Download or read book Uprooted and Forlorn the Tale of Kashmiri Pandits in Exile written by Rohit Tikoo and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about the uprooted Kashmiri Pandits who have been driven out from Kashmir by radical Jihadis and intolerant lunatics. The book highlights the concerns and challenges of Kashmiri Pandits in exile. The book deals in the surrounding and circumstances of the genocide and the forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. The book exposes the cliché which is built around citing the reason for terrorism to culminating denial of democratic aspirations and politics in the Kashmir. The book tries to answer some crude realities of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits by providing certain facts in the public domain. The book reflects the psychosomatic problems and emotional trauma the community experienced in exile. It also explores the desperation and strength that has allowed us to survive even after three decades of mass exodus. The book also explores the fleeing conflicts. The book is a humble tribute to those who were martyred and gang-raped, and have been forsaken into oblivion. The book takes you through the blurry picture of human survival in ripped up tents of Mishriwala, Muthi and Purkhoo. The book highlights the core issues of the students completing their graduation in five years and the subsequent waste of careers. The book highlights the student struggle and loss of the academic years. It also explores the desperation and strength that has allowed us to survive even after three decades of mass exodus. The book also explores the emotional conflicts and tries to address those conflicts with a resounding resolution.
Download or read book From Home to House written by A Gigoo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving portrait of a community reduced to being tourists in their own homeland.It has been twenty-five years since around 3.5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits were uprooted from their homes in the Kashmir valley due to militancy and changed circumstances. Many of them had to face the ignominy of living in tents, then in one-room tenements or flats, as refugees in their own country. They felt let down by both the state and central governments and by Indian society as a whole -- as well as by the Muslims of the valley. There was to be no going back for them.From Home to House is an anthology of short stories, essays and writings by Kashmiri Pandits in exile, vividly bringing out their nostalgia for Kashmir, their sense of betrayal, their attempts to pick up the pieces and carve a new life for themselves. These are the reflections of a lost and scattered people in what for them is an alien land. The writings show both their vulnerability -- their helplessness as they see their culture and way of life getting eroded -- and their resilience -- as the younger generation of Pandits spreads its wings and builds a whole new life for itself. This anthology holds a mirror to the troubled valley of Kashmir, a mirror from which the reflection of a section of its population is now missing.
Download or read book A Long Dream of Home written by Siddhartha Gigoo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, in the winter of 1990, about four hundred thousand Pandits of Kashmir were forced to leave Kashmir, their homeland, to save their lives when militancy erupted there. Even today, they continue to live as 'internally displaced migrants' in their own country. While most Kashmiri Pandits have now carved a niche for themselves in different parts of India, several thousands are still languishing in migrant camps in and around Jammu. The stories of their struggles and plight have remained untold for years. The authors of the memoirs in this anthology belong to four generations. Those who were born and brought up in Kashmir, and fled while they were in their forties and fifties; those who lingered on in their homes in Kashmir despite the threat to their lives; those who got displaced in their teens; and those who were born in migrant camps in exile. These narratives explore several aspects of the history, cultural identity and existence of the Kashmiri Pandits.These are untold narratives about the persecution of Pandits in Kashmir during the advent of militancy in 1989, the killings and kidnappings, loss of homeland, uprootedness, camp-life, struggle, survival, alienation and an ardent yearning to return to their land. These are stories about the re-discovery of their past, their ancestry, culture, and roots and moorings.
Download or read book The Odyssey Of Kashmiri Pandits written by Dr. M.L.BHAT and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book The Odyssey of Kashmiri Pandits presents the pathetic life of Kashmiri Pandits in exile. The Mass Exodus from their homes in the year 1990, have left them as refugees in their own country. The original inhabitants of Kashmir, scattered all over the world, are now haunted by nostalgia of Paradise on Earth. They were hounded out, after inflicting taunts, physical abuse, miseries, loot, and selective killing. The exiled community hopes to go back to their home land some day. What could have been the reasons for all these miseries? Were the killers caught?
Download or read book A Long Dream of Home written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kashmiri Pandit written by Kusum Pant and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Long Dream of Home written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kashmiri Pandits written by Rohit Tikoo and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a thorough account of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, which includes information on their persecution and displacement from their homes. It also discusses the political dynamics that have contributed to their continued suffering and how they have been used as a vote bank. The author sheds light on the atrocities committed against them by Islamic extremists and the lack of justice and accountability for these crimes. Additionally, the book highlights the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits who have been living in exile for over thirty four years, without any hope of returning to their homes. The government's failure to provide them with adequate protection and support is also discussed. Overall, the book is an essential read for those interested in understanding the complex issues surrounding the Kashmir conflict and the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits.
