Ankur Datta

On Uncertain Ground

A Study of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir

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Produktbeschreibung

Since 1989, Jammu and Kashmir has been affected by conflict between the Indian state and a movement demanding independence. As a result of this conflict, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits have left the valley and sought refuge in different parts of India, especially Jammu and New Delhi. Addressing the themes of violence, suffering, and victimhood in the context of forced migration, On Uncertain Ground explores the experiences of Kashmiri Pandits as they rebuildtheir lives after displacement, and their relationship to the Indian state and Indian and Kashmiri nationalisms. Focusing on 'camp colonies' and the lives of Kashmiri Pandits across Jammu and New Delhi, this book reveals the tension between the recovery of everyday life and the inability to feel at home andfind one's place in the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199466771
• ISBN-10: 0199466777
• Artikelnr.: 47868992

Autorenporträt

Ankur Datta teaches in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, South Asian University, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables, Maps, and Photographs
* List of Abbreviations
* Acknowledgements
* Photographs
* 1: In Place, Out of Place: An Introduction to the Kashmiri Pandits
* 2: Accounting for Displacement: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits
* 3: Living in a Place of Exception: The Politics of Place and Everyday
Life in a Displaced Persons' Camp in Jammu and Kashmir
* 4: Dealing with Dislocation: Making Home and Place in Jammu
* 5: Being a Kashmiri Pandit Migrant: Caste, Class, and Religious
Identity
* 6: Making a Claim on the Nation: The Politics of Victimhood and
Marginality among Kashmiri Pandits
* 7: Rights, Claims, and Community: Kashmiri Pandits and the Relief and
Rehabilitation Programme
* 8: Reflections
* Bibliography
* Index
* About the Author