Shifting identities: Kashmiri youth and the drivers of conflictTools Deka, Tusharika (2025) Shifting identities: Kashmiri youth and the drivers of conflict. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThe thesis explores the shifting identity of Kashmiri youth in the context of the ongoing conflict. These identities are impacted as a result of various drivers of the conflict, particularly the coercive nature of governance of the Indian state, lack of democratic processes, constitutional changes and technology-led processes like censorship and surveillance. The findings are based on a subjective evaluation of firsthand accounts from 35 Kashmiri youth, collected through semi structured digital interviews using a constructivist interpretive framework. The interviews highlight their experiences living through a conflict in general and particularly after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. A recurring theme that emerged from the responses is the overwhelming sense of humiliation felt by the youth due to the extensive coercion, constitutional changes and severe state surveillance and monitoring through technological means like CCTV, and social media and censorship of their voices. This sense of humiliation is not merely a reaction to isolated incidents but is closely tied to a collective experience of marginalisation and disempowerment over the years, which has been significantly reinforced after the 2019 abrogation. As a result, Kashmiri youth are leaning towards a more self-enclosed and inward-looking identity.
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