We got unexpectedly delayed in releasing this episode, but we are so glad to share with you our discussion! In this episode, SASI collective members -- Azad Ali, Muriyum, Nangeli and Sheila – talk about SASI’s biggest lessons and challenges while supporting Kashmiri liberation over the past year. We talk about our own personal journeys, our own decolonial awakening about Kashmir. When did you realize that Kashmir is not a part (integral or otherwise) of India or Pakistan? How does liberalism feed into a narrative of the Indian army as a necessary, benevolent force of good? We talk about Bollywood movies like Mission Kashmir (an otherwise forgettable movie) that pushed a larger construction of this “kind army men” even as the military commits atrocities with impunity. We also talk about the counter-arguments that we have all heard thousands of times on the question of the Kashmiri Pandits.

Epi 4 (Part 2): Kashmir - Unlearning Colonial Frameworks

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