Kashmir: Insurgency and After attempts to understand the nature and historical roots of the insurgency in Kashmir, and examines the causes and consequences of the blood-soaked rupture between the Kashmiri people and the Indian state. It delves into the erosion of the basis for secular and democratic politics in the state by narrating the history of its alienation from the rest of the country. The author argues that the politics of secession and the militancy of the Kashmiri urge for freedom and democracy can be best contained by an unhindered extension of the processes of Indian democracy to the state. This extensively revised edition brings the Kashmir story up to date.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Balraj Puri
Balraj Puri started his public career in 1942 as editor of a weekly and an activist. Though he has been writing in national dailies and academic journals on wide range of subjects, his main field of study and activity has been a bridge between regional and ethnic communities of this extremely diverse state, and between its popular leadership, even when it was alienated, and the national leaders including Nehru and Jayaprakash Narayan. He has been associated with almost each move that JP made on Kashmir, with his assistance, advice or critical comments. Author and co-author of 35 books which include: Kashmir towards Insurgency, 1995, 5000 years of Kashmir, 1997, Jammu and Kashmir: Triumph and Tragedy of Indian Federalisation, 1991, Jammu – A Clue of Kashmir Tangle, 1966, Abdullah Era (1983).
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