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‘All I got is stones in my hand’: youth-led stone pelting protests in Indian administered Kashmir

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

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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.

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

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