Tuesday, May 25, 2010
6:45pm - 9:00pm
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 7LP
Once India’s greatest tourist draw, Kashmir has since 1989 been the heart of an insurgency which has become the rallying cry for jihadi movements across the region and the focus of world concern over the potential of nuclear conflict.
Schofield examines the political and historical background of the Kashmir conflict, while Hardy looks at the more personal impact on the people who live, work and raise families in the Valley. In Curfewed Night, Peer reveals the harrowing stories of his return home to Kashmir and of the people he encounters there. They talk with award winning Pakistani novelist, Kamila Shamsie.
(More information HERE.)
6:45pm - 9:00pm
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 7LP
Once India’s greatest tourist draw, Kashmir has since 1989 been the heart of an insurgency which has become the rallying cry for jihadi movements across the region and the focus of world concern over the potential of nuclear conflict.
Schofield examines the political and historical background of the Kashmir conflict, while Hardy looks at the more personal impact on the people who live, work and raise families in the Valley. In Curfewed Night, Peer reveals the harrowing stories of his return home to Kashmir and of the people he encounters there. They talk with award winning Pakistani novelist, Kamila Shamsie.
(More information HERE.)
