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Book of the Week - In the Valley of Mist

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Fenella Woolgar reads from Justine Hardy's account of the lives of ordinary people who have lived in the disputed territory of Kashmir through 20 years of conflict

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Book of the Week - In the Valley of Mist - Episode 1

Mohammad Dar's family and Rafiq, a Hindu tailor, reveal how the early days of the conflict changed the shape of their everyday lives, and also their futures.

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Book of the Week - In the Valley of Mist - Episode 2

The fate of the Pandits, the Kashmiri Hindus, many of whom were forced to flee the valley as the conflict took hold.

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Book of the Week - In the Valley of Mist - Episode 3

Justine Hardy's account of the lives of people in Kashmir. Arshad recounts the unsettling memory of an armed attack by militants on his family home.

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Book of the Week - In the Valley of Mist - Episode 4

Justine Hardy's account of the lives of people in Kashmir. How the lives of Kashmir's women were altered by the conflict.

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Book of the Week - In the Valley of Mist - Episode 5

The effects of the conflict are compounded by the 2005 earthquake. Mohammad Dar's tireless work for the relief effort leads him to start a new career as an aid worker.

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