A novel about a mother in 1990s Kashmir whose only son is taken away and never returns, and her search for him: the story of the "half mothers" of the disappeared.
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Veio Pou · Speaking Tiger · 2020 · 224 pages · Novel · Northeast India · War and Conflict
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A debut novel from Northeast India about ordinary lives caught in the Indo-Naga conflict, and what living under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act does to families and communities.
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A novel about a mother in 1990s Kashmir whose only son is taken away and never returns, and her search for him: the story of the "half mothers" of the disappeared.
Meena Kandasamy
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A short essay on the women fighters of the Tamil Eelam struggle in Sri Lanka: their lives, their war and what came after, and how sexual violence was used against Tamil women. A good place to start on the political context before the heavier books on sexual violence and impunity.
EssayFeminist NonfictionWar and ConflictSri LankaIndiaEnglish104 pages
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