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A Long Dream of Home: The persecution, exile and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits

Autor Siddhartha Gigoo, Varad Sharma
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 mar 2016
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789385936692
ISBN-10: 9385936697
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury India
Locul publicării:New Delhi, India

Notă biografică

Siddhartha Gigoo left Kashmir in 1990 due to militancy and political turmoil. He studied English Literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He is the author of two books of fiction, The Gardenof Solitude (2011) and A Fistful of Earth and Other Stories (2015), which was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2015. His short story The Umbrella Man won the Commonwealth ShortStory Prize 2015 for Asia. He has also written and directed two short films, The Last Day (2012) and Goodbye, Mayfly (2015), which were selected for several international film festivals. Two books of his poems, Fall andOther Poems and Reflections-written as a student-were published by Writer's Workshop, Kolkata. His writings have appeared in several literary journals. He lives in New Delhi.Varad Sharma was born in Anantnag, Kashmir and grew up in Jammu. His family was forced to leave Kashmir in 1990 due to terrorism. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Institute of ManagementTechnology, Hyderabad and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune. He writes on society, politics, books and films. His writings have appeared in several newspapers and websites including TheHindu, Mid Day, DNA, The Pioneer, Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, Newslaundry, The News Minute, Daily O, Niti Central and Rediff.

Recenzii

There is no pain more poignant than the tragedy of exile, and its most powerful expression lies surely in the literature of memory.A Long Dream of Homeis a moving history of a collective nightmare.