THE PURPOSE OF STARTING THE ROOTS BLOG

I was born in SRINAGAR in early thirties of the twentieth century to a middle class kashmiri pandit family ,third child out of six. Our parents  brought us up in a strict code of moral,ethical, & social values ,which left deep imprint on the way of life we lived in its different periods to reach its evening  now. There have been personal losses and tragedies on the way  which left their scars  physically and emotionally . Such events being destined  leave a human no leeway and lose their bite(though not their sting) with the flow of time.  My times are an epoch of history of my native place and my community  as also my country which I have seen taking place as a living witness. I am making an attempt to pen down what I have seen, heard and learnt personally all these years so that my grandsons get  a personalised insight and focus of their roots and develop an interest to study their native tongue, culture, history and geography of kashmir and pass this passion  on to their generations so that the community’s ethinic  preserve is retained,even after their forced exodus from the Kashmir valley. . In the process of this exercise,I also hope that they are mentally tuned to speak in their own mother tongue kashmiri in their homes,hopefully with the assistance of their parents.I also hope that this brief serves them as an approach paper for deep detailed study of their native culture,mores,and ethical values .

    That is the purpose of starting a fresh serialized series of titled : GLIMPSES OF HISTORY OF THE KASHMIRI PANDIT’S NATIVE PLACE , KASHMIR, shortened as  MY ROOTS.
     In the build_up of this narrative , I have made free use of any information I could browse on the net and the relevant data which was available. I acknowledge my gratitude to all with due humility.
The following books/pdfs/web sites have been reffered to researching for this blog series.
1.Historical chronology of jammu and kashmir state.(kashmirinf. network)
2.Baharistan i shahi   A chronicle of medieval kashmir
(translated by Dr. K.N.Raina)
3. paradise lost   Seven exodusesof kashmiri pandits by Prof.K.L.Bhan.
4.history of jammu and kashmir by Sanjeev Nayyar.(e sanskrita@suryaconsulting.net)
5.history of kashmiri pandits    Google search.
6.Kashmir,the pandit question the forgotten conflict   Al Zajeera
7.Legal Document no. 113    Kashmir's  Instrument of accession to INDIA.
8.Living rituals of Nilmat Purana by Prithvi nath bhat(Koshur Samachar, Delhi)
9 Nilmat Purana  a brief survey  Dr, Ved  Kumari Ghai.
10.Rajtarangni  Wikepedia
11. Slow Eviction of pandits from Kashmir  by M, Rasgotra
12.Saraswat  Brahmins of  Kashmir  by Kashyap Pandit     Google
13.Kasmir  The storm centre of the world by Prof, Balraj  Madhok.
14. White Paper on Kashmir Dr. M.L. Teng and C. L. Gadoo.
15. Gen. Zorawar  Singh.  Sikh encyclopedia.com
16. Rich heritage of  Kashmiri Pandits. by Som Nath Wakhloo.
17.When Kashmiri Pandits fled Islamic terror. Rediff.com news
18.Kashmiri Pandits  a forbidden community Dr. Satish Ganjoo's blog at BIGGADA.
19.' Rajouri Remembered ' by Amarnath Saraf.