Book : Kashmir Story -Hope & Despair
Author : Zahid G. Muhammad
Publisher : Gulshan Books
ISBN : 9788183391931
Price : 1595/- INR

About The Book:
The history of Kashmir
is a sad story,’
wrote Josef Korbel
in 1954. Since
then nothing has
changed, In fact, it
has become sadder.
With more agonizing
and brutal
stories added to it
with every passing
year, it is now one
of the most scarlet
histories of the subcontinent.
In the contemporary
history of
this salubrious
land that for centuries
has been waxing even most prosaic lyrical, there
are many important watersheds. For killing of one
hundred sixteen school children in the age group of
eight to twenty one the year 2010 will be part of major
Kashmir narrative for centuries to come. The New
York Times described the massive protests sparked
after the killing of youth by men in uniform as ‘second
intifada.’ Thousands of youth all over Kashmir for
months converged on the streets raising full throat
slogans for “azadi” and resorted to fighting batons and
bullets with stones. The protest rallies and ding-dong
battles between the troops and the youth attracted
over two thousands columns and editorials in the
international media. For the youth bidding adieu
to guns and resorting to the most primitive weapon
stones these protests have been a paradigm shift from
“armed struggle” to the people’s uprising.
About The Author:
Zahid G. Muhammad
born in Srinagar.
Graduated from Islamia
College of science
and commerce. Had
his masters in Literature
from the University
of Kashmir.
He has been writing
from his student days.
He started his writing
career from Urdu
newspapers the Daily
Aftab and Daily Hamdard,
Srinagar. He
contributed articles
on politics, literature,
culture and history to various newspapers within
and outside country. He wrote for the Radiance, the
Statesmen, the Onlooker, Bombay, the Sunday Calcutta,
Free Press Journal, Bombay, Kashmir Times,
Jammu, Greater Kashmir, the Kashmir observer,
Srinagar and the Journal of peace studies, New
Delhi, Arab News, Express Tribune (International
Herald Tribune) the News, the Post and the Washington
Post. He contributed a weekly column for
the Press Asia international New Delhi, reviewed
scores of books on Kashmir history, literature and
politics. He organized number of seminars and
conference on Kashmir. He has written script for
number of documentaries on Kashmir and has Publications.
• Can National Conference Survive? (1978)
• The Cindering Chinars (A collection of English,
Short Stories) 1995
• Icons of Kashmir Identity
• Kashmir In war and Diplomacy
• Srinagar my city My Dreamland
• Living Uncertainties: Kashmir People and problems.

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