When The Gods Looked Away: Diary of a Migrant
byAnju Munshi
About the Book
"Gods preach the path of peace, yet remain unseen.
"
Before Kashmir became a headline, it was home. Through the eyes of Mila Kaul, When The Gods Looked Away traces the journey of a close-knit Kashmiri family from the warmth of childhood to the heartbreak of exile.
As the Valley changes beyond recognition, neighbours become strangers, ordinary lives are upended, and the Kauls are forced to make impossible choices that will shape generations to come.
Through a domestic lens, this literary fiction explores the theme of forced displacement and its enduring trauma all over the world, reflecting how ongoing conflict pushes lakhs into exile: a state of diasporic distress, a modern malady.
Because history remembers events. Stories remember people.
As the Valley changes beyond recognition, neighbours become strangers, ordinary lives are upended, and the Kauls are forced to make impossible choices that will shape generations to come.
Through a domestic lens, this literary fiction explores the theme of forced displacement and its enduring trauma all over the world, reflecting how ongoing conflict pushes lakhs into exile: a state of diasporic distress, a modern malady.
Because history remembers events. Stories remember people.