ABSTRACT
The Kashmir issue became re-internationalized when India militarily and forcibly stripped Kashmir of its autonomy in 2019. This chapter deploys the concept of sanctioned ignorance (Spivak 1999) to trace how the Kashmir issue and the demands of Kashmiris have been overwritten, invalidated, and criminalized by India. The analysis contends that the Indian discourse obfuscated the Kashmir issue, which led to the waning of international attention and solidarity for the Kashmiris. To forge global solidarity for Kashmir resistance and reinstate it as a genuine people’s movement entails understanding the political issue in its original context and recognizing India as a neocolonial hegemon.
