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{{Short description|Jagmohan's memoir}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox book
| author = Jagmohan
| country = India
| genre = Memoir, history
| publisher = Allied Publishers, New Delhi
| isbn = 9788170233329
| language = English
| pub_date = September 1991 (1st edition)
February 2017 (12th edition)
| oclc = 26763635
}}

'''''My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir''''' is a memoir by [[Jagmohan]] first published in September 1991. It focuses on his months as a [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|governor of Jammu and Kashmir]] in 1990 during the peak of insurgency.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Desmond|first=Edward W.|date=4 March 1993|title=Himalayan Ulster|language=en|work=[[The New York Review of Books|The New York Review]]|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1993/03/04/himalayan-ulster/|url-access=registration|access-date=2022-01-03|issn=0028-7504}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhat|first=Tariq|date=4 May 2021|title=The contested legacy of former J&K governor Jagmohan Malhotra|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/05/04/jagmohan-aide-of-sanjay-gandhi-during-emergency-and-ex-j-k-governor-dies.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Week}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pandita|first=K N|date=2021-01-18|title=Reminiscence of those dreadful days in Kashmir - Northlines|url=https://www.thenorthlines.com/reminiscence-of-those-dreadful-days-in-kashmir/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Northlines}}</ref> Its scope is wide, ranging from the history of ancient Kashmir and modern Kashmir, to how the state saw a breakdown of government machinery during the end of 1980s.<ref name=":2" /> Notably, during Jagmohan's second tenure, the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]] was exacerbated.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Pandit|first=Giridhari Lal|date=2010|title=Review. Part Three.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48505051|journal=World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues|volume=14|issue=1|pages=164–176|issn=0971-8052|via=JSTOR}}</ref> The book is an attempt to address disinformation spread related to him and in general during those years.<ref name=":2" />

In the first year of release the book saw four reprints.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Desmond|first=Edward W.|last2=Jagmohan|first2=R. M.|date=7 April 1994|title=The Cat in the Bag|publisher=[[The New York Review of Books|The New York Review]]|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1994/04/07/the-cat-in-the-bag/|access-date=2022-01-03|issn=0028-7504}}</ref> The 12th edition was released in 2017. It contains a section on initiatives taken during the [[premiership of Narendra Modi]] with respect of Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-07-21|title=Modi will bring peace to Valley: Jagmohan|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/modi-will-bring-peace-valley-jagmohan/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Daily Excelsior}}</ref> It has been translated into a number of regional Indian languages.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=5 May 2021|title=An able administrator|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/an-able-administrator-248339|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Tribune India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Thirteenth Lok Sabha. Members Bioprofile. Jagmohan.|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=158&lastls=13|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>

== Reception ==
[[Mulk Raj Anand]] and [[Arun Shourie]] provided positive feedback for the book.<ref name=":0"/> The book has received much criticism and negativity.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanghvi|first=Vir|author-link=Vir Sanghvi|date=27 August 2008|title=A voice from the wilderness|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mir|first=Shakir|date=16 May 2021|title=Farah Bashir Analyses Kashmir Conflict Through the Eyes of a Young Girl|url=https://thewire.in/books/farah-bashir-rumours-of-spring-kashmir|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Wire}}</ref> It has been called as an attempt to justify his actions during his months as governor.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nayar|first=Kuldip|date=15 November 1991|title=Book review: Jagmohan's My frozen turbulence in Kashmir|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19911115-book-review-jagmohans-my-frozen-turbulence-in-kashmir-815070-1991-11-15|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-19|website=[[India Today]]}}</ref> A lack of literary style and the presentation of facts for contentious issues have been criticized.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Birindar R.|date=14 March 2015|title=Deconstructing the Oxymoron|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/gk-magazine/deconstructing-the-oxymoron|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Greater Kashmir}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Books by Indian authors]]
[[Category:Books about the Kashmir conflict]]

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My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir - Revision history

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