Sikhs constitute the largest minority community in contemporary Kashmir, and their presence is therefore indispensable to any comprehensive understanding of the region. However, the community has remained on the margins, largely invisible in both historical and contemporary political discourse. This invisibility does not imply that Kashmiri Sikhs were absent from the tragedies of a region which has been scarred by political instability for decades (or centuries) now. There has been a tremendous lag in understanding the community’s presence and praxis from an academic perspective until now, with no serious work addressing the negotiation of identities of Sikh micro-minority at the intersections of regions, religions and nations.
A recent work, An Invisible Minority: The History, Society and Politics of Sikhs in Kashmir by Komal JB Singh, published by Routledge, offers an initial promise in this way and bridges the gaps in knowledge about the struggles of the community. Singh is a researcher and writer with a PhD from the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research reaffirms that the history of Kashmir is incomplete without the voices of Sikhs and reconciling their travails and tragedies.
Minorities within minoritiesThe diverse and plural society of Jammu and Kashmir today is often reduced to a simplistic...
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