Download or read book The Ten Departures of a Kashmiri Pandit written by Sham Misri and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ten Departures of A Kashmiri Pandit" is a book with messages, wrapped in stories and sprinkled with wit, bound together by the themes of religion, torture, plunder and loot of Kashmir Pandits. The book has dealt with ten migrations of Kashmiri Pandits, their departure, evacuation and finally exit from the valley. The time line shows how a small community gets dispersed slowly and is now on the line of disappearance. They find themselves completely lost from the roots of their ancestors. Their roots cut, their thousands of years of culture ruined, and their traditions now nowhere seen. The exit of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley of Kashmir was arranged in a unique and innovative way. Presenting the observations on their past religion, culture, and dress, while being wonderfully entertaining, the community feels that their kith and kin being harassed by religious zealots over the period of time. It has created a brilliant satire on the rulers of Kashmir as it sends its message of ethnic cleansing.During these twenty five years of forced exile Kashmiri Pandits have been roaming from place to place in search of their livelihood. While the Kashmiri Pandits a God fearing race believed on peaceful means and dharma, the fundamentalists took advantage of it and snatched away our ancestral land. The last exodus of the Pandits from the valley has been a great blow to them. The whole community has been shattered. Today, they are scattered all over the globe. As in the past, they have survived the torment under the most trying conditions.This is a dark, funny story about various kinds of tortures undergone by Kashmiri Pandits all along during various times of migrations.
Download or read book The Ugly Kashmiri written by Arvind Gigoo and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2006-08-05 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satire, irony, pathos, black humour, despair, sarcasm, anger, nostalgia, love and compassion make up these cameos. They are about Kashmiri Muslims, Kashmiri Pandits (called ‘migrants’), security forces, militants, politicians, intellectuals, common people, women and other sections of the Kashmiri society. The cameos are terse, meaty and aphoristic, and convey the author’s poignant view of the happenings in Kashmir and elsewhere. Each cameo is a bleeding piece of truth. A book of paradoxical, cynical and gnomic reflections drawing the readers into a subtle sort of vertigo. The author writes with insolent honesty, and provokes and incites defiance. The underlying theme of need for change from ugliness to beauty runs throughout.
Download or read book Our Moon Has Blood Clots written by Rahul Pandita and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 2017 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old when he was forced to leave his home in Srinagar along with his family, who were Kashmiri Pandits: the Hindu minority within a Muslim-majority Kashmir that was by 1990 becoming increasingly agitated with the cries of 'Azaadi' [freedom] from India. The heartbreaking story of Kashmir has so far been told mainly through the prism of the brutality of the Indian security forces, the pro-independence demands of Muslim separatists or India and Pakistan's rivalry. But there is another part of the story that has remained unrecorded and buried. Our Moon Has Blood Clots is the untold chapter in the story of Kashmir, in which hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits were tortured, killed and forced to leave their homes by Islamist militants, and to spend the rest of their lives in exile in their own country. Rahul Pandita has written a deeply personal, powerful and unforgettable story of history, home and loss."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Kashmiri Pandit Community written by Triloki Nath Dhar and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles chiefly on social life and customs of Kashmiri Pandits of India.
Download or read book Prison and Chocolate Cake written by Nayantara Sahgal and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Seldom does one get a chance to become acquainted with India's great leaders through a young woman so intimately associated with them.'-New York Times Book ReviewA dramatic portrait of the spirit of sacrifice that carried India through the years of the struggle for independence, this evocative memoir of an unusual childhood ends with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.Nayantara Sahgal describes what it was like growing up in Anand Bhavan, Allahabad, the home of her parents shared with her maternal uncle, Jawarlal Nehru, during the years when Gandhi was leading the movement for independence. It describes in loving detail the lives of a family for whom the country's fight for freedom was more important than anything else, certainly coming before comfort and riches.The book is particularly delightful for its picture of Nehru who springs from these pages as a man of friendly humanity and a joy in life that made him a beloved uncle, yet with an inborn greatness that inspired awe and admiration in the little girl who played with him.'She is brilliant...complex and questioning.' - Pearl S. Buck
Download or read book A Concise History of Modern India written by Barbara D. Metcalf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world affairs. From the days of the Mughals, through the British Empire, and into Independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structures. It is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success story. Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation.
Download or read book Kashmir written by Sumantra Bose and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan mobilized for war over the long-disputed territory of Kashmir, sparking panic around the world. Drawing on extensive firsthand experience in the contested region, Sumantra Bose reveals how the conflict became a grave threat to South Asia and the world and suggests feasible steps toward peace. Though the roots of conflict lie in the end of empire and the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, the contemporary problem owes more to subsequent developments, particularly the severe authoritarianism of Indian rule. Deadly dimensions have been added since 1990 with the rise of a Kashmiri independence movement and guerrilla war waged by Islamist groups. Bose explains the intricate mix of regional, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and caste communities that populate Kashmir, and emphasizes that a viable framework for peace must take into account the sovereignty concerns of India and Pakistan and popular aspirations to self-rule as well as conflicting loyalties within Kashmir. He calls for the establishment of inclusive, representative political structures in Indian Kashmir, and cross-border links between Indian and Pakistani Kashmir. Bose also invokes compelling comparisons to other cases, particularly the peace-building framework in Northern Ireland, which offers important lessons for a settlement in Kashmir. The Western world has not fully appreciated the desperate tragedy of Kashmir: between 1989 and 2003 violence claimed up to 80,000 lives. Informative, balanced, and accessible, Kashmir is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand one of the world's most dangerous conflicts.
Download or read book The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan written by Namita Devidayal and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Freedom Movement in India VOL 1 written by TARA CHAND and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book deals with the social, political, cultural and economic conditions of India in the eighteenth century against the backdrop of the historical processes that had in earlier times shaped the life and history of Indian people.
