hope for a future free of violence, Love, Loss, and Longing in Kashmir is a compelling and necessary read.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zubaan
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9789385932878
• ISBN-10: 938593287X
• Artikelnr.: 58125902

Autorenporträt

Sahba Husain is an independent researcher and women's rights activist. For the last two decades, she has travelled extensively in Jammu and Kashmir, documenting the social consequences of armed conflict, mass violence and militarization on individuals, families and communities, with a special focus on women. Her earlier research focused on problems of working women in the organized and unorganized sectors in several states of India and on the impact of development policies on women's social, political and economic status.