Kashmir (Record no. 60232)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9789351770664 (HB)
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 323
Item number DUL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Dulat, A. S.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Kashmir
Sub Title : The Vajpayee Years
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year of publication 2015
Place of publication Gurugram
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xxv, 342p.
Other physical details col. ill.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes Index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Vajpayee PMO member's account of the quest for peace in a troubled state<br/><br/>There comes a day in one's life when one feels it should all be put down before memory fades. There are endless memories and I have carried a story with me for a long time.<br/><br/>SRINAGAR IN THE WINTER OF 1989 was an eerie ghost town witnessing the beginnings of a war dance. The dam burst the night boys from the separatist JKLF group were freed in exchange for the release of Rubaiya Sayeed, the Union home minister's daughter. As Farooq Abdullah had predicted, the government's caving in emboldened many Kashmiris into thinking that azaadi was possible. 'The price we will have to pay' were Farooq's prophetic words. Killings were almost a daily occurrence. Bomb explosions and firings occurred not far from the chief minister's residence in the most secure zone. Gun-toting youth in trucks were seen close to the cantonment. Kashmiris believed that they were on the verge of liberation. A.S. Dulat, who was posted there, saw Intelligence Bureau colleagues being picked off one by one.<br/><br/>It was a long, slow haul to regaining control. From then to today, Dulat has had a continuous engagement with Kashmir. The initiatives launched by the Vajpayee government in power from 1998 to 2004 were the high point of this constant effort to keep balance in a delicate state. As Vajpayee said, Kashmir was a problem that had to be solved. In this extraordinary memoir that reads like a thriller, Dulat gives a sweeping account of the difficulties, successes and near triumphs in the effort to bring back Kashmir from the brink. He shows the players, the politics, the strategies and the true intent and sheer ruthlessness of the meddlers from across the border. Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years paints an unforgettable portrait of politics in India's most beautiful but troubled state.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Jammu and Kashmir -- Politics and government -- 20th century
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Politics -- India
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Topical Term Diplomatic Relations
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- India
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element General
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sinha, Aditya
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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

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