A Literary Guide to the Kashmir Conflict

Bina Shah
5 min readOct 17, 2019
Photo by Dar Yasin for AP

As I write this column, a sense of agitation and urgency threatens to overpower my emotions. Over two months ago, on August 5, 2019, the Indian army moved into Kashmir, tourists were evacuated, schools and colleges shut, communications cut and the entire region put into lockdown. Then, the Indian government announced it was revoking Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, under which Kashmir and Jammu had held special…

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Bina Shah

Wellesley grad. Pakistani writer & NYT columnist. Feminist. Author of Before She Sleeps. I want women to live powerful lives.