Revisiting Dispossession and Loss in Kashmir
CONTENTS
For Parveena Ahanger, in Solidarity, Misbah Haqani
NARRATIVE ESSAYS
Between Redressal and Survival: Domestic Violence in Kashmir, Arshie Qureshi
‘Holocaust of the East, Not Mentioned in Books’, Ather Zia
Cooking in Kashmir: The Story of How to Make Yakhni in Our Kitchen, Misbah Reshi
Loss, Longing and Survival: Women Family Members of the Disappeared in Kashmir, Natasha Rather
POETRY
Driving without a lasan in Kashmir, Ather Zia
Our Memory is a Weapon, Madeeha Majid
Haqdaar Sund Haq, Maryam Kashmiri
Be Wanith Zaani Kas, Naseem Shafaie
ACADEMIC ESSAYS
Gender, Faith and Politics: Locating Shia Women in Discussions on Kashmir, Ifsha Zehra
Conflict, Space, & Public Architecture: Tracing Transformations of Loss through Bridges in Kashmir, Mariyeh Mushtaq
Pursuing the Right to Truth: Women’s Resistance and the Fight against Impunity, Madeeha Majid
ART AND VISUALS
“Ghar’e Wand’hai Ghar’e Saasa”, Ansab Jehan
Stills from My Memory, Barooja Bazaz
‘Born in a Curfew:’ Childhood in Kashmir, Masrat Zahra & Zara Bakshi
MEMOIRS
Laments from an Occupied Home, Essar Batool
Baksa: Selective Remembrance of Partition, Ravneet Kour
FICTION
F is for Fish. F is for Freedom, Fouziya Tehzeeb
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Cover Art Explainer, Kashmir Pop Art