Apr 28 2022 to Apr 28 2022 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

A film by Madhulika Jalali

India | 2021| 67 mins | English, Kashmiri, Hindi | Subtitles in English

My family left Kashmir in early 1990s as a part of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus due to the armed insurgency. I was six years old at the time and therefore grew up remembering nothing of my home. 24 years later, I went to Kashmir for the first time with my family. That event acts as a catalyst for me to rediscover and retrace my roots with the help of my sisters and extended family. We hear oral accounts of a less documented event and time in the history of Kashmir which reveal the deep connections that go beyond religion and politics. At a personal level, they reveal the cruelty of exile and how it continues across generations.

While the pain and loss of the Kashmiri Pandit community has often gone undocumented, it has also been co-opted to serve various agendas. Now with a certain generation maturing, people are hearing our narratives which are not unidimensional, and I thought my personal story will add to this history which needs to be told.

Following the screening there will be a discussion with the filmmaker.

In collaboration with Vikalp Bengaluru