The Parchment of Kashmir

1. Introduction
Nyla Ali Khan

Part I. Constructions of Kashmiri Identity Within the Overlapping Discourses of Kashmiriyat, Islam, Saivism, and Sufism

2. Evolution of My Identity Vis-à-Vis Islam and Kashmir
Mohammad Ishaq Khan

3. Kashmiriyat: The Voice of the Past Misconstrued
Rattan Lal Hangloo

Part II. Cultural Syncretism and Deconstruction of a Monolithic Culture

4. Mystical Thought of Kashmir
M. H. Zaffar

5. Syncretic Tradition and the Creative Life: Some Kashmiri Mystic Poets
Neerja Mattoo

Part III. Conceptualization of Sovereignty, Democratic Governance, and Regional Stability

6. Democracy and Governance in Kashmir
Noor Ahmad Baba

7. Political Assertion of Kashmiri Identity
Gull Mohammad Wani

8. Kashmir in the Indian Project of Nationalism
Rekha Chowdhary

Part IV. Sociological Dimensions of Conflict, Insurgency, Counter-Insurgency, Militarization, and a Monolithic Nationalism

9. Sociological Dimensions and Implications of the Kashmir Problem
Bashir Ahmed Dabla

Part V. Representations of Knowledge and Knowledge Production

10. Politics of Exclusion
Hameeda Naeem

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Asian Culture, Political Science, Anthropology