On Kashmir by Ira Pande.
On Kashmir by Ira Pande. "Kashmir is an integral part of India". I have heard this line parroted by leaders of all political hues. Recently I came across facts that have changed my perspective on Kashmir totally. Facts that have astounded me. But more than that baffled me, for they reveal glaring lacunae in the history we have been led to believe is true. Understandable that the British established a syllabus designed to obliterate our glories and inculcate shame in us for all things Indian. But, 70 years post-independence, we're still guilty of toeing their line. The facts I speak of are proof that Kashmir is the fountainhead from which flows our culture, in fact, everything that defines our identity as Indians. I had no clue at all about the significance of Kashmir in Indian history and that it was home to Panini, whose Ashtadhyayi is considered the most scientific and flawless treatise on grammar in the world...! Sharangdev, considered the father of both...
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