Labouring for Kashmir'sazadi

Ongoing violence and resistance in Maisuma, Srinagar

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ID3865733
AuthorsSarbani Sharma (0000-0001-8877-4286, University of Delhi, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume54
Issue1
Pages27-50
Publication date2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueContributions to Indian Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0069-9659 • E-ISSN: 0069-9667
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0069966719890525
OpenAlexW2995733781
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

While much has been said about the historicity of the Kashmir conflict or about how individuals and communities have resisted occupation and demanded the right to self-determination, much less has been said about nature of everyday life under these conditions. This article offers a glimpse of life in the working-class neighbourhood of Maisuma, located in the central area of the city of Srinagar, and its engagement with the political movement for azadi (freedom). I argue that the predicament of 'double interminability' characterises life in Maisuma-the interminable violence by the state on the one hand and simultaneously the constant call of labouring for azadi by the movement on the other, since the terms of peace are unacceptable

Everyday life · Historicity (philosophy · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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