Insurgency and Migration

Examining the Experiences of Home and Belonging among Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits Living in Indian Administered Kashmir

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3616631
AutoresNasrullah Bhat (0000-0001-5747-8409, University of Kashmir, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume44
Fascículo4
Páginas472-487
Data de publicação2023-07-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256868.2022.2120857
OpenAlexW4295993519
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas36

This study examines how non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits from the upper caste Hindu community construct the meaning of home and belonging via their lived experiences in relation to the insurgency of 1989 in Kashmir which led to the migration of their community. Literature indicates the meaning of the loss of home and belonging migrant Kashmiri Pandits construct while living in the host places yet the least scholarship is available for non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits. An interpretative phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of the participants. A total of 19 participants were selected purposively for the present study. Participants described their experiences pre- and post-insurgency period of 1989. The analysis of the data resulted in two subordinate themes: home and belonging as an emotional space and home and belonging as a socio-political space. These findings, which are based on a phenomenological approach, help to better comprehend the feeling of being a non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit and the anguish that comes with conflict-induced migration

Caste · Feeling · Insurgency · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Kashmiri · Political science · Politics · Population · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · Social Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora