Kashmir after 2019: Completing the Partition

Werner Menski and Muneeb Yousuf, in one of their remarkable academic contributions on Kashmir titled Kashmir after 2019: Completing the Partition, have thoroughly examined and analyzed many of the major ambiguities that have always troubled the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the past.

The editors support the creation and execution of a workable long-term plan with the goal of resolving the conflict and ameliorating the complex humanitarian situation in Kashmir. The primary objective and main theme of the book centres on finding ways to enable a better standard of living and the creation of a fair legal system for the people in Kashmir. These goals are intended to be essential parts of a truly long-lasting, pluralistic local governance approach.

In the introductory section of the book, Menski and Yousuf offer a critical analysis of the State’s, leadership’s and governance’s roles concerning the human suffering prevalent in Kashmir. Additionally, they revisit the prevailing narratives surrounding the concept of Azadi or ‘freedom’. The book, which represents itself as one of the best academic contributions in the contemporary context of Kashmir by even evaluating some of the contemporary trends like modernized militancy and consistent support from Pakistan, consists of nine chapters which have been contributed by the various domain experts. The composition of the chapters has been further configured into three main sections which consist of connected topics having vast scope in terms of the subject and relevance to the Kashmir issue.