Kashmiri Pandit exodus: chronology & players, Abdullahs & Muftis, VP Singh, Jagmohan & Narasimha Rao

#KashmiriPandits #PanditExodusOfKashmir
As controversy rages around Vivek Aghnihotri’s ‘The Kahsmir Files’ watch this abridged version of Cut The Clutter in which Shekhar Gupta breaks down the chronology of Jammu and Kashmir’s political past. He revisits the most important political developments that led to Kashmiri Pandits’ plight
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[@sb9060]

How much fear , persecution, killings have to be inflicted to scare a community to make almost the whole community flee? Has it happened to any other community post independence of India?

[@voiceofkashmir5092]

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[@nnoor1715]

Ethnic cleansing is wrong- whether against the innocent Hindu minority in Kashmir or by BJP government against innocent Muslims in Kashmir. Revenge after three decades against the whole population? Genocide

[@sahmanish1]

At 11.14min u mentioned that it was "Possible" BJP nudge for jagmohan to be appointed governor. At 12:30min u "conclude" very "subtly" that on demand n pressure of BJP jagmohan was sent to beat the kashmir.. Sir how come is this neutral journalism?? We as audience gonna watch each n every min of what u people are saying. Days r gone when u people played very subtly to our subconscious..

[@tradeti]

Bsdk ke ye story tumko ab yad ayi Movie ane se phle kabhi batate how secular u r

[@BahubaliSamraat]

The left's reaction on the Kashmir Files is telling how tolerant, or rather intolerant, they are to different ideas and to free speech.

[@npd9758]

Communist in the garb of left are always intolerant

[@anirbansadhukhan4681]

Believers in a totalitarian doctrine like communism are bound to be violent and intolerant.

[@sid8285]

@@npd9758 And Islamists especially in this movie controversy

[@npd9758]

@@sid8285 But who creates a fear psychosis among these Islamists ??? Communist guised in the garb of liberal !!!

[@randomfeat1743]

its not exodus but genocide of kashmir pandit. I wish all muslim get same thing what happend to kashmiri pandit.

[@drmusicfun]

I have not watched 'The Kashmir Files' simply because it may be too triggering for me . But what this movie has managed to achieve is that we are all talking about a topic swept under the carpet for far too long. We may be on any side of the political spectrum but accepting the fact that this happened is the first step. I think that was the core purpose of the movie.

[@SaiRulez1]

What you said…100%. Cannot watch it as I don’t know how triggered I will be after seeing the atrocities playing out!

[@tapemaj]

Uff … too , too distressing to watch . Viewers crying in the theatre here in London . I couldn’t watch it fully …

[@neiltdk]

We owe it to the people that suffered, to see it. Its important to see it so no future generations face this. Watch it

[@poorvasharma8807]

We owe it to every child, woman and man who went through this long long nightmare. They went through this, we must go and be witness to what they lived.. Please do go and encourage your friends and family too

[@SaiRulez1]

@@poorvasharma8807 : you have a fair point. I just hope that I can contain my anger after the distress that I will feel…

[@avinashasitis]

The thing you need to know is that the then CM, Farooq Abdullah, left for UK (knowing very well what was about to happen in Kashmir since he himself was a part of the plan) and the killings started the very next day. So, basically it was all planned under him and when the time came to execute, he fled to avoid the blame and let the then Governor be the fall guy. For me it was the Barkha dutt's commentary on Kashmir genocide where she sympathised with the poor-muslim-kashmiris for venting out against rich-govt-job-wale Pandit's that really opened my eyes to these vulture Journalists and I began distancing myself from left wing.

[@seemapdiwan]

Shekhar Gupta wishes viewers to conclude of the sort, "50 yrs of congress regime, and handful years of BJP, if economy collapses because of past 50 yrs of corruption, BJP led govt will be responsible!"

[@abys4055]

Kashmir was under governor rule the

[@hitmmann]

@@seemapdiwan Well I too want that my country develops and become prosperous, but seeing these atrocities I think sometimes fu*k development, and safe guard hindus first in this hindu majority country. Tell me what to do?

[@thedragonwarrior9407]

Agree with u

[@RakeshPandey-xp1ny]

@Neil Bajwa I have always appreciated your work(the print) and also un-hiphenated journalism which u guys aleays claim, but i am just wondering whether un hiphenated journalism also means to play safe on burning issues, i am also not sure whether you guys take comments like these seriously or just avoid it but yes there is boil emerging in country bcoz of a certain movie with lots of arguments being floated both for it and against it, so we as your die hard audience were looking for a more black and white kind of a story, all we got this tym from #CTG was few shades of grey, not very happy since #sg do have a habbit of quoting movies and old hindi songs every now and yet not taking name of one of the most talked abt movie of recent times in ur #CTG. I dont want to quote any of those so called commando comic channel (name coined by you), however a good jounalist can always learn from others so plz go through the video done by lallantop on "the kashmir files" more informative, in detail and not hesitant to take name of movie. I am still not understanding why were you so hesitant to take the name of movie as the very reason for covering this #CTC was to clarify the turmoil emerging in country bcoz of "the kashmir files".

[@user-kr2wj3pi1q]

Just for everyones information.. PV Narsimha Rao's dead body was not allowed to enter into congress office. That's the hatred Gandhis had for PVN

[@zaurukraus9296]

Proof/source?

[@tekumallasrinivasachakrava9214]

Your ignorance is boundless. You are beyond salvage. Helping to enlighten you is absolute time waste.

[@Vallinath]

So true

[@vicky1b]

Indeed, because Gandhi’s despised him for having become PM. He was perhaps God given gift to India. When he came to power India was in taters. Kashmir problem had become huge. India had just few days of foreign exchange left, the regional parties with their incompetent Leaders from VP Singh to chadershekhar has sucked India dry.

[@SimplifyAstrology]

Shekhar, Narasimha Rao was perhaps one of the most under-reported and unsung of all the Prime Minister's that India has had! The kind of geo-politics he managed through his tenure and ensured a minority government completed it's term was really a big thing! His boldness in the sphere of politics and economics gave India the much needed impetus! And yes, Thanks for this CTC , now perhaps people will get a perspective to all sides of the subject in a more appropriate manner!

[@NoobMaster-or2jf]

He had his one share of the blame for problems in India later on - Babri Masjid demolition. Being Indian PM means a mixed legacy. Only one without a mixed legacy but a positive one was Shastri.

[@kiritogoldsmith9354]

@@NoobMaster-or2jf yes shashtri was positive one. but he was killed by our own congress. i hope you have watched the tashkent files. what a great movie it was amazing. now kashmir files have shown the another truth.

[@kiritogoldsmith9354]

@@voiceofkashmir5092 bot of pakistan started

[@AK-yw9qs]

PV has been unsung hero in economical front and against terrorism too. No one recognizes his role, one guy takes cradit to economical reforms others his own party disowned him only for selfish political gains. They lost foresight and plunged Congress to present situation. I strongly belive BJP should go out of party line and declare bharat ratna to PV

[@karan200590]

Don't worry...in 2 to 3 decades this same thing is coming in other parts of India. Bengal Assam Bihar UP. watch out.

