Been listening to Kashmiris and I realise they think about this one thing a lot: dissaperance. It's not the same feeling of loss that you and I might feel.
This is something else. It's dispossession. I don't think we have the imagination to understand what they are feeling.
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This is something else. It's dispossession. I don't think we have the imagination to understand what they are feeling.
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Even when they're not talking about it, they are talking about it.
They are trying to share experiences of invisibility. About being cut off. Divided. Unseen.
We are constantly talking about them. Without talking about them.
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They are trying to share experiences of invisibility. About being cut off. Divided. Unseen.
We are constantly talking about them. Without talking about them.
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We see them. But we can't look at them. We see them in a way that makes them want not to be seen.
There's a certain unfortunate power we have. And it's not just in their heads. It's in their streets. It's in their neighborhoods.
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There's a certain unfortunate power we have. And it's not just in their heads. It's in their streets. It's in their neighborhoods.
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To not recognise this is to deny one of the most fundamental dimensions of human freedom: the desire to be left alone; the desire not to be known, or to be known on your own terms.
We don't just deny their common freedoms. We deny them this most intimate part of themselves.
We don't just deny their common freedoms. We deny them this most intimate part of themselves.
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