Volume IV Special Issue VIII October 2024

Name of Author : Simran Koul

Title of the paper : The Obliterated Chronicle of the Recurring Diaspora of Kashmiri Pandits from their Homeland Kashmir

Abstract: Diaspora is defined as a communitys separation from its native land in a host the location, perceiving that total acceptance by the host is impossible and desiring to return to their home country, resulting in alienation. It is far beyond than just a word it refers to peoples rapid departure from their homes. Push forces play a significant role in this scenario, making the diaspora experience more challenging. The literature created by diaspora and migrants is known as diasporic literature. The chapter focuses on the Kashmiri Pandit communitys repeated diaspora from their homeland, Kashmir. It investigates the seven diasporas experienced by the Pandit group from 1389 to the 1990s. The community has undergone a forced departure and is now living as refugees in their own nation with a sense of uprootedness, alienation and trauma enforced upon them. The community has experienced a large forced migration and is now living as refugees in their own nation, exacerbating their plight and creating a sense of estrangement. The chapter focuses on all the seven diasporas experienced by Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir, as well as how conditions altered, sending the Pandit population into an ongoing cycle of exile. The violent murders of Kashmiri Pandits, combined with their diaspora and the harsh conditions they faced during their years of exile, ingrained trauma in them. The Pandit community is trapped in an unending cycle of misery and exile. The diaspora has harmed their social fabric. They are disoriented as a result of the loss of their home.

Keywords : Diaspora, Kashmiri Pandits, Trauma, Exile, Displacement

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Page Number : 86-93