INVC NEWS
New Delhi ,
Oxford University Press, the world’s largest university press, launched “The Generation of Rage in Kashmir”, a book written by David Devadas at an event .
The author relates the rage to the failure to declare the previous militancy over, and wind up counterinsurgency. He narrates how young people experienced the breakdown of the rule of law, exploring the conflict economy, the rewards for encounters, and terror acts by state-backed mercenaries. He argues that simplistic black-and-white narratives are counterproductive, that these suit both pro- and anti-state actors, and lead the poor and marginal to death. The book presents findings of the most extensive survey of Kashmiri youth, showing that the youth have a variety of aspirations, and that these change over time and across social milieus.
David Devadas was formerly political editor at Business Standard. His analysis and predictions about Kashmir since 1988, as a journalist, author, and academic, have been precise and sharp. He is the author of ‘In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir’ (Viking 2007). He has researched Kashmir as Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Visiting Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia, and at Humboldt University in Berlin.
