In 1993, Anupam Kher Gave Speech Raising Voice For Kashmiri Pandits At 1st Gathering Of Victims
Anupam Kher has not only acted in a movie that is "based on video interviews of the first generation victims of the Genocide of Kashmiri Pandit Community In 1990," but he has been raising his voice for Kashmiri Pandits for many years.
Anupam Kher has not only acted in The Kashmir Files, a movie that is "based on video interviews of the first generation victims of the Genocide of Kashmiri Pandit Community In 1990," but he has been raising his voice for Kashmiri Pandits for many years.
For the unversed, the first-ever meeting of the victims of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley took place in Delhi. Kher, being a renowned celebrity, was invited. In his speech, Anupam Kher can be seen talking about how his grandfather and his family had to leave everything behind and live in a truck miles away from their home.
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In the video that he recently shared from 1993, Anupam Kher says, "Dukh hota hai ki ye sab kaise ho gaya. Mere dada ji ka ek chota sa kamra tha... aur jab bhi vaha jata tha chhuttiyon mein. mai sochta tha ki iss kamre ki jitni bhi kitaabe hain, bo main mere dada ji ke baad mai apne sath le jaaunga... vo choti si unki almaari... jismein unki bahumulya... kitabon ka koi mulya nahi tha... jitna bhi paise de do... unn kitabo ko nahi kharida ja sakta... Sakht afsos hua jab pata laga ki mere dada ji ke baad, mere gharwalon ko... taya ji ko, chacha ko... vo chodh kar ek tute foote truck mein... darre hue... apna hi ghar chodh ke... hazaon kilometre door rehna pada."
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"Jab humara apna ghar hai... toh hum apne ghar jayenge... aur koi taakat humein apne ghar jaane se rok nahi sakti...," he says in the video.
You can watch the video below.
In the caption, Kher wrote, "In 1993, after the genocide of #KashmiriHindus in #Kashmir, the first gathering of the victims took place in Delhi! I being a known person from the community was asked to speak. Here is my speech. It has been 32 years I have tried to be voice of helpless refugees in their own country! And now #TheKashmirFiles. We are an educated and optimistic lot. Hum Dekhenge! ????? video sent by @ashokepandit1 #KashmiriPandits".
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