[@maitreyakanitkar8742]

Heart wrenching movie, i am from Maharashtra. A guy in my class is from jammu and his father was kicked out during the genocide. Thanks to balasaheb Thackeray that the kashmiri pandit students were able to get education in Maharashtra.

[@balkrishenfotedar3874]

You are correct Sir. We Kashmiri Pandits shall ever remain grateful to Shri Balsaheb Thackeray for helping us out with their continuing education. Now coming to the situation in January 1990, when Hindus were killed mercilessly and indiscriminately leading to their mass exodus, it was created due to system failure all the years since partition. Congress and National Conference were both responsible for this. Pakistani ISI feasted on this ripe situation and successfully poisoned the majority population leading to a difficult situation for the country.

[@dhawalyerne2570]

Genocide!? How come 150 death of pandits a Genocide while 30,000 deaths of kashmiri muslim not a genocide? I have sympathy with KPs but manipulating history to Shape the current Political narrative won't serve any purpose.

[@caaravindn]

@@dhawalyerne2570 hi sir, I don't know what has happened. Can you please give some insight of what you are talking about.

[@aayushhh95]

@@dhawalyerne2570 always learn to back your claims with credible evidence. Else, you'll be taken as a joke.

[@saket5590]

@@dhawalyerne2570 "30,000" man is just throwing random numbers. even if you're counting every single terrorist eliminated by the indian military and every single death straight from POK to Kashmir, it won't be 30,000 lmao. whatta clown, sit down

[@NeerajVermadelhi]

Shame on Theprint, it wasnt an exodus it was planned Genocide, Its a shame that we still talk about it as Exodus undermining the sufferings of our own people, never expected this from sehkhar Gupta Sir😔

[@jirik2435]

maybe they are not SG's people?

[@Robinsingh-vl6mz]

Nobody considered it as a genocide.

[@whatslifespurpose]

The right word as used in the CTC is ethnic cleansing. The number killed as per official estimates is around ~200, but the great movie claims ~4000. By that measure, the 1984 Sikh killings should also be called a genocide then. The 2002 Gujarat riots can also be called a genocide then.

[@hitmmann]

@@whatslifespurpose Yes now again whataboutism. Tell me would you blame congress or not now for 84 riots ? Also how many sikhs and hindus were migrated ? Also tell me what led gujarat riot? Isnt godra kand was the reason? Also how could u equate kashmir genocide with gujarat riot then, did kashmiri hindus too burnt muslims there in Kashmir. Have some shame.

[@RakeshPandey-xp1ny]

@Neil Bajwa I have always appreciated your work(the print) and also un-hiphenated journalism which u guys aleays claim, but i am just wondering whether un hiphenated journalism also means to play safe on burning issues, i am also not sure whether you guys take comments like these seriously or just avoid it but yes there is boil emerging in country bcoz of a certain movie with lots of arguments being floated both for it and against it, so we as your die hard audience were looking for a more black and white kind of a story, all we got this tym from #CTG was few shades of grey, not very happy since #sg do have a habbit of quoting movies and old hindi songs every now and yet not taking name of one of the most talked abt movie of recent times in ur #CTG. I dont want to quote any of those so called commando comic channel (name coined by you), however a good jounalist can always learn from others so plz go through the video done by lallantop on "the kashmir files" more informative, in detail and not hesitant to take name of movie. I am still not understanding why were you so hesitant to take the name of movie as the very reason for covering this #CTC was to clarify the turmoil emerging in country bcoz of "the kashmir files".

[@karankhaitan7923]

Have made a few observations: 1. Shekhar Gupta keeps addressing Sheikh Abdullah as Sheikh 'sahab'. 2. He calls the Kashmiri Hindi genocide as 'exodus' and 'ethnic cleansing'. 3. He doesn't mention the release of 70 odd terrorists from prison by Farooq Abdullah and Rajiv Gandhi. One is free to draw their own conclusions. I've drawn mine.

[@cricketersyoutubers1918]

My conclusion is "That's why he's working in ThePrint".

[@vinay0928]

@@cricketersyoutubers1918 lyutens journo at his best in which he is master.

[@9900shreyas]

Exodus or Ethnic cleansing is not the same as genocide. The entire movie repeats this time and again. And here we have Shekar and Print Showing their true colors by calling it Exodus. Wowwww!

[@AbhishekKumar-fj9jb]

Still he is better than other liberals.

[@Leo-hd5dz]

What true colour you want to see . Go and watch masala news on TV. This episode was recorded two years back , at least he did his Job by telling people about something that has been hidden under the carpet for so many years. Now because of the Kashmir files main stream news channel are talking about it as they just want TRP. Yes we know that exodus and ethnic cleansing are not same as genocide. Ethnic cleansing does include genocide/mass killing whereas exodus basically means migration.

[@anandrmnn]

​@@Leo-hd5dz Yes genocide is part of ethnic cleansing. However S G says first 'riot' took place in 1986 - which is completely false - it was just one of the many pogroms that has been happening since the invasive culture entered Kashmir. This episode is nothing but half hearted monkey balancing as S G himself was part of building the narrative (as part of n d t v) where the oppressed were blamed for their own oppression and the perpetrators were propped up and humanized as victims! Not everyone is going to forget it...

[@SR-mv2mf]

Exactly. It is a GENOCIDE. Plain and simple.

[@vaishali2277]

I did not expect else from him

[@poohjinping3363]

its a tragedy that mr.narsimha rao is not given more recognition and accolades for his tremendous service to the country.the moronic gandhis have to be purged out of politics for what harm they have done to this country

[@arnabkundu3406]

The harm was done by VP Singh government who was supported by BJP at that time ..... didn't u watch the video or what

[@poohjinping3363]

@@arnabkundu3406 i was talking about the harm they did to various indian PM's,the famously even refused to bury n.rao in delhi where all the previous PM'S had been.his body was brought back to hyderabad and then cremated there.

[@santoshshetty6]

In Congress only Gandhi’s can take credit.

[@karan200590]

Don't worry...in 2 to 3 decades this same thing is coming in other parts of India. Bengal Assam Bihar UP. watch out.....

[@mrameyaap]

@@karthika560 Dude, BJP could have withdrawn their support but they didn't. why did they keep supporting the notorious VP Singh government along with lefts?

[@sourabhhsethii7292]

This is the reason. The Kashmir File is a blockbuster. "So So So Controversial Issues of times" Everyone wants to know dark truth.

[@sourabhhsethii7292]

@Vishal Krishna - Getting Dubbed in Those languages as well. BTW History Of Exodus & Genocide Explained in the video Must Watch! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4GaaqSvo7-EmK8

[@vijaygautam1406]

Shekhar ji, you rightly gave credit to Narasimha Rao government for putting a brave fight back in both Punjab and Kashmir during early 1990s. Sometimes I feel that Narasimha Rao has not got his due credit and respect in the Indian politics. Sonia Gandhi did not like him, but BJP also never praised him publicly, whereas Rao was very close friend of Vajpayee and had also sent him to United Nations as Head of the Indian delegation. At that time, Rao was the P.M. and Vajpayee the Opposition party leader. Those were the days. And not to forget the 1992 economic reforms, which later became the cornerstone of the beginning of economic rise of the country. Narasimha Rao had the guts and courage to go against the tide. May be his youth days of freedom fighter, in which he fought not on the roads, but in the forests. He was a pseudo army-man who was fighting British police in Andhra forests, with rifle in his hand. Hard to believe but it's true!

