Sushant Dhar

A Long Season of Ashes is an essential read, a monumental attempt to make sense of the collective history of the persecuted Kashmiri Pandit community. It’s a moving portrait of the long dark time — camp existence of the displaced community. This memoir will go on to become a vital historical document on Kashmir history, immortalising the lives/stories of displacement of thousands of unknown, forgotten Kashmiri Pandits who lived and died in the camps longing for their home.

One of the greatest books. This autobiographical novel of Nikos Kazantzakis has everything in it. Must read.