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JAMMU: Prof Hari Om released his autobiography “Behind The Curtain, Beneath The Noise” on Saturday. It – apart from dealing with the author’s journey from Kashmir Ceramics Kathua to Jammu University – throws light on his role in the 1998 Jammu revolt, which brought the Farooq Abdullah Government to the Jammu’s knees. It also deals with the author’s association with the BJP and the RSS and the nature of relations with them, his struggle for Jammu State/trifurcation solution, his role in the political developments and the circumstances leading to the Amarnath Land Movement, which led to the collapse of the Ghulam Nabi Azad Government in July 2008.
It, in addition, deals with very crucial discussions which took place from time to time between the author and some very senior Central Government officials on the issues of Assembly elections in J&K in 1996, pre-1953 politico-constitutional status and Gujjar-Pahari controversy and the outcome. Besides, it throws light on the author’s role which helped the daughters of J&K obtain full citizenship rights in 2005 and Jammu get Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University and Agriculture University in 2008, and Central University of Jammu in 2010-11.
In addition, the autobiography deals with the nature of discussions which took place between the author and an American think-tank, British High Commissioner and EU delegation on J&K and what transpired during the track-II type conferences on J&K held at the House of Commons, Hotel Rembrandt, Guild Hall, Kensington and Bristol, and national and international conferences on J&K held at India International Centre, JNU and SKICC, Srinagar. It also deals with the author’s role in the Round Table Conferences on J&K’s political future and what did Kashmiri leaders like Farooq Abdullah do when the author exposed the fake secularists in the establishment at 7-Race Course, the PM’s official residence. The sin which the author committed is also part of his autobiography.
The autobiography is available with Amazon and at Sahitya Sangam, Kachi Chowni, Jammu.