Behold, I Shine: Narratives of Kashmir's Women and Children

Set in the once-fabledand of Kashmir, Behold, I Shine moves beyond male voices and focuses, instead, on what the struggle means for the Valley’s women and children—those whose husbands remain untraceable; whose mothers are half-widows; those who have confronted the wrath of ‘Ikhwanis’, or the scrutiny of men in uniform and what it means to stand up to it all.This book also brings to focus the resilience of the Valley’s women and children—of activistsike Parveena Ahangar and Anjum Zamrud Habib, who, after debilitatingosses, start human rights organizations; of ordinary homemakersike Munawara who have taken on the judiciary and of a young generation of thinkersike Uzma Falak and Essar Batool who foreground the interaction of gender, politics and religion and won’tet Kashmir forget.Stitching together their narratives, Behold, I Shine not only memorializes women’s voices—thus far forgotten, unwritten, suppressed or side-lined—but also celebrates the mighty spirit of the Valley.