Ganie, Mohd Tahir ORCID: 0000-0002-4738-6604 (2020) ‘All I got is stones in my hand’: youth-led stone pelting protests in Indian administered Kashmir. Social Movement Studies, 20 (1). pp. 115-123. ISSN 1474-2837
Abstract
Since 2008, three anti-India mass uprisings occurred in Indian-administered Kashmir, resulting in a marked resurgence of the Kashmiri self-determination movement, known popularly as the Tehreek. In the resurgent Tehreek, stone-throwing – called kanni-jang in the local parlance, and stone pelting in the English language media – has emerged as a new and widely used actin the repertoire of Kashmiri resistance. The latest example of its use appeared after the Indian state’s lockdown of Kashmir on 5 August 2019, when approximately 1193 stone-throwing protests were reported across Kashmir. For India, this protest tactic presents huge security challenges, yet for the Tehreek activists, stone pelting is an effective mode of protest that carries symbolic importance. In fact, the stone-throwing youth have become a signifier of the anti-India rebellion in post-2008 Kashmir. This article highlights the main factors that underlie the stone-throwing phenomenon in the Himalayan territory.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
---|---|
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Stone-pelting protest; Kashmir; youth; self-determination movement; contentious politics |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > International relations Social Sciences > Political science Social Sciences > Social psychology Social Sciences > Ethnicity Social Sciences > Identity |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2020.1770076 |
Copyright Information: | © 2020 Taylor & Francis |
Funders: | Postgraduate Research Student Journal Publication Scheme, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Dublin City University |
ID Code: | 28095 |
Deposited On: | 22 Feb 2023 09:51 by Mohd Tahir Ganie . Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 09:51 |
Documents
Full text available as:
Preview |
PDF
- Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
269kB |
Metrics
Altmetric Badge
Dimensions Badge
Downloads
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
Archive Staff Only: edit this record