Prem'sJourney

Today Kashmiri Pandits are in the crossfire of the National Political battlefield, becoming the subject of Electoral fortunes. The government and its right-wing propaganda mills have started grinding them suddenly after eight years of just making cosmetic noises. Today it is the fodder for ultra nationalist fervour, like many others before it. The Left is also briskly shooting from the hip trying to reduce the issue to a minor statistical detail, to suit its narrative and broad brushing of the issue. Between these two sides, the issue, and the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits are being torn like a rag between the mouths of rabid dogs, without any empathy or kindness that it requires. Unfortunately, masses on either side of the divide, are fed on steroids of social media with little patience to do real reading and informed decisions... While the issue is very complex and solution is nowhere near the horizon, it is important to first listen to the Kashmiri Pandit view of their issue withou

  Travel is something that tests all our limits of theories, learnings and ideas by opening up experiences that challenge and change one's perception, unlike any book.. Travelogues in that sense are always a window to those experiences and can be very interesting at times.   In this Travelogue, Stephen Alter seems to have followed through an emotional thread of tracing his and his spouses roots and in that process has opened up a window that lets us, readers who read it, to a unique and profound viewpoint on subtlety of Pakistan and India relationships. With his easy and smooth flowing language, he captures our attention for keeps.   Stephen Alter, who is a Son of an early American Missionary to India, Rev.Robert Alter, Cousin of Charismatic late Tom Alter, was born in Mussoorie  and an alumni of Woodstock School there. He is passionate about India and particularly about his neck of woods in Himalayan region.   The narration starts with him returning to Landour, to his fa