White Man in Dark

When turmoil broke in Kashmir in 1989 so much happened there- an explosive uprising, rule of gun on the streets, exodus of Kashmiri Pandits and conversion of Kashmir into a ‘beautiful prison’. ‘Whiteman in dark’ is a memoir of a female doctor trained in Kashmir during the peak years of turmoil. The pain of spine-breaking crackdowns, unending curfews, violent protests and prolonged sieges is described in the setting of ‘Downtown’ Srinagar adjoining the area of Kohimaran where Muslims, Hindus...