[Reader-list] Vigils for Mumbai victims & India-Pk peace

[Lalit Ambardar]

 What is being witnessed now since the advent of Pakistan sponsored pan Islamism inspired terrorism in Kashmir in 1989-90 when the Kashmiri Hindu Pandits were subjected to ethnic cleansing  in the valley then, continued bloody terror attacks in rest of India (the leads invariably leading to Pakistan & POK via Kashmir) can by no means be described as 'peace' between the two countries.
So what 'peace' are we talking about?
Civilised world must build pressure against covert as well as overt patronage to pan Islamic terrorism in Pakistan now in particular when innocent Pakistanis them selves are falling prey to the menace that was founded to bleed India.
 Regards
LA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:40:19 +0500> From: yasir.media at gmail.com> To: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: [Reader-list] Vigils for Mumbai victims & India-Pk peace> > From: Beena Sarwar> > Information about vigils:> > DEC 4: Karachi, London, & Boston, Worcester (MA) & Providence, RI> DEC 6: San Fransisco> Already held: Dec 2, UPenn> > Forthcoming:> > Dec 4 (TODAY):> > - KARACHI: 5.00 pm, Karachi Press Club, Pakistan India Peoples Forum> for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) & Peace Karachi, candle lit vigil> for Peace against carnage in Mumbai & Karachi. "Plz join us & say no> to War & every kind of Hatred."> > - LONDON: 6:00–9:00 pm, India House. Joint vigil by Pakistanis and> Indians to express their grief over the Mumbai attacks and> solidarity; extracts from the draft statement:> "… If the objectives of the terrorists are to be defeated, that> sense of brotherhood, shared grievance, and unwillingness to be> driven apart must extend across the border, to Pakistan. We cannot> allow ourselves to be manipulated and polarised through violence; we> cannot allow the terrorists to win."> > - MA & RI: Simultaneous candlelight vigils at City Halls in BOSTON &> WORCESTER, MA and on the State House steps in PROVIDENCE, RI, 6pm,> organized by the Asian American Commission to remember the victims of> the Mumbai killings. Contact: Raj Cell: 508-523-5784> > DEC 6, SAN FRANCISCO: City Hall, peace rally by concerned South Asian> Americans -- Pakistanis and Indians -- to condemn the recent Mumbai> Terror attack and call for Pakistan and India to work together in> promoting peace, justice, and prosperity in the region> Press release at: http://docs.google.com/View?> docid=ddkdhzkn_14fqhcz7fd> Event endorsed by:> Friends of South Asia | http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org/> Indian Muslim Relief and Charities | http://www.imrc.ws/> Pakistan American Cultural Center | http://pcc-ca.org> Pakistan Science and Engineering Foundation | http://paksef.org> South Asia Disaster Relief Coordinators | http://sarelief.com> Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA) | http://www.asata.org> > Re: vigil held recently, on Dec 2:> Maria Khan at UPenn writes that students, including Pakistanis and> Indians, held a candlelight vigil at campus on Dec 2 where they> circulated a pamphlet (written by two Indian graduate students at> Penn, one from Mumbai). Extracts from pamphlet, `IN THE AFTERMATH OF> TERROR, THE TERROR OF THE AFTERMATH':> > "In the heat and hurt of the moment, we must not lose sight of> important issues and their possible ramifications:> "• …The need of the hour is to recognize the commonality of the> suffering instead of falling prey to jingoistic nationalism…> "• The call to Mumbaikars to get back on their feet is not an> innocuous appreciation for their resilience; rather, such rhetoric> allows the government to evade responsibility. The Indian government> must be held accountable for the massive intelligence failure that> has claimed so many lives.> :• We condemn this act of terror but do not equate terror with Islam> because not only does this false equation play into the hands of> Hindu fundamentalists in India but it also feeds anti-Muslim> sentiments that are being stoked globally in a post-9/11 world.> "• We should act with caution when framing the attacks in Mumbai> as "India's 9/11." We express solidarity with those who lost loved> ones on 9/11, but are apprehensive about taking the analogy much> further. We do not want the Indian government to replicate the US's> responses nor engender the consequences thereof - neither in its> repressive domestic policy nor in the perpetration of acts of terror> in other parts of the globe.> "In the wake of this tragedy, we grieve those we lost and salute> those who gave their lives to save others. We stand in solidarity> with Mumbaikars and with those the world over who have been or> continue to be victims of terror in all its myriad forms.> > " Students in solidarity, University of Pennsylvania"> _________________________________________> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
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