A Long Season of Ashes by Siddhartha Gigoo

BY Siddhartha Gigoo 3 June 2024

In the 1990s, many Kashmiri pandits had no choice but to leave their homes behind. This is one such story of displacement

BY Siddhartha Gigoo 2 June 2024

In 1996, six years after being forced out of his home in Kashmir, Babuji lost his memory and sense of hearing, but the forever smile on his face proved that he left this world happy after tasting the sweetest nectar of life

BY Siddhartha Gigoo 29 May 2022

Rani’s palace of dreams is gone. But next to her tent is a small hill. On it are a few idols of gods and goddesses. Lord Krishna, Lord Shiva and Goddess Lakshmi.

BY Siddhartha Gigoo 14 January 2022

A Commonwealth Short Story Prize-winning author’s diary of events on his last link to Kashmir.

BY Siddhartha Gigoo 6 July 2018

Exile is a story that starts, and gets repeated, over and over.... This story will never end till the Pandit, the original Kashmiri, recovers what was lost.

BY Siddhartha Gigoo 3 November 2016