DECONSTRUCTING ETHNICITY: A STUDY OF KASHMIR CONFLICT IN THE BOOK OF GOLD LEAVES

Abstract

The current research deals with the topic “deconstructing ethnicity” from the perspective Kashmir point of view in Book of Gold Leaves, written by Mirza Waheed. The story of the book deals with the Kashmir issues, an unending conflict between Pakistan and India that caused a serious damage to the ethnic position of the Kashmiri people. Therefore, the current research deconstructs the identity and ethnicity of the Kashmiri people. The research is qualitative and analytical in nature that intakes to show the original ethnic position of the people who are always distorted and represented with bleak images. Kashmiri people have never been given their true position in the context of conflict, showing them terrorist and extremist. They actually struggle to revitalize their original position. Therefore, Mirza Waheed’s Book of Gold leaves deconstructs the ethnic position of the Kashmiri people.