// War Literature

I’m thinking of focusing on the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan for the past 60+ years.  Specifically, I’d like to write about the fight over the Kashmir territory, which has been a war in itself for many decades now.  I want to write about this because not many people know of this conflict and how severe and terrorizing it really is for the people living there.  In many ways I feel the conflict in Kashmir is worse than a war, as it isn’t something that lasts a few years or so, but has kept residents of this state terrorized and terrified for many years now.  I’d like to use the film we watched in class, Waltz with Bashir in order to show a comparison between the civilians affected in this film and those in Kashmir.  I’d also like to use the book “Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War.”  Lastly, I’d like to use the Bollywood film “Mission Kashmir” as a source.  Though this a completely commercial film (focusing on a love story, as all Bollywood films do), it creates a very believable portrayal of those affected by the conflict in Kashmir.

Bibliography:

Mission Kashmir. Dir. Vidhu Vinod Chopra. By Vikram Chandra. Perf. Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta. 2000. DVD.

Waltz with Bashir. Dir. Ari Folman. Perf. Ari Folman and Ron Ben-Yishai. 2008. DVD.

Schofield, Victoria. Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War. London: I. B. Tauris, 2003. Print.