[Reader-list] Gun Salutes for August 15

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear Aditya Raj Kaul,

Thanks again for what must be a super prompt response. If this was a  
buzzer round in a quiz show you would be a champion. :)
By the way, I am curious, who is R. Chaudhuri?

regards, I remain,( always ready to think with as many different  
perspectives as is necessary in a given situation)

Shuddha

On 15-Aug-08, at 9:55 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul wrote:


> Dear R.Chaudhuri,
>
>
>
>   Thanks for your reply. I never told you to only read these old  
> newspapers
> again (that is if you have really read them at the first place); I  
> just
> asked all in a humble way to think with a different perspective for a
> change.
>
>
>
> I'll narrate something to you on this; which I got to know from  
> someone
> on this episode. A few days back a senior official of Food  
> Cooperation of
> India called up his J&K Counterpart to verify on this media hype of
> "Economic Blockade". The person from the other side said, "Yes sir,  
> Economic
> Blockade hai". FCI official asked, "How come?". How can you say  
> that?". The
> man further replied "Jenab, har kahin shor hai ki economic blockade  
> hai"
>
>
>
> This is what has happened. It is a cry over something, which never
> really happened. Later, a journalist friend from Delhi called up many
> Traders in Delhi's Aazad Pur Mandi, asking about the same. The  
> Traders said
> that all trucks were coming; and it was a season of brisk business.
>
>
>
> Army on the other hand has ensured that all trucks to Kashmir  
> valley ply
> safely; but on the other hand Jammu city and neighboring areas have  
> been
> totally cut off with supplies for almost 40 days. I bet you never  
> had a
> thought about it. I request you to personally visit the Lakhanpur -  
> Jammu -
> Srinagar Highway and see what the ground reality is. It is just too  
> amusing
> to see posts and also those few people, screaming on news channels  
> about
> unavailability of "Baby Milk, Food, etc etc". They have stooped  
> really low
> this time around to gain publicity and world sympathy. A perfect PR
> Strategy.
>
>
>
> I can't believe that farmers + orchard owners in the valley are  
> poor. Not
> only because I belong to the valley and know the worth of these  
> multi-crore
> orchards; because I've interacted with few of them.
>
>
>
> On the second part of your post; let me tell you that the President  
> of Jammu
> Resident Doctors Association is a Muslim named Dr. Arshad. And, he  
> was the
> one who gave a call for full support to the Sanghash Samiti. Need I  
> say more
> ?
>
>
>
> I'm sure even by mistake you must have caught images of people  
> jumping into
> the Tawi river as a mark of protest (innovative indeed!). It wasn't  
> just
> your RSS/BJP. Those people were led by Sikhs and majority of people  
> were
> Gujjars+Muslims and of course Hindus; holding the tricolor high in  
> the air;
> and also a symbol of Lord Shiva - The Trishul. Its again  
> unfortunate for
> people who accuse Hindus of having arms (Trishuls). I think they  
> high time
> need to study history of religions. Isn't AK47 which was used by  
> Terrorist
> Yasin Malik to kill Hindus and of course even his own people; a  
> weapon?
>
>
>
> Jammu has been the best example of Hindu-Muslim-Sikh unity in these  
> 46 days
> of protest. Unfortunately, in Kashmir we see communal slogans; Hindu
> Truckers and at times even Amaranth Pilgrims being attacked. Not to  
> say,
> disinformation campaign is in its peak.
>
>
>
> Now, people can better judge; who adds fuel into the fire....
>
>
>
> Regards
> Aditya Raj Kaul
>
> On 8/15/08, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Dear Aditya Raj Kaul, Dear Sonia Jabbar,
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for your responses to my post earlier today. And  
>> apologies in
>> advance for what is going to be a longish posting. So those not  
>> interested
>> in the Amarnath row, or Jammu and Kashmir, may please skip this post.
>>
>>
>> It is difficult to put all one's points across in a single posting,
>> (without making it unwieldy) and so I am grateful that your  
>> responses have
>> given me an opportunity to make some necessary elaborations.
>>

Shuddhabrata Sengupta