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`One of the best ever books to profile the complex, violent Kashmir crisis...A fascinating and informative read, including the massive 2005 earthquake which hit Pakistan and India's mountain regions. I especially enjoyed how [Hardy] got older people to lament on the "good old days" and how she tied together the cultural nuances of a region little understood by the outside world. Bravo Justine!' -- Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea
`Deserves the warmest recommendation...[Hardy] can really write...A fine introduction to what [the situation in Kashmir] is all about' -- Andrew Buncombe, Independent Asia Correspondent
`Elegantly written and perceptive' -- Sunday Guardian
`The strength of Hardy's writing is its honesty and keen observation. She tells it like it is. And sometimes it's heartbreakingly beautiful. At other times, the scene is bleak, but the writing is immediate...A book not just to read slowly, but to live slowly. Well done!' -- Outlookindia.com
`Hardy's respect and admiration for the people of the region shines through...her aim is not to analyse why the global powers behave the way they do, but simply to describe the impact this has on the ordinary people trying hard to live ordinary lives...Recommended.' -- The Bookbag
`Deserves the warmest recommendation...[Hardy] can really write...A fine introduction to what [the situation in Kashmir] is all about' -- Andrew Buncombe, Independent Asia Correspondent
`Elegantly written and perceptive' -- Sunday Guardian
`The strength of Hardy's writing is its honesty and keen observation. She tells it like it is. And sometimes it's heartbreakingly beautiful. At other times, the scene is bleak, but the writing is immediate...A book not just to read slowly, but to live slowly. Well done!' -- Outlookindia.com
`Hardy's respect and admiration for the people of the region shines through...her aim is not to analyse why the global powers behave the way they do, but simply to describe the impact this has on the ordinary people trying hard to live ordinary lives...Recommended.' -- The Bookbag
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Does for Kashmir what The Bookseller of Kabul did for Afghanistan, now in paperback
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Was bit diappointed being kashmiri I found author has focused only on militancy and not much has been mentioned about the attrocities and brutality commited by Indian forces on ordinary kashmiri people.The book is a typical western view of trying to link every struggle by Muslims in world to Islamic terrorism.Author even though have spend long time in kashmir appears biased to me .Curfewed night is much better book on kashmir than this.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an extraordinary book, one that takes you deep inside a terrible conflict and shows how it affects real people - individuals and communities - over time. It's a fascinating, deeply moving work that a gives a human face to war without taking sides. It testifies to both the strength of the human spirit and the depths to which it can sink.
The author has personally witnessed the transformation of a local rebellion into a jihadist insurgency and international flashpoint. And you will learn more from 'In the Valley of Mist" about fundamentalism, about the way young men and women are recruited by militants, about oppression, torture and corruption in South Asia, than in years of reading newspapers, journals or books by so-called experts who lack real on-the-ground experience.
The author has personally witnessed the transformation of a local rebellion into a jihadist insurgency and international flashpoint. And you will learn more from 'In the Valley of Mist" about fundamentalism, about the way young men and women are recruited by militants, about oppression, torture and corruption in South Asia, than in years of reading newspapers, journals or books by so-called experts who lack real on-the-ground experience.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My first book by Justine Hardy and it won't be the last. Her evocative descriptions of the beauty of Kashmir's landscape and her depth of understanding of the people and the current conflict is quite wonderful. I was deeply inspired by my visit there just before the tragedy of the present conflict, and this is the book which best sums up the current situation and the effect on the individuals involved. For instance her sensitive portrayal of how girls in school stopped wearing bright colours and headscarves, then wore black burkhas as the Muslim hardliners gained hold and finally stopped going to school altogether. As she points out women in education are often the first casualities of conflict. Justine's portrayals offer many reasons as to why, perhaps, we should go back there and suggestions as to how we can help. I also write about Kashmir in my book Travelling Magically: How to Turn Your Journey into a Life-changing Experience
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Back to Kashmir
I found this book a very sad and difficult read. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I felt I was there sharing the author's sorrow and pain at what has happened to Kashmir and... Read more
Published on 28 April 2010 by Noel
An Evocative and Absorbing Narrative of the Conflict in Kashmir
We usually learn about conflicts through dramatic television reports or front-page newspaper articles. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2009 by Richard I. Morris Jr.
Contemporary Kashmir Overview
Ms. Hardy does an outstanding job in describing contemporary Kashmir, more so than any news reporting service. Read more
Published on 7 July 2009 by asiana
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