In the Throes of Exile: K L Chowdhury’s Faith and Frenzy: Short Stories from Kashmir

The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in the wake of the rise of separatist sentiment, like other displacements, has given birth to a plethora of writings. The sentiments of homelessness, nostalgia and alienation get amply reflected in the writings of all Kashmiri Pandits. this paper undertakes to study some of the stories from Dr K L Chowdhury’s Faith and Frenzy: Short Stories from Kashmir and explore the ways in which the author negotiates the sense of loss, terror, horror, alienation and homelessness in the lives of ordinary kashmiri pandits as a result armed struggle in Kashmir and the subsequent ouster of kashmiri pandits from the valley. It is pertinent to mention here that this paper deals with the treatment meted out to Kashmiri pandits after the exodus and their settlement in other parts of the country especially the apathy, bad living condition health hazards etc.