[@nusrat7999]

Ya he fought and taken India at better destiny but bjp not praised him because he brought a law where relegious places law. He wasn not from Gandhi family and also centerastic seqular person couldn't be in lime light. If he was not there kashmir could have gone more out of control.

[@randomfeat1743]

its not exodus but genocide of kashmir pandit. I wish all muslim get same thing what happend to kashmiri pandit.

[@nusrat7999]

@@randomfeat1743 That is why just read about : "Jammu massecare"

[@abhishek_gupta1990]

Wow! What a man

[@kavisiddu]

Why you bought Sonia Gandhi here I could not understand.. she was nowhere in the picture during PVN time..if my memories are right..

[@nivnara]

If anything, my respect for PM Narasimha Rao has only risen in the recent past. The last decent, nationalist Congress PM. And the way INC treated him shows how drastically they have fallen.

[@vatsalsingh1555]

He is one of the best leaders we ever had.

[@uyadav8258]

@@vatsalsingh1555 yes

[@ayush4565]

dont forget Manmohan singh, during his tenure terorist activities in j&k fell really low.

[@dr.gaurav5512]

@@ayush4565 dude read about 2008phase

[@ayush4565]

@@dr.gaurav5512 Im not talking about any specific year, but on a broader term during 10yrs of MMS, deaths rates as well as number of youth joining terrorist organisation, both fell sharply.

[@vijendraray1831]

Lesson from the story You need strong Centre Government for internal security.

[@anandrmnn]

For that you need to defang and purge the treacherous and compromised elements first - which never happened after the Indian independence.

[@gmtor7850]

you are the brave intelligent chanakya in india right now. you should write another arthasastra. not a single hindu had such revelation.

[@shanthalakshmi2082]

Strong is not enough. It requires a brave heart to take drastic step to ruthlessly kill these in bud

[@priyankanegi5846]

Stupid person like you misguide the fellow young generation. Shame on uou.you

[@haftavasuli7162]

Yeah

[@driasalta4834]

there are arguments saying so what..the Muslims also suffered, problem is Muslims were not targeted en masse because of their faith, suddenly they weren't told one day to convert leave or die. some suffered because of their ACTIONS (you decide by whom) not because of their EXISTENCE.

[@arjungupta4288]

PM Narasimha rao has inherited lot of baggage!! khalistani militancy, rajiv assassination, kashmir terrorism, kashmiri pandits genocide, unprecedented economic crisis!! We forgot to recognise our most visionary and brave PM.. even the congress ignored him after his death!! There's never a bad time to pay tribute... thank u narasimha rao sir... om shanti!!

[@narutohenaruto]

the only congress PM i absolutely would vote for and respect is PVNR

[@bulthaosen1169]

You know what's ironic is that in India the majority community suffered ethnic cleansing by minority but somehow minority are called victims. I don't even know how that even came to exist.

[@achyutsingh]

i was studying in Srinagar in class 9th in 1990 and living in the heart of the city when we came to know that young Airforce pilots were shot down by Terrorists at the same bus stand where we took our school bus. The next day, "Indian dogs go back" was painted on the wall of our house. We had to vacate our house overnight. We heard a lot of my father's friend's stories of how mobs were threatening them but we were lucky to escape unharmed

[@ajqkit7gt]

15:15 Closing statement is prophetic. May be VP Singh govt was weak. May be BJP should have withdrawn support to VP Singh govt earlier. But had these been the main reasons for the ethnic cleansing, Kashmiri pandits would have felt safe to return by now. So these are not the real issue. Religious fundamentalism is the main issue. Recently everybody saw how a similar cleansing of minorities happened in Afghanistan. Now Afghanistan is minority free (Shias should not be considered a minority, they are a sect of Islam).

[@savithakl7577]

Secular media never told this story. Jagmohan was a good man.

[@apsarathi1]

Nope Jagmohan is nikamma

[@UMESHPILANIA]

This movie shows the perspective of the victims which was suppressed till now, that’s why it’s making people cry 😭 which makes other people even more curious! This is a must-watch movie for those who support the victims!

[@bharatpandit4796]

Who with his/ her moral compass well functioning will not support the victims?

[@UMESHPILANIA]

@@bharatpandit4796 There are still people in India who don’t support the victims because those radical terrorists were from their own religion!

[@karan200590]

Don't worry...in 2 to 3 decades this same thing is coming in other parts of India. Bengal Assam Bihar UP. watch out...

[@sid8285]

@@bharatpandit4796 There are many who are claiming the movie is full of lies but lack the courage to the court to file a case on the movie.

[@randomfeat1743]

its not exodus but genocide of kashmir pandit. I wish all muslim get same thing what happend to kashmiri pandit.

[@bhavinbattiwala9560]

you forgot to add one thing that Farooq Abdullah called back CRPF from villages where majority of terrorists were hiding to cities against wishes of Mr. Jagmohan day before he resigned.

[@vijayschongau]

The big lessons learnt from this is don't vote for a weak coalition. Vote for a strong one party rule so that law and order is maintained.

[@resonance.439]

@Vishal Krishna are u sick ?😂

[@resonance.439]

@Vishal Krishna if u have brain please use it and correct your comment

[@resonance.439]

@Vishal Krishna you at once are saying correct and at other end you are saying strong 1 party distroy country ?

[@kavisiddu]

@Vishal Krishna You are right.. after Indira Gandhi it was Rajiv Gandhi and Modi got single party full govts..both ruined the country..

[@jyotikashyap5393]

@@kavisiddu of he ruined the country how he get second term ? And how he get reelected in 4 States recently ? 😂😂

[@jrsharma6343]

Have some shame, and call a spade a spade. It was a massacre not exodus.

[@Destinyschild777]

I watched the film yesterday and man! it was good. I was worried about whether the pain and sorrow of the KPs was being used as a propaganda for the benefit of BJP. But the movie is definitely not pro-BJP, islamophobic nor is it Anti-Muslim. It was as genuine and authentic any documentary could have been in its purest form.

[@zaurukraus9296]

How is it not pro BJP, could you explain please? Did they blame the BJP government who was partially responsible for this?

[@bs8304]

BJP have never done anything for Kashmiri Pandits yet other than article 370 abrogation. This is good movie for Hindu awareness. No party can protect Hindus from Jihadis. Delhi Police was no where for 2 days, some people of community protected the mohallas by calling Jai Shri Ram whole night. If this can happen in capital then think about other part of India. I can imagine what could have happened to 5% hindu minority in Kashmir. We need to be powerful. Only difference between BJP and congress is, BJP says sabka sath sabka vikas, and congress says Minority has first right on Indian resources. No other difference.

