000			01620nam a22002057a 4500
003			OSt
005			20250513104549.0
008			250513b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9789365690637
040			_cAACR-II
082			_aJAM M
100			_aJamal, Mehak _910486
245			_aLoal Kashmir: love and longing in a torn land
260			_aNew Delhi _bFourth Estate _c2025
300			_a343p.
520			_aA rare collection of stories of love, longing and loss from a region that has witnessed decades of conflict, Loal Kashmir seeks to answer the question: what happens when you cannot communicate your longing to your beloved? Loal, the Kashmiri word for love and affection, is the common thread running through all sixteen of these true-life narratives: Javed, on his way to show off his love letter to a friend, gets caught in a crackdown; newlywed Zara waits to be reunited with her husband in America, her visa application flagged indefinitely; Sagar and Aalmeen plan moments of stolen time during the uncertainty of militancy; Nadiya looks for Shahid from her window, coughing as caustic fumes of tear gas seep in; Khawar and Iqra struggle to reach each other when the abrogation of Article 370 leads to a shutdown across Kashmir. While the waves of discord in the Valley have been cemented in history, what has been rendered invisible are the lived experiences of its inhabitants. Loal Kashmir, by gathering the tenderest of Kashmir's tales--its accounts of love--attempts correcting this lapse.
650			_aNon-fiction _910487
650			_aEnglish Story on Kashmir _910488
942			_2ddc _cB
999			_c358221 _d358221