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A review by whatposhreads
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir by Farah Bashir
4.0
Some books just leave you in awe & this is one of them.
Curfews have a whole new meaning since I've read this. It did make me feel disturbed & sad reading this but I cannot imagine what it must have been like for her
Yet instead of anger & frustration, she writes about it from a point of view of a girl growing up in Kashmir - her growing up in Kashmir.
The stories seamlessly go back& forth from the present incident to backstories of horror, loss & trauma.
The year she mentions that changed her life forever coincidentally is the year I was born & that made me think even though we were born in the same country how different our lives have been.
The freedom that we take for granted- like having lights on after nightfall, or an anxiety attack every time your family member is late to return home or even education.
Very proud of this work and recommend reading it even if you don't know the present or past status of Kashmir.
Curfews have a whole new meaning since I've read this. It did make me feel disturbed & sad reading this but I cannot imagine what it must have been like for her
Yet instead of anger & frustration, she writes about it from a point of view of a girl growing up in Kashmir - her growing up in Kashmir.
The stories seamlessly go back& forth from the present incident to backstories of horror, loss & trauma.
The year she mentions that changed her life forever coincidentally is the year I was born & that made me think even though we were born in the same country how different our lives have been.
The freedom that we take for granted- like having lights on after nightfall, or an anxiety attack every time your family member is late to return home or even education.
Very proud of this work and recommend reading it even if you don't know the present or past status of Kashmir.