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- Title
Global War on Terror or Colonial Imperialism? An Eco-Postcolonial Historiographic Study for Peace and Justice of Kashmir.
- Authors
Aamir, Rabia
- Abstract
The status of the disputed territory of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of the unilateral, illegal, and unconstitutional revocation of Article 370 and 35A by India on August 5, 2019 has raised questions that may be addressed by undertaking a historiographic analysis of this realm. While the Indian government portrays its movements in Kashmir as being linked to a broader Global War on Terror (GWoT) against the Kashmiri militant factions, a close reading of Kashmiri resistance against the Indian government's actions tells a different story. Showing how an environmental ethical resistance of Kashmiris is being framed in the light of GWoT, this paper examines the colonial imperialist tendencies that existed even prior to the 1947 partition. Stating the environmental justice or ecopostcolonial ethic for this land of Kashmir, this paper foregrounds the need for expressing the resistance against the oppression of colonizing powers in this postcolonial age. Consequently, this paper studies the issue of Kashmir from the perspective of interpellations, the study of which, problematizes this Indian popularized subterfuge of Global War on Terror in the name of security and peace. An impartial study of some shelved historical texts helps us to belie all the concocted rhetoric that has lobbied for three quarters of a century.
- Subjects
JAMMU &; Kashmir (India); WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; ENVIRONMENTAL ethics; PEACE; ENVIRONMENTAL justice; KASHMIR conflict (India &; Pakistan); IMPERIALISM
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
1012-7682
- Publication type
Article