[@indianmilitary]

@@zaurukraus9296 would u also blame the demolition of Babri masjid on congress since it was ruling then? In fact, Bjp was not ruling the center. Bjp and communists provided outside support to the Arjun Singh government because of huge political instability during those years. Kashmir terrorism started during Rajiv Gandhi's time in the 80s and he turned a blind eye to it because of his friend Farroq Abdullah. Congress sowed the seed

[@yahooezone]

@@indianmilitary dont give facts, just blame BJP and he will be happy and quite!!

[@Dharmicaction]

@@yahooezone Article 370 was the root cause of Kashmiri pandit genocide. Guess who created article 370? Corrupt congress. Thanks to the BJP for removing article 370 and taking complete control of J and K state after making it the union territory. So, keep crying Mr pseudo.

[@harshrajsanghvi6723]

Very carefully Shekhar did not use the term genocide. He did not elaborate on the fatwas which were given out against KPs and the content of it. Left the events of temples which were destroyed by terrorists. For a man who tells us that his journalism is different and represents the facts and comes up with his conclusion based on data he gives us only chronology of events without calling out who bungled up. When the truth is not palatable to the ecosystem reserve to highlighting the chronology and ask the audience to come with their own conclusion. Job well done. Hence irrespective of how much his ecosystem tries to present neutral journalism he will not have credibility.

[@bishwanayak]

The problem is as a country we did not accept the failure of machinary and did not apologize properly to victims. We glorified the terrorism, a person comes to a TV interview and accepts that he killed people still nothing happened. Prime Minister of shakes hands with the Yasin Malik, even he invited to PM residence after knowing he is one of the culprits.

[@sahilbangarwa4729]

@Vishal Krishna bhai asli name sai aakar baat kar still no muslim left gujarat why are you comparing kashmir pandit situation with guju muslims....valley now 800 kps are their .....

[@bishwanayak]

@Vishal Krishna so you mean supreme court is wrong and given wrong verdict in godra case.

[@desibigfoot3874]

@Vishal Krishna If you do have proof, you should share it because it never came out in court (high court and supreme court). Also note that until the person became PM your 1st family was in power with a pawn of a PM. Still you did not get evidence. You must be pretty sharp, sort of a Desi James bond to get this information when no one else could. Anyway, the beauty of our democracy is even people like you can speak their mind without fear. I don't agree with what you say, but i do value your right to do so. So blast away.

[@RakeshPandey-xp1ny]

@Neil Bajwa I have always appreciated your work(the print) and also un-hiphenated journalism which u guys aleays claim, but i am just wondering whether un hiphenated journalism also means to play safe on burning issues, i am also not sure whether you guys take comments like these seriously or just avoid it but yes there is boil emerging in country bcoz of a certain movie with lots of arguments being floated both for it and against it, so we as your die hard audience were looking for a more black and white kind of a story, all we got this tym from #CTG was few shades of grey, not very happy since #sg do have a habbit of quoting movies and old hindi songs every now and yet not taking name of one of the most talked abt movie of recent times in ur #CTG. I dont want to quote any of those so called commando comic channel (name coined by you), however a good jounalist can always learn from others so plz go through the video done by lallantop on "the kashmir files" more informative, in detail and not hesitant to take name of movie. I am still not understanding why were you so hesitant to take the name of movie as the very reason for covering this #CTC was to clarify the turmoil emerging in country bcoz of "the kashmir files".

[@desibigfoot3874]

@Vishal Krishna I don't think my saying anything will make a difference to you. Don't let me waste your time and mine. As a wise man once said - may your beliefs protect you.

[@victor256in]

This movie impacted me to the core. I had to take a moment and reflect on how the pains of my own life fade away in comparison to Kashmiri Hindus. I did encourage my friends and family to buy tickets … asked them not to watch if they couldn’t handle the intensity- but purchase tickets to support the movie. This is a historical event.

[@hitmmann]

@Neil Bajwa same thought here. Cant just whitewash everything on the name of poltics.

[@saswatmishra5644]

@@subhadeepmandal8728 here comes another "intellectual" completely keeping aside the Genocide and getting into Brahmins and Shudras. I pray that everyone being an ignorant fool now pays very very heavily for their ignorance so that their whole race remembers the pain of ignorance. This is ur punishment for being ignorant. Enjoym

[@yahooezone]

@Neil Bajwa well said !!

[@TheHardik112]

I blame all able bodied Hindus who were present when Kashmiri pundit exodus/massacre happened. They allowed it took place and were okay with it. Many still are

[@Santoshkumar-lh2dh]

Well every Non upper caste able bodied hindus stood by and watched their brothers being massacred by Uppper caste for centuries!

[@Santoshkumar-lh2dh]

The majority of Lower caste still bend their backs. They're too afraid to own what's rightfully theirs by force

[@bhai857]

In those days there was no social media, and not much private media. So the news didn't spread quickly and far and wide. Also most people of that generation were kind of gullible in politics and there was not much awareness of what's happening around and the politics behind it. Such incidents are highly unlikely to happen in today day and time.

[@TheHardik112]

@@Santoshkumar-lh2dh fuck caste system. All are equal. Stop dividing Us

[@Santoshkumar-lh2dh]

Nope. Clearly there is a reason why there are no Upper castes who live in slums or do garbage collection jobs!! Their quality of life is no way equal. Fact. Don't know why some get nervous when we talk about this!! Just like as you said bro, every able bodied Non Upper caste hindus must spit in their own face for allowing these Upper castes to run over them for thousands of years. As someone who is from Lower caste I wish my forefathers had some spine.

[@santoshkumarvasikarla4422]

Although shooted in 2020, but comes at a right time when "The Kashmir Files" movie is out and people are in dark as to what has happened during thar period. Excellent mentioning of the chronology of the events took place. Request to post a video of the later events during PV Narasimha Rao's taking over as Prime Minister in 1991 and how Article 370 affects the present scenario. Thanks...

[@kumargaurav6260]

You can read the book “Kashmir - The Vajpayee Years” to get an in depth understanding about everything that has ever happened in Kashmir..authored by former director IB and secretary RAW - A S Dulat

[@rudrashashank1873]

He mentioned 'chronology' only to absolve the main abdullah's of their crimes by shifting blame onto the brother-in-law. Wake up ! Shekhar Gupta is a biased for-profit journalist driven by his own selfish agenda.

[@karan200590]

Don't worry...in 2 to 3 decades this same thing is coming in other parts of India. Bengal Assam Bihar UP. watch out.

[@randomfeat1743]

its not exodus but genocide of kashmir pandit. I wish all muslim get same thing what happend to kashmiri pandit.

[@randomfeat1743]

@@karan200590 we dont want such thing again thats why its time to wake up stop stopping this people and throw that being secular

[@pokahontas_ind]

We should mark our words carefully when we say riots. Generally speaking riots happens if both sides are equally guilty in violence against each other. In Kashmir, Hindus didn't commit violence. In fact they didn't even defend themselves.

