Speaking peace : women's voices from Kashmir

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Speaking peace : women's voices from Kashmir

edited by Urvashi Butalia

Zed Books, c2002

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Kashmir has been, for some years, a key issue on the Indian political map. More than a decade of conflict has deeply affected people's livelihoods and living environments, their health, their eating habits, their work and workplaces, their access to education. The impact of these things is felt most sharply in the lives of women, and yet, few discussions on Kashmir pay attention to this. This book reflects the range of women's experiences in this conflict. How has the conflict affected them? How have they learnt to live with continuing violence? What strategies have they used to cope, to find a space to share or express what they are going through? What impact has the conflict had on their health and on their access to education? What has it meant for families, for power equations within them, for relationships, for children? The contributions in this book explore these issues through interviews with Kashmiri women, personal, reflective pieces, extracts from different reports and books. Together they draw attention to a vital aspect of the conflict that has been all but forgotten.

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1. This Happened in Kashmir - Krishna Mehta 2. The Role of Women in Kashmiri Rishism - Yoginder Sikand 3. Kashmir Imprisoned: A Report - Committee for Initiative on Kashmir 4. Women's Testimonies from Kashmir: 'The Green of My Valley Is Khaki' - Women's Initiative 5. Reclaiming Lives: The Health of Women in Kargil District - Pamela Bhagatl 6. A Kashmir Diary: Seven Days in an Armed 'Paradise' - Uma Chakravarti 7. 'What Does Azadi Mean to You?' - Ritu Dewan 8. The Story of a Women's College in Kashmir - Neerja Mattoo 9. A View from Kashmir - Hameeda Bano 10. Leaving Home - Shakti Bhan Khanna 11. A Pandit Story - Kshama Paul 12. Finding Face: Images of Women from the Kashmir Valley - Sheba Chhachhi 13. Blood Soil: Chittisinghpora and After - Sonia Jabbar 14. Will Peace Return? Trauma and Health-related Work in Kashmir - Sahba Husain 15. Kashmir Journeys - Sushobha Bharve 16. A Life of Peace and Dignity - Farida Abdulla 17. Interviews - Pamela Bhagat 18. Despatches from a War-torn Region 19. Voices Appendix: Naya Kashmir: An Extract

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