Article 370 had nothing to do with whom Kashmiri girls married

This commentary originally appeared in Kashmir Times. It is in response to a ​piece​ published in The Sunday Guardian on December 27,2020, written by Preeti Sompura. The writer seeks to present the misconception that the now abrogated Article 370 of the constitution of India banned Kashmiri girls from marrying non-Kashmiris. To this end, the writer narrates a story that cannot be true.

Book: Frankenstein in Baghdad

This book made me think about the different tales and narratives that exist in Kashmir. Although Kashmir is not a war zone like Iraq, it has been a conflict-stricken zone for the last 73 years now. Elliot Ackerman, National Book Award finalist for Dark at the Crossing confirms how the story is relevant to any war or a conflict stricken zone. They write, it is “[o]ne of the most essential books to come out of the Iraq War, or any war.”