Kashmir Pandit Returns To A Heartwarming Welcome

Why this Kashmiri Pandit chose to return to his homeland.

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00:00I don't have words to express my feelings, but I have tears of sorrow and tears of happiness.

00:20I have tears of sorrow because I have been away from my country for 39 years.

00:24I am happy because my heroes have been welcomed here.

00:30I have tears of sorrow because I have been away from my country for 39 years.

00:35I have tears of sorrow because I have been away from my country for 39 years.

00:41My father's shop was in this area.

00:47His name was Nanlal Maharaj Kishan.

00:50It was a very famous shop.

00:52My father used to sit there.

00:54On October 13, 1990, I was sitting in the shop.

00:58A boy came and put three bullets in my stomach.

01:01He wanted to shoot me in the head.

01:06I survived.

01:07Then I was in the hospital for four months.

01:09After four months, when I recovered, we shifted to Delhi.

01:25I was buried here.

01:28I have been decorated with garlands of water.

01:31Almonds and sugar cane have been laid on me.

01:34Flowers have been given to me.

01:36This is a great honor to me.

01:38This was the biggest moment of my life.

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