..the constant shifting of power had done its damage. I didn't know then, but it was the beginning of an apathy for my own self that would last for a long time. Our lives were controlled from elsewhere and the dreams that we dreamt were always at the mercy of someone else, someone occupying us, ruling us.
The next book we voted for for our next book club meeting is Farah Bashir’s Rumors of Spring. It is sometimes difficult to articulate to my friends about the life in Kashmir under curfews and lockdowns, growing up in the shadow of militancy and the trauma and turmoil that my parents and grandparents were surrounded by in their youth. This there is quite an important pick, and I am looking forward to sharing and discussing the book and it’s themes with my friends this Sunday.
Have you read it? What did you think?
