Curfewed Night
Book by Basharat Peer

Curfewed night is the story of Kashmir captured by a Kashmiri who was born in the valley about the same time as me (1976). It is not really a story, but, a series of experiences that the author or people he knew went through.The author talks about his life as a young boy in the valley, his move to Aligarh to study, his job in Delhi and then his return to the valley to research for this book.

I knew the story of partition in 1947 and have an idea about why Kashmir became an issue between India and Pakistan but this book really gives you the first hand stories of what happened on the ground. It is a book written from the heart with honesty that touches your heart and makes you angry as to why we let things go so wrong in Kashmir.

Like i said that the author was born in 1977 so its a book written about the happenings in Kashmir in our lifetime. It was hurtful to read that things in the Kashmir valley were so difficult when I was just in New Delhi doing my graduation so peacefully. Its not the best book in terms of story writing but definitely an insightful book and a must read.