Dapaan: Tales from Kashmir’s Conflict
Author: Ipsita Chakravarty
ISBN: 978-9360451431
Price: Rs. 560.50 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
About the Book IN THIS HAUNTING, PROBING BOOK, AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST INTERVIEWS ORDINARY KASHMIRIS ABOUT TALES OF WAR IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. In Kashmir, folktales often begin with the word dapaan—‘it is said’. So too do local narratives told and retold about the past, among people who have lived through nearly eight decades of a bitter contest between India and Pakistan. This is a story about stories. In the hyper-nationalist din over a territorial dispute, Kashmiri voices are often drowned out. Yet the region is home to long habits of storytelling, its communities intensely engaged with history-keeping. For centuries, folk traditions of theatre, song and fable have flowed into a reservoir of common talk. Mythology, hearsay and historical memory coexist here without any apparent hierarchies. By the time armed rebellion spread through Kashmir in 1989, many of these traditions had died out, or been forced underground. But they have left traces in the way ordinary people speak about the conflict—in their songs of loss, and jokes about dark times; in fantastical geographies, and rumours turning the Valley’s militarisation into a ghostly haunting. From Partition to the 2019 Indian crackdown, Ipsita Chakravarty discovers a vivid, distinctly Kashmiri vision of events that have often been narrated from the top-down. Her interviewees conjure a kaleidoscope of towns and villages shaping their own memories. About the Author Ipsita Chakravarty is an award-winning journalist who has reported on politics and armed conflict in Kashmir and North-East India for a decade. She has worked as a reporter, editor and opinion writer for national dailies including The Times of India, The Telegraph, The Indian Express and Scroll. Read more
Edition details: English, 320 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-9360451431.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- General / Adult
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 978-9360451431
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- Context
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
About the Book IN THIS HAUNTING, PROBING BOOK, AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST INTERVIEWS ORDINARY KASHMIRIS ABOUT TALES OF WAR IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. In Kashmir, folktales often begin with the word dapaan—‘it is said’. So too do local narratives told and retold about the past, among people...
Who should read this book?
Recommended for readers who enjoy quality books and are looking for genuine, well-crafted literature by Ipsita Chakravarty.
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- Published by Context.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 320.
Catalog Description
About the Book IN THIS HAUNTING, PROBING BOOK, AN AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST INTERVIEWS ORDINARY KASHMIRIS ABOUT TALES OF WAR IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. In Kashmir, folktales often begin with the word dapaan—‘it is said’. So too do local narratives told and retold about the past, among people who have lived through nearly eight decades of a bitter contest between India and Pakistan. This is a story about stories. In the hyper-nationalist din over a territorial dispute, Kashmiri voices are often drowned out. Yet the region is home to long habits of storytelling, its communities intensely engaged with history-keeping. For centuries, folk traditions of theatre, song and fable have flowed...
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