[Reader-list] Are these humans nationalists?

[Asit asitreds]

lets not communalise the kashmir scene with talking about pandits and
muslims what is imporatnt is kasmiriyat ant the national liberation of
kashmir it is a occcupied territory of both pakistan and india we make a big
scene about pandits what about thousands of kasmiri youth killed by the
indian army the tortures the rapes and the natinal indignination of kasmir
its not a question of hindus or muslims but the colonisation of kasmir by
india and pakistan

asit


On 1/20/08, radhikarajen at vsnl.net <radhikarajen at vsnl.net> wrote:
>
> 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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