Proceedings of the Anubhuti 4.0: Discourses in Indian Knowledge Systems – Pathways of Culture, Inclusion, and Sustainability (ICIKS 2026)

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Voices from the Margins: A Postcolonial Study of Conflict, Memory, and Identity in the Select Works of Basharat Peer, Rahul Pandita, and Mirza Waheed

Authors
Syed Uzma Muzaffar1, *, Garima Chauhan2
1Research Scholar, Vivekanada Global University, Jaipur, India
2Associate Professor, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India
*Corresponding author. Email: uzmasyedmuzaffar@gmail.com
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Syed Uzma Muzaffar
Available Online 15 September 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-615-4_6How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Kashmir; Postcolonial Literature; Cultural Memory; Trauma; Identity; Conflict Writing
Abstract

This paper examines the representation of conflict, memory, and identity in contemporary Kashmiri writing through a comparative study of Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer, Our Moon Has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita, and the novels The Collaborator and Tell Her Everything by Mirza Waheed. Situating Kashmir within the unfinished project of postcolonial nationhood, the study argues that these texts function as counter-narratives that challenge state-centered and nationalist historiographies. Drawing on postcolonial theory, trauma studies, and cultural memory scholarship, the paper demonstrates how memoir and fiction reconstruct Kashmiri identity through fragmented narration, nostalgia, ethical ambiguity, and psychological interiority. The analysis reveals that these works operate as affective archives of lived experience and contribute significantly to emerging Kashmiri literary discourse.

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Proceedings of the Anubhuti 4.0: Discourses in Indian Knowledge Systems – Pathways of Culture, Inclusion, and Sustainability (ICIKS 2026)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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15 September 2026
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2352-5398
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