MIGRATION OF KASHMIRI  PANDITS AND THE QUESTION OF BELONGINGNESS

Jitendar  Kashav; Navneet  Kaushal; Nisha Devi

Authors

Mr. Jitendar Kashav Research Scholar, Department of English, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla
Navneet Kaushal Research Scholar, Department of Travel Tourism and Hospitality Management, Central Universitry Dharamshala, Kangara.
Nisha Devi Research Scholar, Department of HPKVBS, School of Commerce & Management Studies. Central University of Himachal Pradesh.

Keywords:

Statelessness, assimilate, secessionist, Islamist, fundamentalist

Abstract

The proposed research paper is a study of Kashmiri Pandits' statelessness in the world's largest democracy. From the very beginning of its great civilization, India assimilates people from different walks of life in itself. Today the modern world is facing many problems, the problem of ethnicity-based migration is becoming a compelling phenomenon around the world. The problem of forced migration is very compelling and challenging for both the developing and developed nations. During the 1990s India witnessed a secessionist fury of communalism in the Kashmir valley when more than half million a Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave the valley by Islamist fundamentalists. It's estimated that four to six lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits left the valley during the insurgence of communal frenzy in the valley. Their houses were looted women were raped and hundreds of them were murdered in broad daylight. This paper is an insight to understand the mental and physical agonies that Kashmiri Pandits suffered in their homeland as well as in their opted land in different parts of the world.