Our Moon Has Blood Clots

Our Moon has Blood Clots : The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits is a 2013 memoir by Indian author Rahul Pandita about the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus in the late 1989 and early 1990.[1]

Our Moon has Blood Clots : The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits
AuthorRahul Pandita
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1 January 2013
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages258
ISBN9788184000870

Reception

Manjula Narayan of Hindustan Times wrote: "The form contributes to much of the power of this book that speaks of the pain of fleeing a beloved home, incorporates moving descriptions of rituals specific to the Shaivite Pandits, and weaves in oral histories and snatches of poetry from, among others, Lal Ded and Agha Shahid Ali".[2] Soutik Biswas of Mint gave a positive review and said, "Pandita writes evocatively about passing trucks filled with scared Pandits escaping to Jammu, the women “herded like cattle”, and a man showing the family his fist and wishing them death." He however felt that journalism was the "weakest link in what is a largely engaging memoir."[3]

Amberish K Diwanji of Daily News and Analysis wrote that the book "makes for difficult reading".[4]

References
  1. "'Great wrong done to KPs' must be acknowledged in internal dialogue'". Daily Excelsior. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. Narayan, Manjula (19 January 2013). "Review: Our Moon has Blood Clots". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. Biswas, Soutik (31 January 2013). "Book Review: Our Moon Has Blood Clots". Mint. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. Diwanji, Amberish K (10 February 2013). "Book Review: 'Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits'". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

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