SRINAGAR: Penguin Random House India has announced the release of 370: Undoing the Unjust, A New Future for Jammu and Kashmir, a book that examines the abrogation of Article 370 and its far-reaching implications for Jammu and Kashmir. Authored by BlueKraft Digital Foundation, a policy-focused non-profit organisation, the book hit shelves on August 5 under the Penguin Enterprise imprint.
The work is described as an insider account of how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government navigated legal hurdles, political sensitivities and security risks to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status in 2019. According to the publishers, it also traces the historical roots of Article 370, analysing decisions made during India’s independence that led to its incorporation in 1949, and explores the social, political and economic consequences that followed.
“This book fills a crucial gap in the scholarship surrounding a decision that has reshaped the region’s history,” Penguin said in its statement. “It combines rigorous research with a narrative style that makes it accessible to both policy experts and general readers.”
The volume also features Modi’s own reflections on the process, quoting him as saying, “There was complete clarity in my mind that taking the public in Jammu and Kashmir into confidence was absolutely essential for the execution of the decision. We wanted the decision, whenever it would be taken, to happen with the concurrence of the people rather than imposition.”
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in advance praise for the book, called it “an eminently readable account of a crucial decision that has promoted national integration while transforming the development and security landscape of Jammu and Kashmir.”
