(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) Thirty-four years ago, this day, on May 21, 1990, three young men visited the home of Kashmir’s head priest and prominent political leader, Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, in Srinagar. They fatally shot Mirwaiz Farooq and fled the scene. The assassination was orchestrated by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which had labelled Mirwaiz as an […]
( By: K R Ishan) At a time when migration from Kashmir was at its peak during the first week of March 1990, the then Government of India had turned a blind eye towards the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, leaving them high and dry and at the mercy of some Jammu based social organisations. Instead, […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) As the people of Jammu and Kashmir continue to express faith in the democratic and developmental potential of India and when suddenly local politicians of Kashmir are extending goodwill messages for the return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, it’s imperative to revisit the false narratives surrounding the late Governor Jagmohan, who was […]
Srinagar did not sleep on January 19, 1990 night for various reasons. While it was a darkest night in the history of India, as Kashmiri Pandits had to leave their homes and hearths, Kashmiri Muslims too had to face a trauma of another kind! Rumourmongers had taken control of most of the mosques and all […]