[Reader-list] Are these humans nationalists?

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

Same is the case when Theesta and the likes with "secular" media claim "thousands of " muslims bucthered in Gujarath, but who bothers about truth when one can get saudi riyals to defend the traitors of the nation with highly paid "criminal" lawyers. ?
  In riot both hindus and muslims loose their beloved, many lives are lost, but this has origin in creating the Pakistan and then not encouraging the indian muslims to go the land and nation they created for faith, after promising to live in India like brothers to their society. ?

----- Original Message -----
From: Wali Arifi <waliarifi3 at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2008 11:58 pm
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Are these humans nationalists?
To: reader-list <reader-list at sarai.net>

> Dear all,
> 
> 
> 
> Last two decades of turbulence in Kashmir have taught us many 
> lessons. One
> being that there is always a tendency to exaggerate figures when 
> it comes to
> human loss.
> 
> 
> 
> But accuracy is always useful, and doesn't reduce the loss. In 
> fact accuracy
> adds to the dignity of those who have suffered the loss. In essence
> multiplying figures is reflective of a tendency to take refuge in 
> propagandaand cloth the truth with it.
> 
> 
> 
> Mr Durrani in his post has said: "….for killing of more than 3000 
> Kashmiripandits. Not to talk of rape and arson against this 
> community."
> 
> 
> I wonder where this figure of "3000" has come from? What is Mr Durrani
> trying to prove or achieve by multiplying the number of killings? 
> Is he
> helping the community by exaggerating the figure?
> 
> 
> 
> According to the Jammu and Kashmir government, 208 Kashmiri 
> pandits were
> killed in the state from 1990 to 2006.
> 
> 
> 
> It has to be understood that multiplying figures is dangerously
> counterproductive for those who call themselves as the champions and
> custodians of the interest of Kashmiri Pandits. Forget about the 
> use of
> words like genocide, holocaust, pogrom, ethnic cleansing and so on...
> 
> 
> 
> Kashmir's history will be written by those who have dreamed of a 'just
> Kashmir'.
> 
> 
> 
> Let it be asked to Mr Durrani... Is he writing history, or trying 
> to create
> it to suite a program that translates 'democracy' into what it has 
> actuallybeen in all practice... **Majoritarianism.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wali
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