[@yahooezone]

and SG called UNBIASD journalism but does exact opposite.....if the religions were exchanged SG would be all excited to present and of course bring BJP/RSS angle the genocide (yes then it would be called genocide and nothing less)

[@venkateshradhakrishna839]

Shekar Gupta is an amateur still learning from comon people like us the difference between riots n

[@bharatpandit4796]

No mention of the fact that Jagmohan’s first administration had widespread public support. Even Farooq Abdullah had acknowledged that. No mention of Jagmohan’s being publicly humiliated by Rajiv Ghandhi as part of a parliamentary delegation.

[@randomfeat1743]

its not exodus but genocide of kashmir pandit. I wish all muslim get same thing what happend to kashmiri pandit.

[@Suresh_Kamath]

Exactly. People praised that first administration. He was far more effective than the state admin under Farooq Abdullah.It is never mentioned anywhere in any discussion. Even I had totally forgotten that.

[@123xyzabccba]

@@randomfeat1743 : than what abt the genocide of Muslims in Jammu ….how abt the atrocities by oppressing castes over the oppressed castes ….the list isn’t exhaustive…

[@ankurmahajangmail]

Let it be known to the people who are still in denial mode or indulging in whataboutery that this is not the moment for you to score political or brownie points. This moment is for the victims of that genocide & exodus. They have waited 32 long years for someone to tell their story in all it's raw form all the while when a certain PM of India & Kashmiri politician were hobnobbing with the terrorist perpetrators of the genocide. The heartfelt outpour by the KP community after watching "TKF" is testament to that. Apart from late Bal Thackeray, rest of Indian state has failed them for the three decades. So, stop with your propaganda and let Kashmiri Pandits have their moment of mourning in dignity.

[@jayaramann854]

❤

[@vijayathorat7325]

Rightly said You have articulated so well

[@amaratvak6998]

Very well articulated! 👍. Jai Hind 👍🇮🇳

[@zaurukraus9296]

Definitely agree. BJP and Congress both failed them, in addition to the local leaders.

[@iafkan855g]

Genocide...??! An official figure says around 1500 died and among them 89 were Kashmiri pandits, 1030 something were muslims and else others were Sikhs and other people. So we're the fuck u see genocide.... It's a complete propaganda to instill hatred in people's mind that muslims were and are bad... So Hindus need to retaliate.... We can see it as a vote bank conversion tactics on bjp for 2024.... Biased movie...

[@laitmagnani1525]

The norm in India has been to push everything under the carpet & paper over the cracks. One good thing the movie Kashmir files has done is make us have a hard look at our history.

[@Renusri12]

So, did not touch on what exactly happened to Kashmiri Pandits or how this genocide was carried out ? Interesting 🙄 Wanted to go on record that 'we covered kashmir pandits issue, we are un baised'. However, avoided pin pointing important things.

[@yahooezone]

@Renu Sri by making this video SG is exposing himself.

[@jaiku99]

That was not the point for this episode. He was just laying out the chronology of events that lead to this situation and in act he did a pretty good job of it. He did not deny anything that happened to the Pandits.

[@Renusri12]

@@jaiku99 he did not deny....The problem...It was not covered like they do about others 😊

[@yahooezone]

@@jaiku99 lets say there are Party A and B, and there is guy called RRR who is inclined to A so when B does mistake he would criticize to content of his heart and talk how they follow wrong practices of polarization, casteism, religion etc there buy Discrediting whatever good work Party B has done, but when mistake is by his inclined party A then he only gives chronology or lightly talks about mistakes and rushes through the part of chronology which are bad for Party A's image. hope people got it.

[@yahooezone]

but of course RRR is little better than other guys.

[@onlyghilli]

Narasimha Rao is just mentioned with economic reforms. He should be credited with economic reforms (Not Manmohan singh as family slaves publicized) but also ending Punjab terrorism and uni gauging of Indian railways. Tremendous of amount of work in 5 years.

[@roshanmst]

Who was the finance minister of Rao government?

[@onlyghilli]

@@roshanmst Finance minister is like technician will do as requested. Reforms are policy decision taken by leader. Manmohan himself was part of licence Raj as bureaucrat, as well PM did all regressive decisions restricted economic growth.

[@sahilbangarwa4729]

@@roshanmst slif it is pike this then there are defence minister, finanace minister, fm are also present in nehru , indira govt so why you r not giving credit to them..

[@desibigfoot3874]

@@roshanmst You are looking for praise for MMS. I don't think he deserves any. Reasons 1. The opening up of the economy as a condition set by the IMF for giving us the loan (we were on the last legs money wise) So PVNR was forced to do it. 2. You should look at the inflation rates when your precious economist was PM. It seems poets and chai walas know better than him how to tame it. 3. All his economic so-called achievements came when the global economy was booming. It was only MNREGA that saved him. 4. He brought india nearly to its knees, security and defence capabilities wise, that Chinese and even pakistanis began to have technological edge over Indian forces across board. 5. If MMS was forced to take decisions against his will, he should have had the backbone to atleast quit.

[@gmtor7850]

yes saw more pundits killed and cleansed.

[@hiteshkumar3268]

I haven’t watched Kashmir files just because I am aware of what happens with Kashmiri pandit’s and I can surly say it as an Indian from the south many people from the southern part are not aware of it, as the media in that time and the political leadership ( congress ) has brushed it under the carpet.

[@dr.gaurav5512]

Especially ppl like sid'rahim'ayya

[@hiteshkumar3268]

@Neil Bajwa I know it bro I just hasn’t extend the message

[@shanthalakshmi2082]

Yes.

[@yahooezone]

@@dr.gaurav5512 let me say the correct spelling hsi name is Sid -DRAMAiah biased to the core....he is the fellow who wanted to make Tippu Jayanti but people exposed him and was stopped.

[@yahooezone]

@@dr.gaurav5512 Your spelling is also right !!

[@vruschik69]

The present Modi- Shah- Doval disposition are wiser from mistakes made by their predecessors. The Indian state has often embarrassed itself then and even now by concealing facts.

[@indianmilitary]

"Their predecessors" nope. It is more like your predessors whom people like you voted to power for 65 yr

[@yahooezone]

smart SG making right choices...going with the wind, if BJP was at fault SG would have gladly said it but, since it's the other party he smartly tells us to draw the conclusion......mahan log ki mahan vichar....!! SG is simply superb.

[@kirandr4304]

Good explanation

[@prasannanair4834]

According to PUTIN ,more than 40 Islamist countries were Funding for all the activities of Militants for IS states in this World?

[@rajumokashi2597]

One of the most biased journalist I have ever heard. I listen to him because whatever important statements he makes , I conclude that the opposite has to be the truth!

[@bhargavadk]

I will be happy even if one Kashmiri leader says sorry for what happened.

[@shahrukhanwar9065]

Lol did Modi said sorry to muslim?

[@sumanthm629]

@@shahrukhanwar9065 and what happened in Godra ?

[@bhargavadk]

@@shahrukhanwar9065Anwar's Question was on Kashmir, Else we can keep asking did Modi ? did congress? Did Timur? did Ashoka? When there is a cut the clutter on Godra we should ask all questions and all questions are valid.

[@kalyanroy5994]

So glad Shekhar talked about the Kashmiri Pandits.That's why I love The Print and specially 'Cut the clutter' because of its unbiaseness and clear factual analysis.☺️☺️

[@ramabapat]

Sorry, too little too late from the self-certified intellectual media.

