[Reader-list] Re: [peace initiative] Kashmir Quake, Delhi Bombings and Our Response

[Albert Krishna Ali]

>At the time of Tsunami, almost
>every institution, including schools, colleges and
>offices had gathered money to send,

May I please absolve myself by informing you of having made my
contribution? And that too along with others in my institution.

May I also suggest that the bias is not sectarian - just that
earthquakes strike every now and then but the tsunami was something
new. And far more died in the tsunami, far more countries were
affected, and so the response was greater.

May I also suggest the world is suffering from disaster fatigue, and
hence we are becoming a little numb?

May I also suggest that in no earthquake in India has government
response been adequate? Een in the tsunami the state has showed cases
of irresponsibility - such as allowing caste discrimination in relief
camps?

May I suggest that the idea of seeing the Kashmir earthquake victims
as Hindus or Muslims is a fringe and fanatic one, not shared by most
Indians. Not me, for one :)

May I also suggest that we refrain from seeing religious/regional
discord where it does not exist?

Peace be upon Allah,
Aka