Transnationalism from below: Initial responses by British Kashmiris to the South Asia earthquake of 2005

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-323

  Rehman, Shams ^a   Kalra, Virinder S ^a  

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EID: 43249148367     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: 1469364X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09584930601098059     Document Type: Article

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57. Ibid, p 7.