Sociological papers on Kashmir

Kashmir has remained a live issue at national and international level in the contemporary times. Thousands of books, papers, reports, articles, etc. were written on Kashmir during the last 100 years. This author too has contributed many reports, papers and articles on Kashmir in local-national-international journals, magazines and newspapers and were also presented in local-national-international conferences, seminars and workshops in the last 25 years. This book is composed of 42 selected papers, reports and articles which all deal with various aspects of the Kashmir society. The common feature among all these presentations has been their sociological treatment. All topics –themes in the book have been dealt in the sociological framework and multi-dimensional aspects of all issues and problems have been explained scientifically. All theoretical propositions have been supported by empirical evidences. This book deals specially with the following major sociological themes related to Kashmir: The Kashmiri Muslims / The Kashmiri Identity / Militancy and Conflict situation / Social Demography / The Kashmiri Women / Castes, Family and Marriage / Tourism / Child Labour / Crime, Suicides, Late Marriage and other Social Problems. It is important to note here that many of these paper and articles were reproduced in different counties of the world and translated in some Indian and foreign languages.