Khalid Bashir Ahmad

Khalid Bashir Ahmad
Born	Jammu and Kashmir, India
Occupation	Author, poet, former civil servant
Language	English, Udu
Education	University of Kashmir

Khalid Bashir Ahmad is an Indian author, poet, and former civil servant. ^{[1] [2]} Ahmad served in the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) and as the Director of Information and Public Relations Secretary of the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages. ^{[3] [ failed verification ]}

Early life and education

Khalid Bashir Ahmad was born in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, on February 20th 1954, where he also received his early education. In 1975 he graduated with honors in Political Science from SP College and later enrolled in a Master's Degree program in sociology at Aligarh Muslim University.^{[ citation needed ]} Due to health issues, he returned to Kashmir and completed a postgraduate degree in political science at the University of Kashmir between 1975 and 1977. ^{[3] [4]}

Career and literary works

Ahmad worked in civil service, holding positions within the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services. His roles included serving as Director of Information and Public Relations as well as being The Secretary of the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages.^{[ citation needed ]}

As a writer, Ahmad has authored works on the history and politics of Kashmir. His book Kashmir: Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative (2017) examines historical claims about the region, particularly those made by Kashmiri Pandits organizations regarding forced migration and persecution. ^{[5] [2]} Chitralekha Zutshi, a scholar and historian of Kashmir, cautions that the work is ahistorical and polemic, and calls it 'dangerous and tendentious.' ^[2] She remarks that Ahmed has cherrypicked his sources—both secondary and primary—to further a specific agenda, and obscures them on occasion. ^[2]

His other works include Jhelum: The River Through My Backyard, Kashmir: Looking Back in Time, and Kashmir: A Walk Through History, which focuses on aspects of the region’s political and cultural heritage.

Books

• Ahmad, Khalid Bashir (20 July 2017). Kashmir: Exposing the Myth behind the Narrative (Original ed.). India: SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-93-86062-80-2.
• Ahmad, Khalid Bashir (2001). Jhelum, the River Through My Backyard. By Bookman Publishers.
• Ahmad, Khalid Bashir (2023). Kashmir: Looking Back in Time. By: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. ISBN   978-8126932405.
• Ahmad, Khalid Bashir (2019). Kashmir: A Walk Through History. Gulshan Books. ISBN   978-81-8339-574-8.

References

1. "Khalid Bashir's Latest 'Kashmir Discovery' Setting Records Straight". Kashmir Observer. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
2. Zutshi, Chitralekha (24 October 2017). "This book claims to expose the myths behind Kashmir's history. It exposes its own biases instead". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
3. Life, Kashmir (22 April 2013). "Down the Memory Lane". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
4. "Khalid Bashir's Latest 'Kashmir Discovery' Setting Records Straight – Kashmir Observer". 25 February 2024. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
5. Boutier, Indira (2023), "First step towards a legal understanding of minority groups discrimination: the case of Kashmiri Pandits", in De Perini, Pietro; De Stefani, Paolo (eds.), What's New in Human Rights Doctoral Research: A Collection of Critical Literature Reviews., vol. 5, Padova University Press, pp. 58–78