Behold, I Shine: Narratives Of Kashmir'S Women And Children

Set in the once-fabled land of Kashmir, Behold, I Shine moves beyond male voices and focuses, instead, on what the struggle means for the Valley�s women and children�those whose husbands remain untraceable; whose mothers are half-widows; those who have confronted the wrath of �Ikhwanis�, or the scrutiny of men in uniform and what it means to stand up to it all.This book also brings to focus the resilience of the Valley�s women and children�of activists like Parveena Ahangar and Anjum Zamrud Habib, who, after debilitating losses, start human rights organizations; of ordinary homemakers like Munawara who have taken on the judiciary and of a young generation of thinkers like Uzma Falak and Essar Batool who foreground the interaction of gender, politics and religion and won�t let Kashmir forget.Stitching together their narratives, Behold, I Shine not only memorializes women�s voices�thus far forgotten, unwritten, suppressed or side-lined�but also celebrates the mighty spirit of the Valley.

Categories: Fiction