kashmiri pandit exodus

Return to homeland central to survival of Pandit culture

For over three decades, the Kashmiri Pandit community has lived in exile and has been a victim of genocide at the hands of jihadis, a fact that the Indian government has yet to officially recognize. Each generation of the community continues to suffer in exile due to the growing threat to our culture, heritage, and […]

Book Review: Pakistan’s Invasion on J&K (1947-48)—Untold Stories of Victims

Human suffering and pain defy measurement; tragedies resist quantification. Yet, six years ago, economist Swaminathan Aiyer, renowned for ‘Swaminomics,’ undertook an unusual accounting—comparing two cases of ethnic cleansing: the expulsion of Hindus (Pandits) from Kashmir in 1990 and Muslims from Jammu in 1947. Later, author of ‘Devil’s Advocate’, Karan Thapar echoed similar calculations, both concluding […]