Love, loss, and longing in Kashmir

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Notes

1. The majestic Chinar trees (whose botanical name is Platanus orientalis) figure notably in Kashmir’s literature and politics.

2. It literally means freedom. It developed as a chant in Kashmir of the early nineties, and went on to become a veritable anthem for the separatist movement in the region.

3. Popular epithet for the Hindu population of Kashmir.

4. The term Kashmiriyat (Kashmiriness) has come to signify centuries-old indigenous secularism of Kashmir.

5. Tak, “The Term Kashmiriyat,” 32.

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Neekee Chaturvedi

Dr Neekee Chaturvedi has been teaching History since 1998. She is presently Associate Professor, Department of History and Indian Culture, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India and has also served as the Deputy Director of its Centre for Museology and Conservation. She has worked extensively on early Buddhism. She has also been researching the ethnic cultures in new ways combining history, anthropology and culture. Her research has consistently sought new interpretations of religious philosophy, human ecology, and political contexts. She has authored and edited several books that include ‘Cultural Tourism and Bishnois of Rajasthan’ and ‘Conserving Buddhist Heritage’. She is the recipient of the prestigious International SAARC Research Grant 2014-15. She is presently collaborating on a research project on socio-economic role of Buddhist monasteries in the trans-Himalayan region of Spiti valley.