[Reader-list] Mass Graves in Kashmir
Pawan Durani
pawan.durani at gmail.com
Sun Apr 13 11:28:35 IST 2008
I agree with Inder Ji .
Also all those people who have been resposnible for inciting violence which
resulted in the current situation in Kashmir should be hanged in public.
On 4/13/08, inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> WHETHER THE TRUTH ABOUT MASS GRAVES IN KASHMIR IS ESTABLISHED OR NOT, THE
> FACT REMAINS THAT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE LOST THEIR
> LIVES FOR NO FAULT OF THEIRS.
>
> THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS NO ANSWER TO THAT, LIKE MANY OTHER STATES
> WHICH
> SUPRESS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OCCUPATION, WHICH IS PROFOUNDLY REGREGTABLE.
>
> WHATEVER BEST THERE WAS BETWEEN KASHMIR AND INDIA ENDED IN 1990. FIRST
> KASHMIRI PANDITS HAD TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES, AND THEN ITS WAS INNOCENT
> PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY AT THE RECEIVING END OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE ....
>
> IT IS ALL SAD.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 10:33 PM, M Yousuf <yousufism at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > TRAGEDIES BURIED IN KASHMIR GRAVES
> > http://www.mailtoday.in/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=02/20/2008
> >
> >
> > On 4/12/08, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > at a friends urging, I did a short google search using the string
> > > "Nameless Graves Kashmir" and I came up with a first 30 pages of
> > > reports. There were stories in newspapers based in Kashmir like
> > > Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Times of course, and stories in the
> > > International Herald Tribune, in newspapers out of Ireland, Taiwan,
> > > Pakistan and elsewhere, besides numerous blog posts and forwards on
> > > lists. The only Indian newspapers of any consequence that featured
> > > the story (I tracked this till the 30th google page) were -
> > >
> > > Punjab Kesri
> > > http://www.punjabkesari.com/frmChNewsDetails.aspx?
> > > uid=72362&CatName=Jammu-Kashmir
> > >
> > > Tribune
> > > http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080410/j&k.htm#9
> > >
> > > The Telegraph, Kolkata
> > > http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080406/jsp/nation/story_9101889.jsp
> > >
> > > The Economic Times
> > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/
> > > msid-2912554,flstry-1.cms
> > >
> > > Outlook
> > > http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?gid=61&id=560828
> > >
> > > DNA, Mumbai
> > > http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1159182
> > >
> > > (all more or less 'regional/city' publications) Barring Outlook. None
> > > of the national dailies, or big news channels seem to have anything.
> > >
> > > I have already listed the Hindustan Times story in the previous
> > > posting. This frugality of media attention is surprising, given the
> > > seriousness of the story.
> > >
> > > I spent some time on the Indian Express website, and here is what I
> > > found.
> > >
> > > The Indian Express's micro website - www.kashmirlive.com - which is
> > > tagged - "Coverage from the Largest news bureau in the valley" and
> > > which offers 'latest Kashmir news' has no report on the mass graves.
> > > It does have a photograph, (in the section titled 'Gallery' by Javed
> > > Shah, that is captioned - 'participant at a rally for displaced
> > > persons in Srinagar' and one can make out from the banner that it
> > > carries the words 'missing' and that it is clearly organized by the
> > > 'Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons' - the
> > > organization that has brought out the report called 'Facts
> > > Underground' which highlights the anonymous graves. The dateline of
> > > the photograph, and the contents of the image suggest that the event
> > > must have to do with the APDPs report (titled 'Facts Underground' )
> > > on the 'nameless graves'
> > >
> > > But the Indian Express's editorial policy, no doubt a fine example of
> > > a case of the hihgly restrained realization of its credo of
> > > 'journalism of courage', transformed 'disappearance' into
> > > 'displacement', and omits to give any indication of what the rally is
> > > all about. In fact, given that the term 'displacement' is usually
> > > identified with the internal migration of Kashmiri Pundits, a casual
> > > reader may even think (simply from reading the caption to the
> > > photograph) that this may be referring to 'displaced' Kashmiris, ie,
> > > Kashmiri Pandits.
