Kashmir in the popular imagination is seen through the lens of excessively securitized and state-centric narratives that cast a shadow over the struggles of everyday life in Kashmir. An overriding climate of conflict, natural disasters, untimely snowfall and loss of tourism (one of the mainstays of Kashmir’s economy) have phenomenally shrunk people’s choices. Weak state institutions have induced a feeling of alienation among the Kashmiri people. This qualitative study attempts to look beyond the meta-narratives of conflict and brings out micro narratives of people’s lived experiences in a turmoil zone, radiating both at the inter-generational and intra-generational level, which is eclipsed in Kashmir.

通过过度证券化和以国家为中心的叙事的镜头，可以看到大众想象中的克什米尔，这为克什米尔的日常生活苦难蒙上了一层阴影。冲突，自然灾害，不及时降雪和旅游业丧失（克什米尔经济的主要支柱之一）的压倒性气氛大大减少了人们的选择。薄弱的国家机构引起了克什米尔人民的疏远感。这项定性研究试图超越冲突的元叙事，并在动荡的地区带出人们生活经历的微观叙事，在代际和代际层面上都广为流传，这在克什米尔显得黯然失色。