The Post-Colonial Discourse of Valley: A Critical Reading of Rahul Pandita‟s „Our Moon Has Blood Clots‟ and Mirza Waheed‟s „The Collaborator‟
Unveiling the Parallel Narratives of Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits: A Critical Analysis
by Salim Hingora*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 19, Issue No. 1, Jan 2022, Pages 149 - 151 (3)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
A walk down memory lane of Kashmir always accentuated the disturbing shadow of conflicts, human- rights violation, mindless political ventures and so on. From foreign invaders to the current political urges, the Kashmir or Kashmiris have been witnessing chaos and devastation be it social, political, cultural or economical facets. The popular discourse of Kashmir or Kashmiris has been under the shadow of doubt as it does not reflect depredation and persecution in its totality. The present paper seeks to bring back the articulation of local narratives thereby contemplating over the dual perspective to look upon death like conditions of Kashmiris be it muslims or Kashmiri pandits. The present paper tries to scrutinize over the pathetic conditions out of political and religious upheavals while undertaking the parallel reading of saga as one from Muslim community other from Brahmin community who at the end share some common condition of victimization.
KEYWORD
post-colonial discourse, Valley, critical reading, Rahul Pandita, Our Moon Has Blood Clots, Mirza Waheed, The Collaborator, Kashmir, conflicts, human rights violation, political ventures, chaos, devastation, social, political, cultural, economical, depredation, persecution, local narratives, dual perspective, Muslims, Kashmiri pandits, victimization