Rahul pandita books list of books by author rahul pandita. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. This powerful and moving book throws a sharp new light onto one of the most tragic conflicts in the modern world. Pandita has worked as a war correspondent, and is known for his ample news reporting from the war hit countries like iraq and sri lanka. A memoir of a lost home in kashmir by rahul pandita20171015. Rahul pandita is the author of the bestselling hello bastar the untold story of indias maoist movement and the co author of the critically acclaimed the absent state. Our moon has blood clots by rahul pandita is a memoir of a lost home, of thousands of kashmiri pandits like pandita himself, when they were forced out of the valley by insurgents funded by our neighboring country. Hello, bastar by rahul pandita with direct access to the top maoist leadership, rahul pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution. Rahul pandita on kashmir and its stories forbes india. The emotionally charged debates and discussions following vishal bharadwajs adaptation of shakespearean play hamlet haider has once again brought to the fore how little we.
The exodus of the kashmiri pandits, journalist rahul pandita s memoirs of his familys flight from. Our moon has blood clots, the sunday indian, 14 march 20. Rahul pandita is the author of our moon has blood clots, a memoir on how the hindu minority in the state of kashmir became victims of a brutal ethnic cleansing at the hands of islamist. Rahul pandita on his experience with maoists eminent journalist rahul panditas latest novel hello, bastar the untold story of indias maoist movement, is a daring attempt to understand naxalism. In case of such books, we get to know how book publishers think about the issue.
Rahul pandta has written an insightful, and easy to read history. Rahul pandita speaks with india real time about his new book our moon has blood clots, which looks at the exodus of hindus from the kashmir valley over 20 years ago. View the profiles of professionals named rahul pandita on linkedin. Rahul pandita is a journalist and an author based in delhi. Our moon has blood clots by rahul pandita 20140427 paperback. This is a hindu pandit homemakers constant refrain in exile in our moon has blood clots.
The preface leads us to the fateful night of 19 th january 1990 exactly when exodus begun. Rahul pandita is a journalist and an author based in new delhi. In this episode of just books, we speak to journalist, rahul pandita, on his book our moon has blood clots, a memoir of the flight. This book presents a balanced and fairly accurate historical and cultural view of the happenings in the valley most of which get obscured away from the general public by the indian and foreign media and. Rahul pandita was fourteen years old in 1990 when he was forced to leave. Explore books by rahul pandita with our selection at. Our moon has blood clots by rahul pandita free pdf. Rahul pandita speaks with india real time about his new book our moon has blood clots, which looks at the exodus of hindus from the. Insurgency as an excuse for misgovernance, coauthored with neelesh misra. Rahul pandita s recent job was the opinion and special stories editor of the hindu, one of indias leading newspapers.
In this episode of just books, we speak to journalist, rahul pandita, on his book our moon has blood clots, a memoir of the flight of kashmiri pandits from the valley. Our moon has blood clots by rahul pandita is the truth of the life that kashmiri pandits have lived, their exile, their ancestral history, discrimination that has been part of their life, since the 14th century. And its a memoir on growing up in kashmir as a religious minority, essentially. Rahul pandita on his experience with maoists books. Our moon has blood clots by rahul pandita is a memoir of a lost home, of thousands of kashmiri pandits like pandita himself, when they were forced out of the valley by insurgents funded by our.
A memoir of a lost home in kashmir by rahul pandita 20171015. Rahul pandita was fourteen years old when he was forced to leave his home in srinagar along with his family. Rahul pandita author of our moon has blood clots goodreads. Credit courtesy of ashish sharma rahul pandita, an associate editor with the open magazine in delhi, is a journalist and author who belongs to the kashmiri pandit community. Our moon has blood clots ebook by rahul pandita rakuten kobo. And its a memoir on growing up in kashmir as a religious minority, essentially, kashmiri hindus, also known as kashmiri panditsa. In our moon has blood clots, subtitled as a memoir of a lost home in kashmir, rahul pandita describes what it was like to be a kashmiri when the tribal militants, led and motivated by the. Rahul pandita had done something unusual he had studied the maoist movement at ground level for more than a decade, growing ever more interested in the way it functioned, travelling through the remoter jungles of central india for weeks on end and spending time with the tribal people. Rahul pandita has publicly declared that his book is an attempt at countering the denial by kms in general of what led to the exodus of pandits, via the narration of his personal ordeal. Pandita has written several books including the bestseller our moon has blood clots, covering the ethnic cleansing of kashmiri hindus, which was described. He quit the hindu citing frequent and childish interventions in edit pages by malini parthasarathy, the ownereditor of the paper.
The untold story of indias maoist movement, and coauthored. Join facebook to connect with rahul pandita and others you may know. Our moon has blood clots is the story of kashmir, in which hundreds of thousands of pandits were tortured, killed and forced to leave their homes by islamist militants, and forced to spend. However, in the recent years, his focal point has been the maoist movement in indias red corridor. The biggest good it has given us is hope, hope that despite such barbaric crimes being. He has also authored the bestselling hello, bastar. Rahul pandita has done a phenomenal job in writing this book based on his direct observations, interviews and ground level research with out injecting opinions or taking sides. Author rahul pandita scripts vidhu vinod chopras shikara. Thirty years after the forced exodus of kashmiri pandits, a feature film brings out the tragedy of a community india did not care for.
Panditas book on a kashmir exodus india real time wsj. In a book just released, rahul pandita, who was 14 at the time he and his family left their home in srinagar forever, gives a searing account of the displacement, struggle and survival of the. They were kashmiri panditsthe hindu minority within a muslimmajority kashmir that was by. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Peter griffin, rahul pandita on kashmir and its stories, forbes india, 8 march 20. The exodus of kashmiri pandits, has turned bollywood screenwriter for vidhu vinod chopras upcoming film. See all books authored by rahul pandita, including our moon has blood clots. In this show, delhi based journalist rahul pandita talks about his latest book hello, bastar the untold story of indias maoist movement. New delhi, dec 21 ians rahul pandita, author of the book, our moon has blood clots. The exodus of the kashmiri pandits, and hello, bastar the untold story of indias maoist movement, and more on. Rahul pandita was fourteen years old in 1990 when he was forced to leave his home in srinagar along with his family, who were kashmiri pandits. He was one of the founding members of the muchacclaimed open magazine and has also previously worked with the indian. Rahul pandita was fourteen years old in 1990 when he was. The exodus of the kashmiri pandits by rahul pandita requirementsepub reader, 0. Author of our moon has blood clots and hello, bastar.