Languages of Belonging

 Despite its centrality to the political life of India and Pakistan, the few reliable works of history that have appeared on Kashmir insist ahistorically on the existence of a unique Kashmir cultural identity. This text questions the notion of any transcendent cultural uniqueness and "Kashmiriyat".

Review: 'Languages of Belonging is a quantum leap forward in Kashmir studies and will make one of the best histories of A"regionalA" identities and economies in India yet produced.' -Professor C.A. Bayly, Cambridge University