5000 Years of Kashmir

Balraj Puri started his public career in 1942 as editor of a weekly and an activist. Though he has been writing in national dailies and academic journals on wide range of subjects, his main field of study and activity has been a bridge between regional and ethnic communities of this extremely diverse state, and between its popular leadership, even when it was alienated, and the national leaders including Nehru and Jayaprakash Narayan. He has been associated with almost each move that JP made on Kashmir, with his assistance, advice or critical comments. Author and co-author of 35 books which include: Kashmir towards Insurgency, 1995, 5000 years of Kashmir, 1997, Jammu and Kashmir: Triumph and Tragedy of Indian Federalisation, 1991, Jammu – A Clue of Kashmir Tangle, 1966, Abdullah Era (1983).