Hindus Of Kashmir: A Genocide Forgotten

January 9, 1990 was the longest night of Kashmiri Hindus. Or was it? When lakhs of Kashmiri Hindus were banished from the Kashmir Valley overnight, under the din of the slogans “Battav-ya ralive, ya chalive, natte galive”, was it the first time it was happening? And, if not, then what has been the history of the previous exoduses? More importantly, who were the actors, and what were their agendas in ensuring that the Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave the Valley? What kind of disinformation campaign was unleashed to silence the truth, even as years rolled by? Why was a genocide forgotten? Hindus of Kashmir: A Genocide Forgotten by Bansi Pandit looks into these questions with an unflinching adherence to facts and a sense of objectivity that is hard to maintain when faced with the real, painful genocide, which was further made barbaric and tragic by being brushed under the carpet of a huge conspiracy of silence.