Immersing the ashes of a Hindu Refugee from Kotli in river Chenab | By Promod Puri
He Could Never Go Back To his Birthtown But Mother Nature Carried His Wishes
He could never go back to his place of birth, the home of his childhood and youth years in the racial-mixed company of his friends: Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs.
Mr. Kundan Lal Bakshi always wished and prayed to visit, at least once, the warm and friendly town of Kotli in Azad Kashmir- the Pakistan-administered part of the divided state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He wanted to roam the streets of his birth-town, speak his mother tongue ( Mirpuri) freely, and get the nostalgic feel of the neighbourhood where he grew up.
The family moved to Jammu, and so did Mr. Bakshi during the horrific and deadly communal riots of 1947.
The Line of Control (LoC) bars the region’s citizens from crossing the other side ...
