We Left....But We Never Left!

In this emotional episode of Chai & Chronicles, Kirti shares a deeply personal story of loss, resilience, and identity — tracing the night her family was forced to flee Kashmir in 1990. With haunting clarity and raw emotion, Kirti, a Kashmiri Hindu, recounts the trauma of displacement, the fear that swallowed her childhood, and the strength her family found amidst unspeakable loss.

Part memoir, part history — this is the voice of a community that was silenced, but never broken. This isn’t just Kirti’s story. It’s the story of a people who were uprooted, unheard, and unseen — yet never let go of their identity.

🫖 Tune in, reflect, and share — because some stories deserve to be remembered, and some silences must finally be broken.

Because while we left our homeland… Kashmir never left us.