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My thread on Kashmiri pandits in exile.
As a kid being brought up in Jammu, away from the place my parents called home, I have heard horrific stories of what happened in 90s. My mom once said and I quote, " we left in the early morning hours in truck from Kashmir, so that
As a kid being brought up in Jammu, away from the place my parents called home, I have heard horrific stories of what happened in 90s. My mom once said and I quote, " we left in the early morning hours in truck from Kashmir, so that
no one would know. We were scared till we reached Jammu for our lives, what if we get caught on the way by some terrorists. It was like goats being ferried from one place to another."
I am sure that the words fall short of their lives experience.
I am sure that the words fall short of their lives experience.
The pain in reality would have been much more. The pain to leave your home before sun rises and never return is something my generation would never know.
That being said, I have heard stories of celebration of festivals together, loving neighbors like huge extended families.
That being said, I have heard stories of celebration of festivals together, loving neighbors like huge extended families.
