Tag: Kargil

Kashmir Rechords Exclusive In October 1833, a young Kashmiri traveller entered Ghazni. Barely in his twenties, he was already venturing into one of the most turbulent regions of nineteenth-century Asia—observing rulers, armies, political intrigues and the shifting alliances of the Afghan and Central Asian world. A gifted Persian scholar and an exceptionally adaptable traveller, he could move between cultures with a confidence unusual for an Indian...

(Kashmir Rechords' Archival Report) The story of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus is usually told through the night of departure—the fear, the abandoned homes and the uncertain journey out of the Valley. But what happened after the migrants reached Jammu in 1990 is another story of suffering, struggle and survival that is slowly disappearing from collective memory. The newspaper clippings preserved by Kashmir Rechords offer a...