Ritu Koul
THE UNMOORED MINDS offers an exhaustive, multi-dimensional clinical and socio-psychological examination of the Kashmiri Pandit community following their 1990 exodus from the Kashmir Valley. Authored from the perspective of a clinical psychologist, the text bridges historical trauma, structural exile, and modern psychological theory. The work argues that forced displacement is not a singular historical event concluding with physical relocation; rather, it sets off an enduring, multi-generational psychological crisis. Through eleven structured chapters, the book traces how acute displacement trauma evolved from physical survivalism in migrant camps (Jagti, Muthi, Purkhoo) into intergenerational anxiety, 'solastalgia' (environmental grief), 'survivalist perfectionism,' and complex identity crises among contemporary youth.
