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NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 7, 2003: Kashmiri Pandits are “threatened with extinction,” says a study presented to the conference on Kashmiri Pandits held in New Delhi on September 1-2, 2003. Among the problems cited were premature ageing and premature death, unnatural death, high incidence of serious and potentially fatal diseases, affliction with multiple disease syndromes, poor medical aid, economic bankruptcy and lack of desire to live, resulting in a high death rate among them. Late marriages and late conception, premature menopause and reduced fertility span, diminished libido and hypo-sexuality of exile, forced celibacy and sexual deprivation, contraception, elective abortion and high divorce rate have spurred low birth rates. The statistics were obtained from surveys conducted at various camps at Jammu where most migrants stayed in pitiable condition after fleeing the Kashmir Valley. The study was conducted was by Dr. K. L. Choudhary, a noted physician, who himself had to flee the Kashmir Valley and is living in Jammu.

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