India: Kashmir
(see also India, India: Muslims, India 1947-1984 & India since 1985)
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators
World Guide (Montevideo)
On
the Web: Articles
The "Distraction"
that Takes the Heat off al-Qa'ida, Robert Fisk, Independent (from
Counterpunch) (7/16/02). Some believe Pakistani bin Laden supporters are fanning Kashmiri conflict to
ease pressure on Al-Qaeda forces.
Washington
is Pushing India & Pakistan to the Brink of War. Michel Chossudovsky,
Centre for Research on Globalization (5/23/02).
Jaish
Bomb Blew Up in Pak Face Too. Muzamil Jaleel, Indian Express (10/7/01). Pakistani extremists fighting for Kashmir fear that if Musharaf sacrificed
Taliban, he'll sacrifice them as well.
On the Web: Specialized
Sites
Kashmir Study Group. Cogent arguments for an independent Jammu & Kashmir.
In the Library: Articles:
Baldauf, Scott. "Upsurge in boys drawn into Kashmir conflict," Christian Science Monitor (10/3/03):7.
___________. "Insurgents push into Kashmir," Christian Science Monitor (10/7/03):6.
___________. "Heroin money could fund Kashmir's militants," Christian Science Monitor (10/20/03):10
Bidwai, Praful. "On the brink," In These Times (2/18/02): 3.
Chowla, Peter. "A dream deferred. Will peace ever come to Kashmir?" In These Times (10/1/01):21-3.
Ghosh, Amitav. "'The ghat of the only world': Agha Shahid Ali in Brooklyn," Nation (2/11/02):31-36.
Hilton, Isabel. "Between the mountains," New Yorker (3/11/02):64-75.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammed. Flames of the Chinar: An Autobiography (trans. Khushwant Singh; NY: Viking, 1993).
Abu-Nimer, Mohammed. Nonviolence & Peace Building in Islam (Gainesville: U. of Florida, 2003).
Ahmed, Akbar. Islam under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post-Honor World (NY: Polity, 2003).
Asia Watch. Rape in Kashmir: A Crime of War (NY: Human Rights Watch, 1993).
Ganguly, Sumit. Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947 (NY: Columbia, 2001).
Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Awareness & Documentation Centre. Rape & Molestation: A Weapon of War in Kashmir (Srinagar: Institute of Kashmir Studies, 1998).
Margolis, Eric S. War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir & Tibet (NY: Routledge, 2002).
Michel, Aloys Arthur. The Indus Rivers: A Study of the Effects of Partition (New Haven: Yale, 1967).
Sudha, Koul. The Tiger Ladies: A Memoir of Kashmir (Boston: Beacon Press, 2003).
In the Library: Fiction
Chandra, Vikram. The Srinagar Conspiracy (NY: Penguin, 2000).
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Photography
"India: The Turmoils of the Century" [1994], dir. Arnaud Mandagaran, 120m. From Filmakers' Library.
"Mission Kashmir" [2000], dir. Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 157m. In video
stores. Indian action film focussed on the conflict.