In 300 pages, a very concise distillation of the extremely complex history of Kashmir in the last 75 years, providing a well-researched and authoritative analysis on the roots and triggers of the conflict. Offering a comprehensive perspective about Kashmir’s unending strife through the telling of its narrative shaped by moments, events and multiple stakeholders, it is both scholarly and a great primer for those who want to understand the region’s ceaseless crisis.   

Anuradha Bhasin , Editor Kashmir Times

  Paradise Lost is a valuable contribution to understanding Kashmir, its complex past and its fractured and tortured present.  Siddharta Guha Ray has deftly woven Kashmir's myriad threads together in a detailed and accessible book. 

David Barsamian  Director Alternative Radio , USA

“Dubiously known as "Paradise on Earth", Siddhartha Guha Ray's account presents the long
history of disturbing details of deadly political turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir, the north region of
the Indian subcontinent. Ray meticulously describes the ever-tightening vice of ruthless
competitive domination by government and vigilante agents of India and Pakistan that have
made the region a veritable war zone from 1947 till now, with no advancing solution in sight."

R.S. Ratner, Professor
Emeritus, Sociology, University of British Columbia