Snakes in the Meadows
- Category Literature & Fiction
- Format Paperback
- Imprint Rupa
- Price 295
- ISBN: 978-93-5333-360-7
- Pages: 288 pages
- Date: 5 May 2019
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Jammu And Kashmir, 1987. In the hilly village of Pathri Aali, where legends appear true, Aslam
and Ashwar, two young lovers, dream of marriage and of good things of life. But that is not to
be. Unable to cope, Aslam leaves Pathri Aali forever. Years later, as men migrate to Saudi Arabia
for employment, Pathri Aali is populated mostly by women and children. Soon they realize the
Mujahideen, who guise themselves as their liberators, are the worst perpetrators, and misery seems inescapable. Ashwar refuses to be cowed down by this reign of terror and is determined not to let it devastate the once-peaceful village. The only one she can bank on is Aslam—and she calls out to him across the distance of time and space, to return and live up to the legends of their village.
Snakes in the Meadows is a saga of the onset of militancy, and the suffering and the resilience of Pir Panjal—the ‘And’ of Jammu And Kashmir.
