Kashmiri Pandit meet kicks off

Displaced Kashmiri Pandits came together in the city to recall the hardships of a migrant life after spread of militancy in the Valley.

The first international Kashmiri Pandit Youth Conference,organised by Youth 4 Panun Kashmir under the aegis of Panun Kashmir,was inaugurated on Saturday.

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressesd the gathering from Germany over video conferencing and urged the community to return to Kashmir. The members of the community should buy land and property to establish educational institutions to preserve their cultural heritage and save their identity.

He also called upon Kashmiri Pandit youth to volunteer during the Amarnath Yatra and help the pilgrims.

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