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Lost Rebellion: Kashmir in the Nineties
The inside story of the insurgency in Kashmir. The militant rebellion that began in Kashmir in the winter of 1989 has left about 20,000 dead, many injured and countless traumatized.
In this first book-length study of the rebellion, Manoj Joshi narrates how a simple call for azadi by bands of disgruntled youth was transformed within a year into a full-scale jehad against India. Joshi's chronicle dwells at length on Pakistan's proxy war against India and the atrocities perpetrated by the Afghan mercenaries. It also exposes hitherto unknown facets of the US position on Kashmir and investigates sensitive issues like the alleged mass rape at Kunan Poshpora, the infamous alley deaths and the abduction of four foreigners by the mysterious Al Faran militant outfit.
Examining the official attempts to curb the rebellion, Joshi is unsparing in his criticism of the political bungling and bureaucratic ineptitude which have hamstrung the fight against insurgency. Giving a raw, compelling edge to the book are the accounts of the many hapless victims of the rebellion. Meticulously researched, The Lost Rebellion is a riveting account of the human drama that lies at the heart of the crisis that is Kashmir. With over twenty photographs.
In this first book-length study of the rebellion, Manoj Joshi narrates how a simple call for azadi by bands of disgruntled youth was transformed within a year into a full-scale jehad against India. Joshi's chronicle dwells at length on Pakistan's proxy war against India and the atrocities perpetrated by the Afghan mercenaries. It also exposes hitherto unknown facets of the US position on Kashmir and investigates sensitive issues like the alleged mass rape at Kunan Poshpora, the infamous alley deaths and the abduction of four foreigners by the mysterious Al Faran militant outfit.
Examining the official attempts to curb the rebellion, Joshi is unsparing in his criticism of the political bungling and bureaucratic ineptitude which have hamstrung the fight against insurgency. Giving a raw, compelling edge to the book are the accounts of the many hapless victims of the rebellion. Meticulously researched, The Lost Rebellion is a riveting account of the human drama that lies at the heart of the crisis that is Kashmir. With over twenty photographs.
483 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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March 8, 2021
Several books are written on Kashmir. Most of the writers are kashmiri muslims while some are kashmiri pandits. But every book is biased. Muslims have written about the excessive measure adopted by army, failure of Indian governments, and oppression while pandits always write about their exodus. But this book is unbiased.
Though, it is quite long and sometimes you may lose the track but it is definitely unbiased. It covers everything: failure of Indian government before 1989, the start of rebellion, failure of government post 1989, massacre of pandits, failure and success of security forces, human rights violations, role of Pakistan, role of Indian politics, and more.
A must read for those who want to understand Kashmir in 1990s.
Though, it is quite long and sometimes you may lose the track but it is definitely unbiased. It covers everything: failure of Indian government before 1989, the start of rebellion, failure of government post 1989, massacre of pandits, failure and success of security forces, human rights violations, role of Pakistan, role of Indian politics, and more.
A must read for those who want to understand Kashmir in 1990s.
June 9, 2011
Kashmir and Terrorism. Its a story of human tragedy. Its a story of self serving B*@#T#^&s who keep the first burning to maintain their fiefdoms. Its a story of bravery and fanatism. Its a time bomb.
Kamshmir is had complaints, complaints against Indian Government, the local administration and their situation. They decided that they needed independence. Naively, they took help of people across the border. And now neither did they get independence, nor good administrations and those people across the border want a pound of Kashmiri flesh as pay back.
A story balanced and well analysed, it describes how it started, what went wrong and what it has become. 2 years into the rebellion, it stopped being freedom struggle and for 20 years it remains a war between the Pakistani government and Indian army.
This is a inside story of how individual personalities sometimes helped in solving the issues, but most of the times worsened the situation. How individual Egos played a role in crisis and how some countries played a double game.
A must read for those interested in the terrorism in Kashmir or elsewhere. Although written in year 2000, the issues described in the books are still present and are now burning Pakistan from within. And hence this is as relevant today as it was 10 years ago.
Kamshmir is had complaints, complaints against Indian Government, the local administration and their situation. They decided that they needed independence. Naively, they took help of people across the border. And now neither did they get independence, nor good administrations and those people across the border want a pound of Kashmiri flesh as pay back.
A story balanced and well analysed, it describes how it started, what went wrong and what it has become. 2 years into the rebellion, it stopped being freedom struggle and for 20 years it remains a war between the Pakistani government and Indian army.
This is a inside story of how individual personalities sometimes helped in solving the issues, but most of the times worsened the situation. How individual Egos played a role in crisis and how some countries played a double game.
A must read for those interested in the terrorism in Kashmir or elsewhere. Although written in year 2000, the issues described in the books are still present and are now burning Pakistan from within. And hence this is as relevant today as it was 10 years ago.
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