Panun Kashmir, as a philosophy, represents the urges and aspirations of the entire Kashmiri Pandit community of estimated seven lakh numbers now scattered across the globe to return and reclaim their ancestral homeland in the land of goddess Sharada. The numbers include – what we have known, over the decades, as “silent exodus” (pre -1990) … Read more

Body in exile; but the roots and soul lay in Kashmir. That is what is demonstrated, repeatedly in one way or the other, over the last three and a half decades by the exiled community members through their art / profession or even through one’s silence that refuses to submit to any dictates of obscurantism … Read more

Does spirit lie in the glass*,Or in the friends’ thought,To my home was brought,On the day of sacred Holi ;Drenched in different hues,Displaying oneness of class ? ————————— * Glass of wine

In Kashmir’s beautifulMeadow of Baisaran valley,Barbarians struck again,Near Pahalgam, on 22nd of April,In the middle of the day,To please their Allah and,Keep the Kafirs away. Rushing out from the woods,They seek their identity,Check their I-Cards,Make them recite the ‘Kalima’,Strip the pants of some,Segregate men from women,At point-blank, shoot them dead;Snow clad peaks down their head. … Read more

In forced exile, since early nineteen ninety,Rendered refugees in our own democratic country;Protect ethnic Hindu minority, no-one’s responsibility?Where is the Nation’s might and sensitivity? For precisely the quarter of a century,Roaming, endlessly, from a city to a city;Deprived of unique culture and sociability,That too, seventh time in the recorded history! That year during the night, … Read more

Can we spare a thought please? Many thoughts have been troubling my mind as our community observed this year the 34th anniversary of ‘19 January’- the Kashmiri Pandit Holocaust Day. I have not been lucky enough to visit the valley ever since I was finally forced into exile in 2nd week of March 1990. Earlier, … Read more

For millions all around,a spectacle of disbelief,as the Supertech towers,symbol of oily connections,are razed to ground;Across the country,live images, from Noida,of the crumbling edifice,evoke much relief.32 & 30 floor ‘high-rise’,blown to pieces,brokers are cut to size,‘Apex’ and ‘Ceyane’-the twin towers,of greed and lust,reduced to rubble;The heavy concrete,turns into smoke and dust,in just seconds nine;by the … Read more

Kashmir’s valley is famous all over the world for its mystical and magical beauty. Kashmir has been dubbed “Paradise on Earth” because of its lush green valleys, rolling woods ringed by snow-capped mountains, crisscrossed by rivers and richly decorated with lakes, and abundant profusion of trees, flowers, and fruits. Not only that, temples in Kashmir … Read more