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This paper focuses on the ‘flight’ and ‘temporary settlement’ of the Bhutanese refugee women living in Nepal – the uncertainties, the sufferings and feelings of rootlessness that overwhelm them. Based on in-depth interviews conducted with the refugees, the office bearers of humanitarian organizations working in the area and field observations of the author, the paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the social, psychological ...
Awarded by WISCOMP for academic research, media projects and special project, the Scholar of Peace Fellowships are designed to encourage innovative work by academics, policymakers, defence and foreign affairs practitions, journalists, NGO workers, creative artists and others. The work of the Fellows is showcased in the form of the WISCOMP perspectives and Discussion papers Series.
Nineteenth in the Discussion Paper series Women Can’t Swim: Tsunami, Survival ...
Contents: Pt. 1. The broad picture-an overview.; Pt. 2. Pandits and Muslims: Exploring the Kashmiri identity through the prism of the 'other'.; Pt. 3. The conflicted Islamic identity: The upsurge of radical Islam and the response to it.; Pt. 4. Rural Kashmir: Veiled fractures, changing paradigms and diverse voices.; Pt. 5. Minorities in Kashmir: Emer.