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Ghar Ka Pata is an autobiographical account of director Madhulika Jalalis search for her identity as a Kashmiri Pandit woman In the early 1990s the sixyearold Madhulika and her household fled Rainawaria quaint suburb of Srinagarin response to Kashmirs separatist insurgency 24 years later with no memory of her birthplace she returns to visit with her family In retracing her roots Madhulika weaves a narrative that juxtaposes short impromptu conversations filmed on the streets of Rainawari with a string of family anecdotes These oral accounts of a bygone era reveal connections extending beyond religion and politics On a personal level Madhulikas film underlines how the pain of exile can linger across generations