Why this Kashmiri Pandit chose to return to his homeland.
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00:00I don't have words to express my feelings, but I have tears of sorrow and tears of happiness.
00:20I have tears of sorrow because I have been away from my country for 39 years.
00:24I am happy because my heroes have been welcomed here.
00:30I have tears of sorrow because I have been away from my country for 39 years.
00:35I have tears of sorrow because I have been away from my country for 39 years.
00:41My father's shop was in this area.
00:47His name was Nanlal Maharaj Kishan.
00:50It was a very famous shop.
00:52My father used to sit there.
00:54On October 13, 1990, I was sitting in the shop.
00:58A boy came and put three bullets in my stomach.
01:01He wanted to shoot me in the head.
01:06I survived.
01:07Then I was in the hospital for four months.
01:09After four months, when I recovered, we shifted to Delhi.
01:25I was buried here.
01:28I have been decorated with garlands of water.
01:31Almonds and sugar cane have been laid on me.
01:34Flowers have been given to me.
01:36This is a great honor to me.
01:38This was the biggest moment of my life.
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