
*Book Review* Author- Rahul Pandita Genre- Non fiction Rating- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 A real life memoir of a Kashmiri Pandit caught in the turmoil during the 1990 exodus . The horrors of militancy and refugee life seen through the eyes of the author who was then 14 years old. The sufferings and pain of the survivors cannot be shared. It's unfathomable. The unfolding of the darkest days of post independence India makes one wonder how could a country just forget their own countrymen caught in between geopolitical and religious cross fire. I had enough of one sided narrative of the Kashmir situation which keeps on changing every year but one thing that remains consistent is the exclusion of Kashmiri Pandits in the whole story. Why should they not be included in the fight for ' Azaadi'? Quoting the author - "𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙯𝙖𝙙𝙞, 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙? 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 ...