The Ghosts of Kashmir

Book Reading.
Tuesday, August 16, 7 PM at Crossword bookstore on Residency road ,
The Ghosts of Kashmir, by Shankar Vedantam (National Desk Reporter,The Washington Post ) , is being launched in India.
The book is a collection of short stories exploring the conflict between India and Pakistan.

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE GHOSTS OF KASHMIR
Stirring evocations where the subcontinent's angers dissolve in sadness, and human pain overcomes political passion. -- Rajmohan Gandhi

Shankar Vedantam has excelled in succinctly conveying the plight of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Both fiction and non-fiction pieces are free flowing and very readable. This book is a must read, and ought to be added to every library and personal collection. -- Admiral L Ramdas Shankar

Vedantam is one of the finest writers we have published in recent years. His clear and incisive prose in The Scoop brought an all too believable reporter to life, while simultaneously illustrating the ironies and complexities of life in modern India. -- J. Rod Clark, Editor, Rosebud Magazine

The most striking aspect of Vedantam's writing is his journalistic reportage style of rendition. This dramatic style makes his characters - Madan Doha Singh, in particular - an observer-reporter of events in which he himself is an active participant. "I am the place in which something has occurred," said the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. In The Ghosts of Kashmir, the self becomes a site of turmoil, mirroring the political turmoil of the landscape. The stories in this collection explore different genres and offer the reader an engaging and thought-provoking experience. -- Shona Ramaya, Editor, Catamaran, a magazine of South Asian American writing