Until My Freedom Has Come
The New Intifada in Kashmir
Description
The pieces in this volume voice the rage and helplessness sweeping through the Kashmir Valley while offering rare insights into the lives of those caught in the crossfire. This book is a timely collection of the most exciting writing that has recently emerged from within Kashmir, and about it.
Sanjay Kak is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes Jashn-e-Azadi (How We Celebrate Freedom, 2007), a feature-length film about Kashmir. He is based in New Delhi, India.
Author Bios
Sanjay Kak is an independent documentary filmmaker whose recent work reflects his interests in ecology, alternatives and resistance politics. His films 'Jashn-e-Azadi' (How we celebrate freedom) about the struggle for Azadi-freedom-in Kashmir, and 'Words on Water' about the struggle against large dams in the Narmada valley in central India, have been widely screened both in India and abroad. 'Words on Water' (2003) won Best Long Film prize at the International Festival of Environmental Film & Video, Brazil. 'In the forest hangs a bridge' (1999) received the "Golden Lotus" for Best Documentary Film at the 1999 National Film Awards in India and the "Asian Gaze" Award at the Pusan Short Film Festival, Korea. He is based in New Delhi.
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Publication date: April 9, 2013
Table of Contents
Contents
The Fire Is at My Heart: An Introduction ix
Summers of Unrest
Summers of Unrest Challenging India 3
Parvaiz Bukhari
Diary of a Summer 17
Suvir Kaul
What Are Kashmir’s Stone-pelters Saying to Us? 31
Sanjay Kak
Kashmir Unrest: A Letter to an Unknown Indian 43
Basharat Peer
How I Became a Stone-thrower for a Day 47
Hilal Mir
Curfewed in Kashmir: Voices from the Valley 50
Aaliya Anjum and Saiba Varma
I See Kashmir from New Delhi 64
Suvaid Yaseen
Kashmir’s Abu Ghraib? 71
Shuddhabrata Sengupta
The People Are With Us’: An Interview with 86
Masarat Alam Bhat
Dilnaz Boga
Masarat CD Creates Ripples 92
Greater Kashmir
Respected Shobha Rani 94
Aijaz Hussain
Captive City
Captive City 97
Wasim Bhat
I Protest 110
MC Kash
Kashmir Rapper Uses Rhymes to Protest Indian Rule 113
Aijaz Hussain
The Islamism Bogey in Kashmir 116
"Najeeb Mubarki"
"The Kashmir Intifada 120"
"Malik Sajad"
Kashmir: A Time for Freedom 132
Angana Chatterji
Kashmir’s Anonymous Graves Summon Darkest Days 148
Tim Sullivan
The Wounds of Kashmir’s Never-ending War 153
Ravi Nessman
The False God of Military Suppression 158
Gautam Navlakha
Languages of a Security State 169
Nawaz Gul Qanungo
Bub, Bunkers and Beyond 176
Sameer Bhat
A Victorious Campaign 179
Arif Ayaz Parrey
A Place of Blood and Memory
Kashmir: A Place of Blood and Memory 189
Nitasha Kaul
Kashmiri Marginalities: Construction, Nature 213
and Response
Gowhar Fazili
Kashmir: Three Metaphors for the Present 229
Arif Ayaz Parrey
Making a Part Inalienable: Folding Kashmir into 250
India’s Imagination
Mridu Rai
A Letter to Fellow Kashmiris 279
Mohamad Junaid
Timeline 289
Notes on Contributors 297
Acknowledgements 302
