Chitralekha Zutshi: 2 books
Languages of Belonging
Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making of Kashmir
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Despite its centrality to the political life of India and Pakistan, Kashmir has met with rather perfunctory treatment from historians of South Asia. The few works of history and politics that have appeared on this region, moreover, insist on defining Kashmiri culture, history and identity in terms of...
Kashmir’s Contested Pasts
Narratives, Geographies, and the Historical Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
A pioneering and comprehensive study of the historical imagination in Kashmir, this book explores the conversations between the ideas of Kashmir and the ideas of history taking place within Kashmir’s multilingual historical tradition. Analysing the deep linkages among Sanskrit, Persian, and Kashmiri...