“La Ilaha Illallah”: How this professor survived the Pahalgam attack

Debasish Bhattacharyya was caught in the deadly Pahalgam terror attack.

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00:00That's Debashish Bhattacharya who said he was spared because he could recite the

00:09karma.

00:12Debashish is a professor in the department of Bengali at Assam University.

00:21He is from Silchar, Assam and had travelled to Pehelgaam with his wife and son.

00:25He was among those caught in the deadly terror attack near Baisaran in Pehelgaam on 22nd

00:29April, 2025.

00:30Debashish said he was sleeping under a tree with his family when he heard people around

00:35him reciting the karma, so he began reciting it too.

00:44He went on to explain how one of the terrorists turned to him and asked, to which Debashish

00:53started reciting the karma loudly.

00:56He left him?

00:57Yes.

00:58After that, we had to take a fencing.

01:03We started climbing and climbing.

01:08FYI, the six kalmas are a collection of essential Islamic declarations rooted in the Quran and

01:14the Hadith, often memorized and recited by Muslims to strengthen their faith and deepen their

01:18spiritual connection with Allah.

01:21nuc vessels.

01:22Yes.

01:23Galam A Ya Udli, Ai La Ha in La Ha Ia, Russia.

01:24Hitler is very helpful.

01:25Anyway it's very helpful.

01:26Thank you for leaning on that retrouver sanitaire.