A Kashmiri Pandit's Perspective on the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Protest I left Kashmir thirty-six years ago. My family did not leave by choice, nor had we planned to abandon the valley…
Pain has a strange, insular effect on the human psyche. It possesses the unique capacity to shut out the external world, creating a sudden silence in which a person is…
The concept of 'home' for the Kashmiri Pandit community has undergone a radical, involuntary transformation. Since the exodus of 1990, the physical markers of our civilisation (Our heritage temples, the…
Author's Preface This article was not written from a distance. It was written ahead of the 36th martyrdom anniversary of Sarwanand Kaul Premi and his son, Virender Kaul, at the…
April 1990 Killings in Kashmir marked a grim phase of targeted violence, where individuals were singled out and killed in a climate of fear and silence. This article documents verified…
Spring came to the Kashmir Valley in 1990 with blood on its hands. Bansi Lal Sapru, a forty-five-year-old Kashmiri Pandit from Gulab Bagh, Srinagar, never saw summer. His neighbours…
Bhushan Lal Raina was 29 years old and worked at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Soura. He lived in Ompora, Budgam, with his elderly mother and was…
In Anantnag, south Kashmir, 84 carved columns rise from the earth in various states of ruin. The Martand Sun Temple, built in the 8th century, stands on a high…
Kalhana was Kashmir's first and greatest historian. He wrote without royal patronage, without flattery, and without the political obligations that corrupted nearly every other chronicle of his era. What he…
"He alone is worthy to narrate the history of kings whose mind, though cleansed by the waters of knowledge, remains unruffled by passion — who regards the deeds of rulers…
Introduction Kashmir. The name conjures alpine lakes, saffron fields, and snow-capped peaks. But behind this beauty lies the History of the Kashmiri Pandits At its heart stands a people who…
Kashmir is the northernmost jewel of India, a land whose history stretches back more than 5,000 years. Cradled in the western Himalayas, this valley of extraordinary beauty has given the…