[@_abhishekmj_]

@@ramabapat Y late? It was already done in 2020 itself... They just retelecasting..

[@saktiprasadmishra]

Why the video say "recorded on Jan 20"...can someone explain ?

[@jyotikashyap5393]

@@saktiprasadmishra coz he retelecast it

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

@@ramabapat i agree it's late. But now everybody are talking about this just cuz u have BJP govt in Central

[@krisvin7761]

PV Narasimha Rao deserves a Bharat Ratna for many things, add the Indian state's fight back against terrorism to the list

[@shanthalakshmi2082]

He was visionary. Packed and sent Sonia and co. Yet brought agains other mongors in congress.

[@gopichand6640]

@Vishal Krishna u r correct sir

[@uddeshyasingh3188]

The Kashmir File is a Must Watch Movie

[@rawatds]

The key question in the minds of many of us is, why this never made big news in mainstream media. Why was it hidden? That’s something no one has answered. As a veteran media person, you must be knowing something ?

[@indianmilitary]

You mean outdated "lutyens media" with poor viewer ship? . It doesn't matter they cover it or not since the long lost their "mainstream media" status

[@kunalghosh4211]

Thanks 🙏 I came across Kashmiri Pandits in my Engineering College before that I had no idea about their plights. It’s high time India and the government should settle and compensate them. Even that will fall short as nothing can compensate their misery. The same ethnic cleaning is still happening in Bangladesh.

[@gmtor7850]

if you pay for the pandis, then i as a muslim deserve to live in mecca and the indian government should pay for it. Why should i suffer in hindu india when my original place is mecca. there are only 1.2 million pandits but we 250 million muslims are suffering and indian government does not want to pay for us. shameful hindutva causing more genocide of muslims. we sacrificed by not moving to pakistan. atleast pandits had a place to move to.

[@kunalghosh4211]

@@gmtor7850 Your reply makes no sense, a person can relocate to where ever they desire. Relocation by choice is different from ethnic cleansing or forced to leave home. BTW KSA is on a path to modernity under MBS but Arabs are still reluctant to accept Sub-continent coverts so good luck!

[@rekhaagarwal73]

Nehru planted seed of separatism in 1947 only. Genocide started and 1990 was pinnacle . Muslim appeasement and communism were attractive for winning election .

[@father_wise]

Whatever kashmir nee have is also due to Nehru..none of our relative went their to fight

[@akshayuthappa4008]

It is about time to do a biopic on narashina Rao, he fought the British with guns and brought economic reforms and had to play a difficult geopolitical game as a PM

[@snehanath1705]

If Jagmohan would've not come to Kashmir in 21 Jan 1990..... Kashmir would've been a part of pak

[@hiiiiir]

They can never go back and Muslim themselves drove them away . We need to build Israel settlements .

[@raahinyapratapsingh1629]

Inspite of being educated the pandits have not learnt anything from nazi hunters Had they They could have got justice much earlier

[@vijay65922]

If bjp was supporting v p Singh during the exodus and genocide of Kashmiri Hindus,why didn't they withdraw support to v p Singh, if they couldn't apply pressure on v p Singh's government to stop the killings, they're equally to be blamed for the mess

[@Om-ty7tl]

Don’t miss this movie in THEATRES… there is something which I couldn’t explain but throughout the movie all audiences didn’t make a sound …

[@praturiraghunath6463]

Yes. I also noticed

[@abhishek_gupta1990]

The fact the journalists like SG are talking about this tragic incident shows that the movie has served its purpose.

[@hatorihanzo999]

Precisely

[@prasadbhojak]

He had made this in 2020, however movie has made this more relevant now.

[@jirik2435]

So, SG needed this film in order to be able to talk about it? He is a journalist. I doubt he was unaware of these atrocities.

[@ajqkit7gt]

Your are only partly correct. Because this CTC episode is a re-run of an old episode from 2020.

[@nishantsingh7299]

We blame radical Islam for this, no party no person to be blamed.

[@desistarktm7270]

There's only one Islam. It's the followers choice whether to interpret it moderately or not.

[@pokinewspropaganda977]

Chuslam

[@darwinianchimp2630]

A pattern repeated reliably multiple times by a system is called the behaviour of the system. Wasn't it just last year that the last Guru granth sahib and granthis of Afghanistan landed in India??

[@desistarktm7270]

In the entire planet, there's only one community which dares to kill people very often even when it's in minority. Our political correctness is their strength.

[@greattrainjourneys8076]

1987 Rigged elections under Rajeev Gandi was the turning point, you took away democracy from Kashmiris humiliated them Pakistanis stepped in that was the only thing they wanted to tell Kashmiris that democracy is bad Islamic revolution is what is needed ,Big Thank you Shekhar ji 👏👏👍for this chronological events list , it basically destroys false and face saving agenda that Congress-i is spreading through its social media campaign .

[@madhavpersonal5312]

If you haven’t watched, please watch The Kashmir Files in theatres!!! The intense emotions displayed throughout this most authentic account of this mayhem, crowds us with sadness, frustration and also connects with reality!!! It motivates us to react, correct and prevent such aberrations in future with a larger Human Unity!!! This is neither pro or against any religion. It discusses how a skewed/flawed set of communities resort to terror, utterly inhuman genocides, destabilize their surroundings. How they are misguided by dogmatic ,misinterpreted principles, brainwashed by enemy countries, and achieve nothing for themselves, while destroying peace, happiness, hopes and wishes of the communities including their own!!! Greatness of this Director and team is how they adhered to facts, and real incidents. Not a single scene or dialogue s fiction. And the songs in background deeply imprints the tragedy. TKF (The Kashmir Files) has proved once again “Pen is mightier than the Sword!!!!” Please don’t take young kids and older people with health issues! Despite softened screenplay vs much harsher and cruel murders, the movie is not palatable to weak hearts!!! Every human can relate and empathize with the victims! Jai Hind !!! Jai Maa Bharti !!! -Madhav I am an Indian from South, but felt the Kashmir snowy chills all through the movie!! But the coldness didn’t deter warm tears flowing all throughout the movie! Felt so helpless for being co-Indian and patriot , but didn’t do anything on my part! I was in teens then! Kashmir was a 10line news article devoid of a hint from this enormous gory tragedy!!! Long live the courage of Kashmiris!!! 💐💐💐💐💐

[@zaurukraus9296]

I will watch it when it comes online.

[@prakhardwivedi3820]

A must watch movie! kudos to Vivek Agnihotri! 🙏❤️

[@bangbong1215]

Just wondering, had we been discussing Gujarat riots , will Shekhar be limiting himself to just discussing 'chronology'

[@Shaggy-8392]

@Karen Wilson - and while we're at it let's discuss the violence perpetrated by Christians since year 0 or by white people in general over last 3000 years or by hindus since 4000 years.

