Feeling Homeless: Memoirs of a Kashmiri Scientist

This is a biographical account by a reputed scientist who is a Kashmiri Pandit by birth and who was forced to leave his home and hearth and settle in the USA because of reasons beyond his control. Slowly and over a period of time, his connection with his homeland was severed courtesy terrorism in the land of sages and scholars. Despite having a house of his own in what he perceives as a foreign land, he considers himself as someone who is homeless. His life experiences, having lived and worked on three continents, are both informative and interesting for the general reader. This work empathises with everyone who becomes homeless, irrespective of the reasons for such a development. 

About the Author:

Dr Ashok Raina was born and brought up in Kashmir. He received his master’s degree from Aligarh Muslim University and worked for the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control and the US Agency for International Development. His repeated attempts to get a job in Kashmir were denied. In 1970, he went to the USA for his doctorate in entomology. After working at several universities in the US and the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya, he joined the US Department of Agriculture wherefrom he retired as a Senior Scientist in 2008. He is nationally and internationally recognised for his research on insect hormones, pheromones and the development of biorational methods for pest control. He has published over 170 research papers and received six patents. He and his wife, Santosh, are now US citizens and live in Maryland.