• Prof. Jasbir Singh

Historically the people move from one place to another in search of livelihood or a better living. But forced en-mass migration of a community still hounds their past and their belongingness to their roots. More than three decades ago, the Kashmiri Pandits were forced out of Kashmir Valley. It was a mass exodus leaving everything –material or non-material, back in Kashmir with no hope to come back. The majority of them first came to Jammu and then left to Delhi and other parts of India. Some of them also migrated outside the country. The efforts of the present government to rehabilitate them in Kashmir Valley look a difficult proposal. After three decades of exodus from their native place, the Kashmiri Hindus have settled to their new places embodying new culture and adjusting in new society while trying to preserve the old one. They are contributing to the new diaspora economies which are no easy as diaspora economies operate across many different scales and in many contexts. They could not contribute to the diverse culture and ethnicity in new settlements as they were forced to migrate under adverse conditions. They may call themselves as refugees in their own country but they were recognized as migrants.

Kashmiri Pandits. Migrants, Diaspora, Development.

"Migration,Development and Cultural Influences: A Study of Kashmiri Migrants in Local Diaspora", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no.h298-h306, December-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312734.pdf

"Migration,Development and Cultural Influences: A Study of Kashmiri Migrants in Local Diaspora", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no. pph298-h306, December-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312734.pdf