description | <p class="article-desc">Kuldeep Sumbly (born 3 May 1956), better known by his pen name Agnishekhar, is a Kashmiri Pandit writer and political activist. He is the founder of Panun Kashmir ("Our Kashmir") organization, a group that advocates for the cultural rights of Pandits and a homeland.</p> | Kuldeep Sumbli, better known by his pen name Agnishekhar, is a Kashmiri Pandit writer and political activist. He is the founder of Panun Kashmir organization, a group that advocates for the cultural rights of Pandits and a homeland. As a poet, he has contributed to the development of a Hindi poetry of exile from a distinctly Kashmiri perspective. He views pre-Islamic culture as a source for contemporary Pandit identity. |
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