‘Either accept Islam or die’, these slogans echoed in the ears of Samay Raina’s family; The news of grandfather’s death came to the house.

Samay Raina | Kashmiri Pandit History: Samay Raina is a name which is on the lips of youth across the country in a few months. Stand-up comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina has once again made a comeback with India’s Got Latent. After the first season, he spoke openly about the difficulties Samay Raina went through and the atrocities on Pandits in Kashmir. During this, he had clearly said that the people of Kashmir are often killed in the fight between two groups. He also spoke emotionally about the massacre in Kashmir and the exodus of Pandits. During this time, Samay had told how his house was hit by bullets and later it was set on fire. Not only this, he also told that during that time, Pandits were only 5 percent of the population; If he had raised his voice and fought, he would have been killed badly.

valley of pain

Hearing the pain of Samay Raina, the issue of Kashmiri genocide and migration of Hindu population was raised once again and Kashmiri Pandits also remembered their painful days. For your information, let us tell you that the havoc wreaked on Hindus during that period had ruined the glorious history of the valley. Let us find out what happened in the 1990s that pained the Pandits to such an extent that they had to leave their beautiful home amidst the mountains and settle in other parts of India.

There was a lot of atrocities on Pandits.

Let us tell you that Kashmiri Pandits are not just a community but they have been the bearers of Kashmir’s ‘Kashmiriyat’ and its thousands of years old civilization. Sun was once worshiped in the land of Kashmir; Martand Sun Temple was built during the reign of King Lalitaditya. But, in the 1990s, religious fundamentalism and terrorism ruined this beautiful environment and took the lives of hundreds of Pandits. People were forced to flee their homes. Nevertheless, in the words of Samay Raina, he has now made his mark across the world and is doing excellent work in every field.

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long lasting culture

For your information, let us tell you that Kashmiri Pandits are considered to be the original inhabitants of Kashmir Valley, not only this, they belong to the Saraswat Brahmin community. Talking about cultural contribution, Kashmir has been a global center of Hindu and Buddhist education since the medieval period. From Acharya Abhinavagupta to Kalhan, the author of Rajtarangini, many scholars gave a new direction to Indian philosophy from this place. After this came a period of religious change. After the 14th century, during the reign of Sultan Sikandar ‘Butshikan’ (the iconoclast), large-scale religious conversions took place in the valley. Despite this, Kashmiri Pandits maintained their identity and kept alive the spirit of ‘Kashmiriyat’ i.e. the culture of living together with the Muslim-majority society for centuries.

A mountain of sorrows fell upon Raina’s family.

Speaking on the ‘Dostcast’ podcast, Samay Raina spoke not as a comedian, but as a man recounting his family’s history of trauma, uncertainty and the struggle to survive in difficult circumstances. He said his grandfather, a well-known doctor in his Kashmiri village, was a direct target during the unrest. “My grandfather was included in the list of those killed because he was a very famous doctor in the village. At that time, letters were distributed in which it was written who would be killed the next day.” She recalled how difficult and stressful it was for everyone at home. “When the letter came saying that my grandfather would be killed, my mother fainted. My grandmother also fainted. My aunt had the courage to go quietly to the clinic where my grandfather worked,”

Kashmiri Muslims had helped

He said. However, what he remembers most is not just the fear, but the help his family received that they did not expect. Samay Raina told that his grandfather was highly respected in the local community and that connection ultimately saved his life. “Raina told that the good thing was that his grandfather had a very good reputation in the village and the Kashmiri Muslims there helped the family to leave from there. He said, ‘They said that nothing would happen to him because he had done a lot for the people.’ He clearly said, ‘It was the Kashmiri Muslims who helped my grandfather to come out of that situation’.”

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