Kashmir Reading

TransConflict recommends the following books for those interested in learning more about the history, culture and politics of Kashmir.

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Literature and First-Hand Accounts

Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalist’s Frontline Account of Life, Love, and War in His Homeland – by Basharat Peer
The Kashmir Shawl – by Rosie Thomas
In the Valley of Mist: Kashmir’s long war: one family’s extraordinary story – by Justine Hardy
The Collaborator – by Mirza Waheed

Academic and Policy-Oriented

Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace – by Sumantra Bose
Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War – by Victoria Schofield
The Crisis in Kashmir: Portents of War, Hopes of Peace (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) – by Umit Ganguly

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