The Kashmir Files: A portrayal of an unbelievably sad reality
Unbelievable. That was the one word reaction I could give when asked after watching the movie, The Kashmir Files. It is unbelievable that we know so little about the scale of this exodus and genocide that destroyed the lives of half a million people. It is unbelievable how those of us who did know a little via the small amount of news coverage it got once in a while did not hold our elected government accountable asking them how an entire community becomes refugees in their own country, overnight, and continues to be even now 31 years later. It is unbelievable how little we know about our history, not just the recent past of the Kashmiri Pandits but even our ancient past. Why? Because we have been taught a different version, over generations. A version where we were the losers. The conquered. The subjugated. Slowly teaching us that this is what we deserved, this is what we've always been, second class citizens in our own land. The physical destruction started by the Mughals was e