New Delhi, September 11, 2023 (PPI-OT): Prominent Indian journalist Barkha Dutt has remained under fire from her fellow countrymen for her book “This Unquiet Land – Stories from India’s Fault Lines” for exposing weaknesses of the present-day India.
Besides India, Barkha Dutt dedicated one whole chapter to Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir under title “A CHRONICLE OF KASHMIR”.
While penning down her eyewitness account, Barkha Dutt wrote: “Reporting from the state [Jammu and Kashmir] in those years -my lifelong obsession with Kashmir began in the mid-nineties-was to live from crisis to crisis until the only thing your mind could play back was a constant barrage of violent or threatening memories. Curfew at the onset of dusk, silent, empty streets, the silhouette of a suspicious soldier who yelled at you to identify yourself in the gathering dark, the crash of explosions shaking you violently from your sleep, buildings burned to the ground …. the only constant about everyday life at the time was brutality and death”.
As per defense analyst Maj (Retd) Agha H. Amin, the book, “This Unquiet Land – Stories from India’s Fault Lines” is one of the most remarkable books which tells the truth about the India’s secrets and lies. Barkha Butt is very critic of India and he time and again criticizes India for its policies.
Agha H. Amin’s commentary goes as:
“One of the most remarkable books ever published about contemporary India, arguably the most complex society on earth, This Unquiet Land tells the truth about the country’s secrets and lies, its torments and triumphs, and its heroes and villains. This is the first book by Barkha Dutt, India’s best known journalist. India’s fault lines run wide and deep.
Some of them go back centuries, others are of comparatively recent origin. The myriad villains these fault lines have spawned include rapists, murderers, terrorists, prophets of religious hatred, corrupt politicians, upholders of abhorrent caste traditions, opponents of free speech and dissent, apologists for regressive cultural practices, and external adversaries who try to destabilize our borders. All of them are responsible for impeding the country’s progress, destroying the lives of numberless innocents, usually the poorest and most vulnerable of our people, and besmirching the democratic, plural, free and secular nature of our society.
Set against these enemies of our nation’s promise are the heroic ones-the poor, illiterate woman who was gang-raped but helped change the nation’s attitude towards women through her determined fight for justice; the young soldier whose courage and sacrifice in the high Himalayas was an inspiration to his comrades fighting the Kargil War; the wife whose husband was beheaded by Maoist terrorists, yet sought not revenge but succour for the poor and underprivileged; and the son of the village blacksmith who was lynched by a mob of religious fundamentalists appealing for an end to discord and sectarian violence.
These stories, and dozens of others like them, map our country’s fault lines. In this book, Barkha Dutt recounts the ones that have left an indelible mark on her. Taken together, they provide a vivid, devastating and unforgettable portrait of our unquiet land.”
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