Postbox Kashmir

<p><b>Do only Muslims live in Kashmir? <p/>Why do girls in Kashmir do stone pelting? <p/>Whom do they want freedom from? <p/>Can you imagine being confined to the four walls of your home with no internet no social media? <p/>Are Kashmiris really invisible to the rest of the country?</b> <p/>These are some of the questions two teenagers--Saumya in Delhi and Duaa in Kashmir--asked through letters they exchanged over almost three years. <p/>Framing these letters is the detailed history and commentary provided by Divya Arya a BBC journalist who asked them to be pen pals which places their conversations against the backdrop of the political history and turbulent present of Kashmir and India. <i>Postbox Kashmir</i> takes on the challenging task of attempting to portray life in Kashmir from the perspective of the young minds growing inside it and providing a context of understanding for the young generation watching it from the outside. <p/><b>An engrossing non-fiction for teens on the history and present of a little known part of India as seen through the letters of two teenagers.</b></p>