The House on the River

About the Book

The House On The River: Insurrection tries to shed light on the path of deviation in the backdrop of roles played by different state and nonstate actors in a conflict zone. It offers an insight of the conflict situation from an insurgent’s point of view. Samir, who has had a rebellious childhood, is provoked to join a group of insurgents to avenge his best friend’s murder. After initial failures, he devises a plan to kill a renegade who works for armed forces and is responsible for his friend’s death. He makes his own gun, but his resolve to kill the renegade cedes after he shoots and injures him. Despite strong forces that tend to influence the characters, inherent and elemental traits in them keep resisting the coercion against all odds.

About the Author

Shoeb Hamid (born June 6, 1980) is a journalist based in Kashmir who started his writing career in 2005. He was awarded Master’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication by the University of Kashmir in 2005. Since then has worked as a journalist/writer for different media organizations in Jammu And Kashmir State and outside. At present he is an editor at Rising Kashmir, a Kashmir-based English-language newspaper. He has written columns, editorials and short fiction stories for newspapers and online media. The House On The River: Insurrection is author’s first major work of fiction. He is married to Shehra Hassan, and they live with their daughter Elham and the family in Srinagar, Kashmir.