Our story has been relegated to the margins. Because the liberal discourse of this country and the media have, by and large, bypassed our story. Because this book sets the record straight for the first time. And I’m glad that almost a quarter of a century after what happened to us, this book is out. And we faced the brunt and the brutalisation in a series of violence led by the majority community in Kashmir. And it’s a memoir on growing up in Kashmir as a religious minority, essentially, Kashmiri Hindus, also known as Kashmiri Pandits-a small, miniscule community that lived in Kashmir for hundreds of years and were forced into permanent exile as refugees in their own country in 1989-90, when an Islamist movement broke out in Kashmir Valley. Rahul Pandita: My book is called Our Moon Has Blood Clots. Peter Griffin: Rahul, tell us about your new book.
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