SNAKE IN THE MEADOWS (PB)

Jammu And Kashmir, 1987. In
the hilly village of Pathri Aali, where legends appear true, Aslam and
Ashwar, two young lovers, dream of marriage and of good things of life. But
that is not to be. Unable to cope, Aslam leaves Pathri Aali forever. Years
later, as men migrate to Saudi Arabia for employment, Pathri Aali is
populated mostly by women and children. Soon they realize the Mujahideen, who
guise themselves as their liberators, are the worst perpetrators, and misery
seems inescapable. Ashwar refuses to be cowed down by this reign of terror
and is determined not to let it devastate the once-peaceful village. The only
one she can bank on is Aslam—and she calls out to him across the distance of
time and space, to return and live up to the legends of their village. Snakes
in the Meadows is a saga of the onset of militancy, and the suffering and the
resilience of Pir Panjal—the ‘And’ of Jammu And Kashmir.