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

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

A "journalist" like shivam resorting to this kind of publicity stunts is to be expected, for the we have seen stings by pimps and sex workers with "high command" spending and sponsoring such stings. ?
  Even supposed to be reputed channel went for a sting when PM wanted proof but kept silent when the proof would hurt the "high command". !

----- Original Message -----
From: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008 12:01 am
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] 'Don't speak in my name' - letter from a KashmiriPandit
To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>

> 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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