[@bangbong1215]

@@Shaggy-8392 people have killed each other for as long as man has existed on this earth. Alexander, genghiz khan and our own Ashoka would have probably killed more. Their actions cannot be justified but they can atleast be reasoned to be caused by greed and pursuit of more power. The senseless killing of people only based on their beliefs however is the exclusive domain of monotheistic esp Abrahamic religions. Be it the killing of the followers of the 1st testament by followers of 2nd testament in Germany, Shia sunni violence or like in kashmir where the children of the forcibly converted trying to kill children of people who didn't convert is something which cannot be even reasoned. For arguments sake, in case these separatists get 'freedom from India and the hindus' do you think the violence will end. This will be followed by the punjabi majority in Pakistan beating the shit out of the kashmiris and sunni shias killing each other and both ahmediyyas if there are still any left. As the inheritors of this piece of the earth, it is a responsibility of everyone to safeguard the peace and protect the 'blind' followers of these belief systems from themselves

[@Rn45634]

It's simple. The muftis and Abdullahs were hand in glove with JKLF in the massacre. Congress was a spectator in order to save it's Muslim vote bank. There is no need to be diplomatic about it. Thanks to the removal of article 370, all of these have been moved aside. We just need to rehabilitate kashmiri pandits now and if resisted by any locals, send them to jail.

[@akd480]

Shekhar, with due respect all that rigging elections, Pak ISI role all that is fine but the main thing is several citizens had to face the atrocities with no fault of theirs is a travesty in itself. Sometimes I feel more that usual suspects it's the Kashmiris, all political parties and whole media are also responsible for that. And this topic is still a taboo and brushed under the carpet in many newsrooms. We all know this was purely hatred from one religion towards another. And it's the Kashmiris itself which haven't done anything till now to create a conducive environment for them to return back. Because they don't want them. Plain and simple. As they say this is a cursed land. But nobody dares to talk on this. I request you to don't refrain from talking on this issue openly. Destiny will also be judging us all. Thanks

[@arpitpathak4942]

Well written well pointed out

[@RakeshPandey-xp1ny]

@Neil Bajwa I have always appreciated your work(the print) and also un-hiphenated journalism which u guys aleays claim, but i am just wondering whether un hiphenated journalism also means to play safe on burning issues, i am also not sure whether you guys take comments like these seriously or just avoid it but yes there is boil emerging in country bcoz of a certain movie with lots of arguments being floated both for it and against it, so we as your die hard audience were looking for a more black and white kind of a story, all we got this tym from #CTG was few shades of grey, not very happy since #sg do have a habbit of quoting movies and old hindi songs every now and yet not taking name of one of the most talked abt movie of recent times in ur #CTG. I dont want to quote any of those so called commando comic channel (name coined by you), however a good jounalist can always learn from others so plz go through the video done by lallantop on "the kashmir files" more informative, in detail and not hesitant to take name of movie. I am still not understanding why were you so hesitant to take the name of movie as the very reason for covering this #CTC was to clarify the turmoil emerging in country bcoz of "the kashmir files".

[@zaurukraus9296]

It's govt's job to make sure they can be returned. Any government that existed in power since 1990s.

[@sundareshkrishna6457]

Irrespective of who did what …. We as a nation hang our heads in shame… I have been to the refugee camps…. my heart broke

[@SBALAK9753]

Every situation tells us about the great work of Narasimha Rao as PM of India, Stooges of the Gandhi clan sabotaged him and prevented him from continuing the good rule he gave and brought the Gandhi clan and also paved the way for BJP to emerge more strongly. India will be blessed by dedicated South Indians as PM but that will not happen unless somehow BJP enables it or a coalition of regional parties bring some one of the caliber of Narasimha Rao to become the PM, The two PMs of great significance to India were Lal Bahadur Shastri and Narasimha Rao. PM Modi if he gives up the hard Hindutva elements of his party while embracing Hinduism accommodating the moderate elements of other religions, stressing the diversity of India as a boon and not a liability in terms of languages, cultures, traditions etc can be the best among all PMs. But it seems a great leap to ask of him to do that since in the Hindi heartland his extreme Hindutva seems to work and hence assures him of his needed majority without consideration of other areas of India, Unfortunately, this policy will only lead to dissention among Indians, Hope sanity prevails and Modi realizes the damage it does to India in the long run.

[@Saytorahul]

Thank you for the chronology.. very impressive . However I do not like with the summary that entire blame was put on VP Singh government instead of congress that was managing the show for past 40 years.

[@dbshaggy]

he is congi chamcha thts y

[@gmtor7850]

what is 40 years of majortity government compared to 2 1/2 of coalition government. The main thing is bjp was supporting the coalition. if they had done that congress would have ruled india that time too. just think of 2.5 years prime time kashmir punditsescaped from congress. should not pundits thank congress for that. Bjp did that.

[@yahooezone]

@@dbshaggy as simple as that, but very cleaver chamcha he hides it

[@yahooezone]

@@gmtor7850 a thief will never agree his fault but passes the blame on others , just blam BJP they will be happy they don't want facts.

[@soulsearching3967]

Why would you not call it 'genocide' and water down the most brutal atrocities with softer words like exodus ? Better is expected from an esteemed and respectable journalist like you !

[@soulsearching3967]

@99 huh what do you mean ?

[@sumeetkohli4111]

@@soulsearching3967 SG once did an episode on it. He is very sophisticated spoon.

[@The.Soldier.Nomadic]

Supporting Mr. S Gupta first time for his precious opinions on Kashmiri Pandits home coming✍️👏🇮🇳🙏

[@guptrakesh]

Dear Shekhar ji, You have missed two important events which had a great impact on the civil administration at that time. First was the attack on DIG Watali and second was the killing of the retired Sessions judge Ganjoo who had sentenced Maqbool Bhat to death.

[@satyajitbandkar]

Was waiting for this Sir. Needed much required clarity

[@shinytan]

Watch Kashmir Files.. Hiding face in sand or gloss over with petty words won't hide the real truth

[@Aleksandr_Gelyevich_Dugin]

@@voiceofkashmir5092 cope more....save your tears there'll be more Burhans on the way to meet their 72 virgins.

[@manikanta1212]

Thank you… I posted this request yestaerday and you made a video today 😀

[@jirik2435]

The amazing thing is not what happened to the Kashmiri Pandits but that it has been managed to be ignored and denied all these years.

[@npd9758]

Would we get a Off the Cuff with Vivek Agnihotri

[@tejamysore3699]

You mean Vivek Agnihotri, right? Pallavi Joshi, the producer of the movie, would also be a great guest

[@npd9758]

@@tejamysore3699 Pardon for the typing error

[@niteshbhs1]

The story is incomplete without examing the direct role of Benajeer Bhutto

[@jaideepchahal6070]

"The amount of national attention and support the Kashmiri Pandits have received since the movie release is so massive, that I am sure it would help them in healing fast and they must be already packing their bags to go home."

[@NeelkanthMehta]

At times, looking back and sharing it makes a lot of sense. This episode of CTC will help people who debate The Kashmir Files, a fillm. Thank you.

[@fangdog29]

Remarkable that it happened is one way to put it. I think it's plain shameful that such an incident could occur in a large country like India.

[@jirik2435]

the shameful thing is that it was ignored for so long.

[@rajshekhar1147]

That's why I respect SG even while believing that he is a congress and left ideologist. Sometimes he is brutally honest without being looked like.

