This book examines the hitherto neglected areas of life in Kashmir, its continually fraught relationship with the central government of India, and the role of international politics, which resulted in the inception and perpetuation of the crisis in the region. Spanning the decades from the end of the rule of the Dogras and Sheikh Abdullah's contentious relations with the national leadership in Delhi to the current abrogation of Article 370, this book investigates the historical trajectory and modern identity politics at the core of the Kashmir problem. Invoked by the local elite and other participants through political and social struggles, this situation has shaped the everyday life of Kashmiris, offering tools for highlighting pre-existing homogeneities and differences in order to construct specific versions of such identities on religious and regional bases.

ISBN 13: 9789391144708

ISBN 10: 9391144705

Year: 2021

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: xii+234p., bib., ind., 25cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Politics