Languages of Belonging

Islam and Political Culture in Kashmir

Zutshi Chitralekha

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Despite its centrality to the political life of India and Pakistan, the few reliable works of history that have appeared on Kashmir insist ahistorically on the existence of a unique Kashmir cultural identity. This text questions the notion of any transcendent cultural uniqueness and 'Kashmiriyat'.

'Languages of Belonging is a quantum leap forward in Kashmir studies and will make one of the best histories of "regional" identities and economies in India yet produced'. – Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, Cambridge University

About the Author

Chitralekha Zutsi is Associate Professor of History at the College of William and Mary.

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