[@sameerchaturvedi2]

SG is not a Congress supporter nor is he a Leftist. He has his opinions on them. He is one of the finest commentators, He is close to Post Modernity, looking for ruptures rather than grand narrative. He should apply for University position, Media Studies center JNU, with new change in UGC norms he could do that.

[@rajshekhar1147]

@@sameerchaturvedi2just see his cheap stunt during 2nd wave. He sent waves of reporters to bjp ruled states and showed cremation grounds only. Not a single reporter went to burial ground so as to create an impression that only Hindus are dieing and Modi is killing them by not giving oxygen.

[@victormenon1403]

Balasaheb Thakeray was the only guy who stood up to help the Kashmiri hindus. Disappointed with his son for working with Congress.

[@Deveshi.A.]

PVNR is real hero not only for economic reforms but also for handling Kashmir, Punjab and Thousand other problems , Pranab Mukharjee was Lillyput before PV but he was awarded Bhartha Ratna and PV gaaru was left out , Shame

[@shibsankarroy1766]

Whatever is the chronology SG sir is discussing in here, bottom line is that this is the saddest part of our country. A total exodus of a minority community from a State is unbelievable because that Minority is Majority in the whole country. Simply unbelievable. I don't think this could ever happen in any country of the world. And sometimes I want to spit on myself because I am a Hindu. A backbone less community in the world. Still there are crores of these backbone less Hindus all around us who's never talk about this thing and blame others. Shame on us specially the Bengal State people who's elected again the next Mufti govt.

[@ayush4565]

not from whole state, it happened in kashmir, not in jammu or ladakh

[@desistarktm7270]

In the entire planet, there's only one community which dares to kill people very often even when it's in minority. Our political correctness is their strength.

[@murugan9345]

We were made spineless cleverly and systematically by the education system 🤦

[@shishirsrivastava9202]

Congratulations on this most confounding de-clutter of chronology of ethnic cleansing of the minority (Hindus) in Kashmir valley. PLIGHT is not the proper word to describe the barbaric atrocities to which Pandits were systematically subjected to. Pandits are barely mentioned while VP Singh, Jagmohan etc get all the mentioning. P. S. Your careful, conspiratorial conflation of Ram Mandir movement (which was yet to find it's feet till 1989) is the most ingenious insinuation.

[@indianmilitary]

What else did you expect from a glib talker from the lutyens camp?

[@ven41618]

Thank you Shekhar for the declutter. Things have been very confusing on this front and this chronology of events helps demystify the events.

[@hiteshsaxena1553]

He spoke when his silence was seriously damaging his reputation!😂

[@Happy_Hindu]

Thanks for the timeline Guptaji. I would have loved if you could add a few comments reviewing the movie and your opinion as well. Maybe after a week or two. 🙏🙏

[@visioneer2008]

There was a comparable event in Kerala in the 1920s which is now being recreated in film-no less than 5 movies are planned on the "Mapla Lahala" of 1921. Interpretations put on it depend on one's political position. It is seen variously as a rebellion against the British Raj, an agrarian revolt, or-and this is where the parallel to Kashmir Pandits is drawn-an anti-Hindu riot. Would be useful to have a non-partisan view of this long-neglected incident.

[@rvfinancialsolutions7699]

Yes

[@2002georgezacharia]

was just about to say that it was deja vu coz I remember listening to this just before covid broke out - then saw the episode number and I was correct :)

[@manojpakkala6303]

Well mr shekar u are speaking about this issue after long time, with seemingly considerable difficulty.

[@janakiramrajkumar]

Sekhar Gupta's concluding ominous personal opinion "That there would be no lasting peace in the Kashmir Valley until the resettlement of the people who were expelled ....." is a powerful one leaving one to ponder about what else can be done now.

[@baratmalli6413]

This CTC is really great that explains the backstory of what happened in those years; thank you; Can you please do a CTC on various challenges that Narasimha Rao Govt had to overcome, and how he fared on those topics ?; Most of us are only aware of economic challenges and decision to Globalization

[@lipika6]

Congress' Original Sin...!! Note that all massacres in pre and post Independence India was result of the Gandhi-Nehru family's machinations for their self-interest. Still that family is revered and held in awe by certain sections of society. Tragic indeed!!

[@chaitanyapk8686]

Wonderful analysis Shekhar Ji. Just a small correction though. Farooq Abdullah resigned on 18th Jan 1990 as against 20th January 1990 shown in the video.

[@RosuAndRosu]

Thanks Shekhar for posting it again. It shows how complicated these issues are. Could you also do chronologies on Punjab and Assam militancy?

[@ashokseshadri8331]

It's funny he keeps advising to draw our own conclusions despite clearly highlighting the most obvious motivation for the genocide. Islamism. If you're not going to acknowledge the real truth and resort to pulling punches out of fear of inciting violent reactions, then you're being disingenuous. Truth should always prevail. Covering things up will lead to explosive and irreversible damage

[@uddeshyasingh3188]

Jagmohan had no time.

[@amanshukla8758]

Happy Holi to you and your team SG 😎👍🏻

[@amarendrakumar1129]

After seeing the files in Kashmir, the real question or reaction should be - does a peaceful Muslim make a neighbor a perpetrator of violence or a mute spectator of such blatant violence. Finding the answer will save humanity and India.All journalists & intellectuals- Pl explore the subject

[@maymena17]

There are those would blame A, B, C, for it ....Smartly left out BJP, who was tied up with VP Singh back then 🤣

[@PragyaTGupta]

Shekhar sir. I saw you after long giving justice to this exodus .. I am humbled by chronological explanation.

[@user-oe8pc5hw4o]

Thanks for this !

[@sridharancr1542]

"little bit of islamisation" when it was full of it. Have, if you have no, a heart & conscience. Being a journalist, as claimed by you, you must be truthful. Even Truth is a word unknown to you.

[@vish3161]

Finally, the Kashmir files has succeeded in uncovering the truths that were brushed under the carpet for so long. The role of Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi in creating and exacerbating the Kashmir problem is finally being acknowledged. Before this the only Indian journalists to have openly written about this was Tavleen Singh with self-styled "historians" like Ram Chandra Guha .and Vir Sanghvi carefully brushing it under the carpet. I was in Kashmir in 1988 and even a 25 year old political noob like me could see that the place is going to explode soon with Shikarawallas talking about expelling the Pandits and "keeping" their women and property which is exactly what the film shows. Finally, our late PM PV Narasimha Rao gets some credit for restoring the valley to a state where elections could be held. That old man inherited a country that was in a total mess economically and politically and managed to turn things around and in return , post his death his body was not allowed to be cremated in Delhi by the widow of the same man who was responsible for a lot of this mess ! Great that Narendra Modi finally got rid of article 370 . The Gandhi family supporters should Pinder over this and ask themselves if they are worshipping false idols ...

[@ashwinikandlikar7332]

When I go the the homepage on KZbin, it says I have subscribed. But why do I not see the star against my name? Can Print admin please help?

[@Smiling-Monk]

If kashmiris don't even ACCEPT what had happened to PANDITS , How will peace come ???