Violence and Resistance in Waheed’s The Book of Gold Leaves and Peer’s Curfewed Night

The paper, analyzing Mirza Waheed’s novel Book of Gold Leaves and Basharat Peer’s memoir Curfewed Night, attempts to highlight the violence by Indian military forces in occupied Kashmir resistance common Kashmiri folks. During partition Subcontinent, decided not affiliate with any newly independent countries (Pakistan India) remained independent. This study unearths a stronger force sufferings weaker group selected texts using theoretical framework power Michel Foucault Frantz Fanon. Violence, name various factors, gives traumatic experience its victims obviously occurs oppose dominant violence. Violence wrong utilization country religious minorities, different provisional political statuses is an unholy characteristic for developing developed states. Such states do hesitate oppress minor voices arising from parts state some controversial demands. research paper endeavors put light on oppressive actions armed against people keep them away demanding identity, free religion, self-determination independence.