East and West

I was warned not to write about Kashmir


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Kashmir-born, US-based linguist Sadaf Munshi talks about the subtle tensions and divisions in pre-insurgency Kashmir (2:15), the early-90s imposition of conservative Islam by a sort of female Taliban (11:15), working amid  corruption at state-run Doordarshan (19:30), researching the mysterious Burushaski language (25:15), finding a friend on a trip to Gilgit (36:05), the total internet shutdown after revocation of Article 370 (44:10), and India’s betrayal and growing anger in Kashmir (52:20). 


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East and WestBy David Lepeska