Our Moon has Blood Clots: The Exodus Of The Kashmiri Pandits

By: Rahul Pandita

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Synopsis: Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old in 1990 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 becoming increasingly agitated with the cries of ‘Azadi’ from India. The heartbreaking story of Kashmir has so far been told through the prism of the brutality of the Indian state, and the pro-independence demands of separatists. But there is another part of the story that has remained unrecorded and buried. Our Moon Has Blood Clots is the unspoken chapter in the story of Kashmir, in which it was purged of the Kashmiri Pandit community in a violent ethnic cleansing backed by Islamist militants. Hundreds of people were tortured and killed, and about 3,50,000 Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave their homes and 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9788184003901
Publisher:: Random House
Date of Addition:: 01/19/19
Copyrighted By:: Rahul Pandita
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Communication, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.