[Reader-list] Talk by Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh and Mir Fatimah Kanth on 27 April 2015 at CSDS

[Praveen Rai]

Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

invites you to a talk





*Occupational Hazard: Militarization *

*and Disaster Vulnerability in Jammu and Kashmir*

by *Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh *and* Mir Fatimah Kanth*





*Awadhendra Sharan* will Chair

Monday, 27 April 2015, 4 pm
                     RSVP

CSDS Seminar Room,
                                        Tel: 011 23942199

29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054
                                        Fax: 011 23943450

Please join us for tea at 3.30 pm
                                                                  email:
jaya at csds.in




The Jammu and Kashmir floods of September 2014, occurred in the most
densely militarized zones  in the world, located in one of its most
ecologically fragile-the Himalayan-Hindukush region-called the 'third pole'
for its enormous glacial reserves of fresh water. Warfare, armed conflict
and prolonged occupations are widely considered among the most
environmentally destructive activities known to humankind. Yet, the
intensive militarization of Jammu and Kashmir's civic infrastructure, water
bodies, glaciers, lands, forests, higher ground karewas and alpine meadows
which have an enormous bearing on urban planning of its cities, and the
flood and disaster vulnerability of its people has gone unnoticed by
commentators. Using official documents, case studies, news reportage, and
oral histories, the presentation seeks to contextualize the Jammu and
Kashmir floods of 2014, against the history of the Indian state's military,
governance and media strategies in asserting its political sovereignty over
the region.



*Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh* is a human rights lawyer, associated with the
Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Srinagar. She was a
co-researcher on 'Occupational Hazard: The Jammu and Kashmir Floods of
September 2014' (JKCCS, Srinagar: 2015)



*Mir Fatimah Kanth* is a student of Political Science. She was a
co-researcher on 'Occupational Hazard: The Jammu and Kashmir Floods of
September 2014' (JKCCS, Srinagar: 2015)



*Awadhendra Sharan* is Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of
Developing Societies.

Praveen Rai
Academic Secretary
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29, Rajpur Road
Delhi - 110054
Phone: 91-11-23942199
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