She said, “This is an isolated comment from a larger episode.
In a conversation with Alt News, journalist Barkha Dutt categorically rubbished the claims viral on social media. They may have been a minority but at that time, they had monopolised government jobs, plum postings and other such social benefits…” Just reading these lines gives the impression that Dutt’s commentary portrays Kashmiri Pandits in poor light, however, the journalist was attempting to give her viewers a contrast between their lives before and after their exodus. This statement was intentionally clipped before Dutt begins to say – “Today hapless victims, they were once privileged elites of the valley.
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The aforementioned quote of Dr Shakti Bhan provides context to the part ( 5:36) where Dutt says, “In fact, history has turned full circle for the Kashmiri Pandits…”. A Kashmiri Pandit has different rituals, it has a different language, it has a different culture. It is the identity, the ethnic identity of the Kashmiri Pandit… Kashmir Pandit was a well-known identity in India. It was exactly 13 years ago, this very month that the Pandits where forced out of the valley and have since stayed on the margins of public and political attention.”Īt 5:15, a representative of an organization of displaced Kashmiri Pandits ‘Panun Kashmir’ can be heard saying, “A Kashmiri Pandit monetarily may not be so well-off that’s not important. But in all the attention on the state, often forgotten is the community of Kashmir Pandits. She starts off by saying, “The Prime Minister will fly to Srinagar in early April, announcing this after meeting with him in Delhi, Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said a new political dialogue at the highest level should get off the ground soon. Video placed out-of-contextīarkha Dutt introduces the report by explaining the misery of forgotten and marginalised Kashmiri Pandits. This clearly suggests that the claims on social media are false. In this episode of Reality Bites, Barkha Dutt investigates the events that led to this mass exodus and also how the danger of a declining population is only made worse by a life in exile, as assimilating to new cultures and new cities means discarding an old ethos and embracing new rituals,” read the caption. Ever since the pandits were forced out of the Valley, they have stayed on the margins of public and political attention.
“Despite all the attention on the state of Jammu and Kashmir, one issue often forgotten is that of the Kashmiri pandits. Moreover, the summarized caption published along with the video further confirms that Dutt’s reportage was not a justification of the massacre but focused on the impoverished conditions of Kashmiri Pandits since they were forced out of the Valley in 1990.
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