[Reader-list] Fwd: If Pakistan bans JuD, we should demand banning of saffron outfits

[Lalit Ambardar]

You have missed on the most turbulent 1989-90 period. It was then the pan Islamism inspired terrorism raised its ugly head in Kashmir when indoctrinated; trained & armed with lethal AK47s Kashmiri Muslim separatists along with the other mercenaries were inducted in to Kashmir & the minority Hindu Pandits were subjected to ethnic cleansing in the valley.
 
 And for information, please, the ousted Hindu Pandits continue to live in exile as refugees in their own country. It is a different matter that the civil society has chosen to remain silent about it & that is sad.
Regards all
LA> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:27:05 +0530> From: prem.cnt at gmail.com> To: javedmasoo at gmail.com> CC: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Fwd: If Pakistan bans JuD, we should demand banning of saffron outfits> > Is it not important to differentiate between banning an organisation versus> recognising the importance of the due process of law? If someone has> committed a crime of terrorism (or any other crime for that matter), then we> should have the legal system to ensure that the person is prosecuted and> punished after receiving a fair trial. It is our unwillingness to insist on> a proper standard here that is the problem. Perhaps in one sense we have> set a reasonable standard in the fact that we are also prosecuting the> terrorism of the majority community, as in the Malegaon case (and let us> also remember that according to due process of law the accused must be> presumed innocent until proven guilty). But that is one case, and there are> too many other cases where we have just looked the other way. Raj> Thackeray's recent antics in Mumbai, the 2002 riots in Gujarat, the 1992/93> riots in Mumbai, the Babri Masjid demolition, the 1984 Delhi riots: all> these incidents and more are cases of violent actions that are blatantly> illegal, done in full public view and largely captured by cameras. Yet we> do not have a will to prosecute the perpetrators. We do not seem to be> bothered by the fact that there has been little attempt to upgrade the> judicial apparatus to deal with the large volumes of cases. We seem to have> accepted the pervasive corruption that impedes any significant> professionalism and public accountability in governance. We do not make a> noise about a largely unprofessional and politicised police force that> routinely indulges in preventive detention and custodial torture. We do not> make a noise about the poor standard of human rights embodied by the Indian> state, particularly in dealing with insurgency in Kashmir, the North East> and in parts of central India.> > If we bypass these systemic issues and jump immediately into passing> judgement, then we get trapped in the endless subjectivies foregrounded in> this discussion thread so far, and many other discussions on this list.> Perhaps we would be better served if all the members of this list> collectively resolved to refrain from passing judgement, and instead devoted> effort towards broader systemic issues such as the standards of inclusive> ethics and justice that should guide our actions, and the institutional and> political structures that we should demand to achieve this aim.> _________________________________________> 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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