Hindi Book On ‘The Kashmir Files’ Soon: Journo P. Sreekumar
Thiruvananthapuram, April 2: A Hindi book on the backdrop of much discussed blockbuster film by Vivek Agnihotri ‘The Kashmir Files’ will hit the market soon.
Talking to UNI, Senior Journalist P. Sreekumar, whose Malayalam book on ‘The Kashmir Files was released recently, on Saturday, said its Hindi version will be released soon citing huge response from readers to his Malayalam book and many enquiries were received for publising in other Indian languages also. Except Kerala, no other Indian State was mentioned in the film, but it faced a cold response from theatre owners association in Kerala with releasing of it in only two theatres initially.
After seeing huge response from common people, the film is being screened in more than 100 theatres including those owned by megastar Mohanlal. Though the film was given tax exemption by several north Indian States, it is yet to enjoy such a Government support in Kerala, which otherwise turned into the soil of all kinds of mischief campaign against the film nationally.
Meanwhile, in a statement here, Shabu Prasad, Director of Kozhikode-based Veda Books, which published the Malayalam book, said the book is getting huge response from readers. Apart from the film which focused on the atrocities on Pandits, the book describes the rich culture of Kashmir, its natural beauty, the millennium long invasions and the huge cultural destructions. The book elaborates the Kashmir in yesterdays as well as the personal experience of author during his travels throughout the valley.
According to the author, the ignorance of current generation on the reality of Kashmir ignited him to do such a work. He realised this shocking fact from the response of his daughters after they saw the movie. They were not ready accept fully that the picturised history in the movie are based on the real incidents and it is a clear indication of the ignorance of current generation, he pointed out.
The book titled as Kashmiri Files and written in such a way that the documentation in a paper file the present situation comes first. He starts the book with current situation of Kashmir and goes back to history in each chapter named ‘File.’ While going through historical incidents, one will understand that Kerala also has to learn lessons from Kashmir as the northern state silently conveys that the leadership distorted the facts and selfish policies lead a society to absolute chaos and violence, the Journo opined. “We need to learn the inevitable destruction of a society which never bothered to learn from history and writings of wall”, Sreekumar said.
Kashmir Pandits never even thought to take arms but to earn education and knowledge but their fate was to face extreme cruelty similar to the holocaust during second world war. The book reveals so many such untold truths.
