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{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | {{Infobox book|<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | ||
| name | | name = Our Moon has Blood Clots : The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits | ||
| title_orig | | title_orig = | ||
| translator | | translator = | ||
| image | | image = Our Moon has Blood Clots.jpg | ||
| author | | author = [[Rahul Pandita]] | ||
| cover_artist | | cover_artist = | ||
| country | | country = India | ||
| language | | language = English | ||
| series | | series = | ||
| subject | | subject = | ||
| genre | | genre = | ||
| publisher | | publisher = | ||
| release_date | | release_date = 1 January 2013 | ||
| media_type | | media_type = Print (Paperback) | ||
| pages | | pages = 258 | ||
| isbn | | isbn = 9788184000870 | ||
| dewey= | | dewey = | ||
| congress= | | congress = | ||
| preceded_by | | preceded_by = | ||
}} | }} | ||
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==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
Manjula Narayan of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' wrote: "The form contributes to much of the power of this book that speaks of the pain of fleeing a beloved home, incorporates moving descriptions of rituals specific to the Shaivite Pandits, and weaves in oral histories and snatches of poetry from, among others, Lal Ded and Agha Shahid Ali".<ref>{{cite news|title=Review: Our Moon has Blood Clots|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-our-moon-has-blood-clots/story-6IDCugmB6heFDJDJ7NN08N.html|last=Narayan|first=Manjula|accessdate=4 April 2014|work=Hindustan Times|date=19 January 2013}}</ref> Soutik Biswas of ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' gave a positive review and said, "Pandita writes evocatively about passing trucks filled with scared Pandits escaping to Jammu, the women “herded like cattle”, and a man showing the family his fist and wishing them death." He however felt that journalism was the "weakest link in what is a largely engaging memoir."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/7azsSQihujuZe8vTFpVIjK/Book-Review--Our-Moon-Has-Blood-Clots.html|title=Book Review: Our Moon Has Blood Clots|last=Biswas|first=Soutik|work=Mint|date=31 January 2013|accessdate=23 November 2018}}</ref> | Manjula Narayan of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' wrote: "The form contributes to much of the power of this book that speaks of the pain of fleeing a beloved home, incorporates moving descriptions of rituals specific to the Shaivite Pandits, and weaves in oral histories and snatches of poetry from, among others, Lal Ded and Agha Shahid Ali".<ref>{{cite news|title=Review: Our Moon has Blood Clots|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-our-moon-has-blood-clots/story-6IDCugmB6heFDJDJ7NN08N.html|last=Narayan|first=Manjula|accessdate=4 April 2014|work=Hindustan Times|date=19 January 2013}}</ref> Soutik Biswas of ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' gave a positive review and said, "Pandita writes evocatively about passing trucks filled with scared Pandits escaping to Jammu, the women “herded like cattle”, and a man showing the family his fist and wishing them death." He however felt that journalism was the "weakest link in what is a largely engaging memoir."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/7azsSQihujuZe8vTFpVIjK/Book-Review--Our-Moon-Has-Blood-Clots.html|title=Book Review: Our Moon Has Blood Clots|last=Biswas|first=Soutik|work=Mint|date=31 January 2013|accessdate=23 November 2018}}</ref> | ||
Amberish K Diwanji of ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]'' wrote that the book "makes for difficult reading" | Amberish K Diwanji of ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]'' wrote that the book "Our Moon Has Blood Clots makes for difficult reading. Not only did the refugees suffer from government neglect, even their religious kindred in Jammu cared little for them and exploited them. Entire families, with five or six members, were put up in small rooms. There was no privacy, rents were exorbitant and water was rationed."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-our-moon-has-blood-clots-the-exodus-of-the-kashmiri-pandits-1797521|title=Book Review: 'Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits'|last=Diwanji|first=Amberish K|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=10 February 2013|accessdate=23 November 2018}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* Peter Griffin, [http://www.forbesindia.com/article/recliner/rahul-pandita-on-kashmir-and-its-stories/34787/1 Rahul Pandita On Kashmir and its Stories], Forbes India, 8 March 2013. | * Peter Griffin, [http://www.forbesindia.com/article/recliner/rahul-pandita-on-kashmir-and-its-stories/34787/1 Rahul Pandita On Kashmir and its Stories], Forbes India, 8 March 2013. | ||
* K. S. Narayanan, [http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/book-review-our-moon-has-blood-clots/19/46996/ Book Review: Our Moon Has Blood Clots], The Sunday Indian, 14 March 2013. | * K. S. Narayanan, [http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/book-review-our-moon-has-blood-clots/19/46996/ Book Review: Our Moon Has Blood Clots], The Sunday Indian, 14 March 2013. | ||
* Nandini Krishnan, [http://www.sify.com/news/rahul-pandita-basharat-peer-and-kashmir-s-contradictory-stories-news-columns-nezkMIebbbgsi.html Rahul Pandita, Basharat Peer and Kashmir's contradictory stories], SIFY News, 25 April 2013. | * Nandini Krishnan, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011001744/http://www.sify.com/news/rahul-pandita-basharat-peer-and-kashmir-s-contradictory-stories-news-columns-nezkMIebbbgsi.html Rahul Pandita, Basharat Peer and Kashmir's contradictory stories], SIFY News, 25 April 2013. | ||
*{{Cite book|last=Rai|first=Mridu|title=Kashmir and the Future of South Asia|publisher=Routledge|year=2020|editor-last=Bose|editor-first=Sugata|chapter=Narratives from exile: Kashmiri Pandits and their construction of the past|editor-last2=Ayesha|editor-first2=Jalal|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6oLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91}} | *{{Cite book|last=Rai|first=Mridu|title=Kashmir and the Future of South Asia|publisher=Routledge|year=2020|editor-last=Bose|editor-first=Sugata|chapter=Narratives from exile: Kashmiri Pandits and their construction of the past|editor-last2=Ayesha|editor-first2=Jalal|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6oLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91}} | ||
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*[http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/just-books/just-books-rahul-pandita-on-our-moon-has-blood-clots/263149 Just Books: Rahul Pandita on 'Our Moon Has Blood Clots'], ''[[NDTV]]'' | *[http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/just-books/just-books-rahul-pandita-on-our-moon-has-blood-clots/263149 Just Books: Rahul Pandita on 'Our Moon Has Blood Clots'], ''[[NDTV]]'' | ||
[[Category:Books about the Kashmir conflict]] | [[Category:Books about the Kashmir conflict]] | ||
[[Category:Indian memoirs]] | [[Category:Indian memoirs]] | ||
[[Category:2013 non-fiction books]] | |||