> > >
> > > In fact the 10 top stories in the Indian Express's dedicated micro
> > > site for news about Kashmir are as follows -
> > >
> > > 1.Civilian killed after being mistaken for a militant
> > > 2. First Kashmiri Maj Gen asks youth to join army
> > > 3. Sonia Gandhi to visit Kashmiri migrant camp
> > > 4. J-K spends Rs 15 crore on road upgradation project
> > > 5. Traffic awareness campaign to be launched
> > > 6. 21,000 vacancies to be filled by fast-track recruitment
> > > 7. NC at the forefront of anti-Kashmiri tirade: PDP
> > > 8. Former ultras float seperatist political outfit
> > > 9. Bomb squad destroys fuse safely
> > > 10. Valley expects heavy influx of tourists
> > >
> > > You would have thought that the "largest" news bureau in the valley,
> > > would have the human resources to folllow up on a story that refers
> > > to the remains of the bodies of 940 nameless people.
> > >
> > > The Hindu (known for the imaginative journalism of one Praveen Swami
> > > on Kashmir , recently discussed on one of the postings) features only
> > > one recent report on Kashmir - about a youth found guilty of
> > > impersonation and fraud.
> > >
> > > How much courage does it take for the Journalism of Courage to get
> > > its act together. I am not making a special case for the Indian
> > > Express - the Hindu, the Times of India, NDTV, CNN-IBN all seem
> > > complicit in the generation of a very loud silence.
> > >
> > > Does any one know why this is the case? I am currently not in Delhi
> > > and so, cannot get a sense of what is causing this strange silence.
> > >
> > > Would really like to know what other people think is actually going
> on.
> > >
> > > best
> > >
> > > Shuddha
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12-Apr-08, at 6:04 PM, Shuddhabrata Sengupta wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear All,
> > > >
> > > > This is in continuation of Junaid's posting of April 7 : 'Amnesty
> > > > International and Human Rights Watch slam Indian human rights abuses
> > > > in Kashmir' . The posting pointed out the recent discovery of mass
> > > > graves containing the remains of Nine hundred and forty unidentified
> > > > bodies in different sites in Kashmir.
> > > >
> > > > If the allegations that these are bodies of people killed and
> > > > disposed of by the security forces, and that they may contain the
> > > > remains of many who are alleged to have 'disappeared' in Kashmir are
> > > > true, then this constitutes a very serious matter.
> > > >
> > > > Here are three recent reports that have appeared on the BBC website
> > > > on the subject.
> > > >
> > > > 1. Protest over graves in Kashmir
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7343454.stm
> > > >
> > > > 2. Kashmir police refuse body demand
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325001.stm
> > > >
> > > > 3. Amnesty urges Kashmir grave probe
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7334965.stm
> > > >
> > > > I have not seen too many reports in the mainstream 'indian' media
> > > > about this - I could be wrong, and would like to be corrected, but
> > > > preliminary google searches about the subject in connection with The
> > > > Hindu, The Times of India, The Indian Express, NDTV and CNN-IBN did
> > > > not yield any results.
> > > >
> > > > The only exception in the mainstream 'Indian' media that I could
> find
> > > > was a report by Rashid Ahmad from Srinagar in the Hindustan Times.
> > > >
> > > > The story is titled -
> > > >
> > > > Mass graves in Kashmir raise rights violation stink
> > > > Rashid Ahmad, Hindustan Times
> > > > Srinagar, March 29, 2008
> > > >
> > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?
> > > >
> id=eb572d05-2d48-4604-99a0-1fc154e2c914&MatchID1=4680&TeamID1=6&TeamID
> > > > 2=
> > > > 3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1179&PrimaryID=4680&Headline=Mass+graves
> > > > +raise+rights+violation+stink
> > > >
> > > > if the general media silence in India about this shocking story is a
> > > > fact. (Again, I hope I am wrong here). Then it is time to ask what
> > > > makes it possible for Indian newspapers and television stations to
> > > > report mass graves in Iraq and Bosnia and suddenly turn all coy when
> > > > they are found in Indian administered Kashmir.
> > > >
> > > > Further, is it time to think about what steps may be necessary to
> > > > take to move towards a boycott of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games
> > > > in Delhi (2010)? (Among other things).
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps there are lessons to be learnt from the Tibetans.
> > > >
> > > > best
> > > >
> > > > Shuddha
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > Shuddhabrata Sengupta
> > > The Sarai Programme at CSDS
> > > Raqs Media Collective
> > > shuddha at sarai.net
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