| Year | January 2022 |
| Pages | viii+ 296 |
| Binding | Hardbound |
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Paradise Lost : A Contemporary History Of Kashmir 1947-2020
In 300 pages, a very concise distillation of the extremely complex history of Kashmir in the last 75 years, providing a well-researched and authoritative analysis on the roots and triggers of the conflict. Offering a comprehensive perspective about Kashmir’s unending strife through the telling of its narrative shaped by moments, events and multiple stakeholders, it is both scholarly and a great primer for those who want to understand the region’s ceaseless crisis.
Anuradha Bhasin Editor Kashmir Times
Pardise Lost is a valuable contribution to understanding Kashmir, its complex past and its fractured and tortured present. Siddhartha Guha Ray has deftly woven Kashmir’s myriad threads together in a detailed and accessible book.
David Barsamian Director Alternative Radio, USA
Dubiously known as “ Paradise on Earth” Siddhatha Guha Ray’s account presents the long history of disturbing details of deadly political turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir, the north region of Indian sub-continent. Ray meticulously describes the ever-tightening vice of ruthless competitive domination by government and vigilante agents of India and Pakistan that have made the region a veritable war zone from 1947 till now, with no advancing solution in sight.
R.S.Ratner, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University Of British Columbia
Contents
Introduction
Historical Background
Kashmir: Accession to India and the Question of Plebiscite
Democracy Denied: Kashmir’s Integration with India
Failure of the Indian Rulers: Kashmir in Flames
Insurgency and Trampled Rights
Black Laws and Suppression of Human Rights activists
State Sponsored Counter Insurgent Militants and the Election of 1995
Continuity of Crisis: 1997-2010
Resentment and Wrath: Crisis Unresolved: 2011-2018
Article 370: Origin, Erosion and Abrogation
Siddhartha Guha Ray
Siddhartha Guha Ray teaches history at Vivekananda College, affiliated o the University Of Calcutta. He is the Head of the Department as well as the Coordinator of its postgraduate section. Guha Ray specialises in human rights and labour history and completed his PhD from the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. His thesis focused on the history of the working class in Calcutta Tramway Company. His notable works include Calcutta Tramwaymen: A Study of Working Class History, Human Rights, Democratic Rights and Popular Protest (2001).Furthermore, he has contributed to several journals of repute such as Economic and Political Weekly, Social Scientist, Mainstream, and Frontier. He is a well-known Human Rights Activist.
