Inverse Journal

Gowhar Yaqoob

“That Which We Cannot Speak Of” — A Short Story from For Now, It Is Night: Stories (HarperCollins/Archipelago Books, 2023) by Hari Krishna Kaul

Inverse Journal presents the English translation of “That Which We Cannot Speak Of” from For Now, It is Night: Stories [https://archipelagobooks.org/book/for-now-it-is-night/] (HarperCollins/Archipelago Books, 2023), a collection of seventeen short stories by the late Hari Krishna Kaul (1934-2009).

In Pursuit of a Nation: Conflicting Formulations of Nationalism in the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (1930 – 1940) — by Gowhar Yaqoob

Abstract: This paper explores the different constitutive elements of nationalist ideology in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in the twentieth century by placing it in the social and political context. Here, I analyze two strands of nationalist discourse in the region in the time of its emerg

Inside the Cracks: A History of 'Being' in Kashmir — by Gowhar Yaqoob

In experimental prose, Gowhar Yaqoob invokes an indiscernible narrative voice reminiscent of the narrative style found in the earliest texts that reflect on the genesis of consciousness and language. The narration progresses from myths of origin and philosophical reflections about 'being' and 'world