[Reader-list] 'Don't speak in my name' - letter from a Kashmiri Pandit

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Its quite an old and fake letter. I  cross checked about it. No Vikram Dhar
works in Worldwide Microsoft.

Thanks Shivam for yet again spreading lies :) Go on...


On 8/30/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> From "Greater Kashmir"
> http://greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=14_8_2008&ItemID=50&cat=14
>
> Dear Editor,
>
> Present circumstances have forced me to clarify certain
> misunderstandings about my community. Kashmiri Pandit (KP) is a peace
> loving and law abiding person who is more interested in the welfare of
> his family, education of his kids and least concerned about politics.
> It is by compulsion he is asked to join some political rallies. We are
> victims of politics and every party has used us for their own hidden
> agenda. One particular party collected millions of dollars in our name
> all over world and distributed plastic buckets to our people living in
> Camps only for media coverage. We do not want to be labeled as
> communal because our friends are Muslims, our closest ties are with
> Muslims and we welcome them in our homes even today as we know we are
> from one race, one place and one ethnicity.
>
> Some people give statements on our behalf and we get a reputation
> which we do not belong to. Recently one gentleman talked all nonsense
> on T.V. using all vulgar language which is not in our nature or blood.
> How can we be represented by insane people like Mr. XYZ? K.P. has no
> leader and everybody wants to come in lime light for personal gains.
>
> I belong to a community of pseudo-intellectuals who are able to
> lecture on everything in the world, who can dethrone everyone in
> Coffee house discussions and can issue "Bata Gazette" while sitting in
> the four walls of their A.C. rooms. Every K.P. is a born leader. He
> hardly realizes the repercussions of his irresponsible statements. He
> is safe in Delhi, Bombay or Chennai but what about others who get
> misnomer due to his utterances. Let me make it clear to all Muslim
> brothers and sisters that:
>
> - We have all love & respect for you people because you are our own
> people. Our culture, our history, our traditions, our tastes, our
> language is same. Outside Kashmir wherever we meet fellow Kashmiri
> Muslim we bring him to our place, prepare sheer chai with best 'Malai'
> on top – Why? Is he our relative – No! So why we cook Kashmiri dishes
> and eat together – Why? Is it appeasement – No! It is love for
> motherland, we get psychological satisfaction.
>
> We do not want anybody to give statements on our behalf. Please leave
> us alone. Amaranth is here since many centuries so why make it a
> political issue. It was Mr. Malik who discovered it and we have been
> paying our respects to lord Shiva jointly. This Yatra is a source of
> income to people living in and around Pahalgam – Why snatch their
> bread. Let Yatra be managed by people of J & K State only without
> outside interference. Yatra should commence only after 'Chadi Mubarak'
> leads the procession as was our tradition in the past. Why change the
> tradition. If required it may be allowed for another 15 days i.e. for
> one month only. It is religious Yatra do not make it Picnic. No
> artificial snow should be used and no stone shivling should be allowed
> to be installed there. It will hurt our sentiments. Huge traffic has
> already destroyed the glacier which is the primary source of water for
> Lidder Valley.
>
> - Please restrict the number of Yatri's for the sake of nature and
> ecology. We are not against any community; let us co-exist for the
> betterment of our people. Regionalism is not the Solution. We live in
> a global village where we can not live in isolation. We are
> interdependent so separation is not the Solution.
>
> Europe is United, Berlin wall has fallen, world is coming closer; by
> another fifty years there will be no boundaries between nations. Unite
> people for the sake of future generation. Stop hate Campaigns, live
> and let people live in peace. Every community has 2% hard liners let
> 98% show their strength.
>
> May God bring Peace and Prosperity to my beloved Kashmir. Tathastoo! Ameen!
>
> Vikram Dhar
> Andheri West, Mumbai.
> Working with Microsoft
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