[Reader-list] Solving Amarnath: New Hope in Kashmir

Aditya Raj Kaul kauladityaraj at gmail.com
Wed Jul 2 23:24:29 IST 2008


Murtaza and Inder are both just too dumb or are just trying to portray as
too ignorant.
What the Common Citizens of Jammu and outskirt areas have done; is being
termed as "communal". It seems, rights, justice etc. all terms are only
relevant for Muslims.

Its sad to see the role of Govt. who have declared curfew in Jammu; while
they helped in burning Kashmir from all sides. Its surely a plan to crush
the protests of the silent majority.

Yesterday, Sajad Lone in a TV Interview said, "Its our VICTORY in Kashmir".
How chilish could he get on National Television. People get killed, communal
tension on rise in Kashmir etc. and he says its a victory. Firecrackers were
on in Kashmir yesterday late evening.

However, Its surprising to see on the other hand that many NC, Congress and
especially PDP Leaders from Jammu have been silently taking part in the
protests against the Government.

Media ofcourse has been blocking a lot of News from Jammu. Its very tense
especially in areas dominated with Kashmiri Hindus including Camps like
Muthi and Nagrota etc. Its strange by Police has only been firing in areas
of Kashmiri Hindus like Muthi. More than 100 people are injured there.

Today a temple was attacked and grenade was thrown by terrorists on a rally
protesting against revocation of Land Transfer. 15 People including a CRPF
Jawan are believed to be seriously injured in it. It only shows the
mentality of the religious fundamentalists of the valley. And, proves where
the fuel for fire was coming from in the valley.

Governmnet of India has shown its impotency on ths issue already. And, still
remains mute spectator.

Fundamentalism is on rise by anti-national forces in the valley. Its a wake
up call before it engulfs the rest of the country. The likes of Inder would
continue their Secularism till they find themselves trapped in the violenet
and bloody cause they supported.

The Muslims Moderates have been subjected to house arrest by harliners in
the valley. It only proves the great divide in the valley.

Best...

Aditya Raj Kaul

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rahul Asthana <rahul_capri at yahoo.com>
Date: Jul 2, 2008 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Solving Amarnath: New Hope in Kashmir
To: reader-list at sarai.net, inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com>

Inder,
Yes, of course, and then we can all ponder in leisure why BJP is making a
communal issue of what is essentially environmental vigilantism;and also
hope that BJP's communal politics will be diffused by calling it "real
threat" and its politics "fraudulent" etc..
You have my best wishes.

- --- On Wed, 7/2/08, inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Solving Amarnath: New Hope in Kashmir
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
> Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 4:48 PM
> now, the real threat is BJP
> which is trying its best to manufacture Ayodhya like crises
> for a
> fradulent return to
> power
>
>
>
> On 7/2/08, Kashmir Affairs <kashaffairs at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Solving
> > Amarnath: A New Hope in Kashmir
> >
> >
> > Murtaza
> > Shibli
> >
> >
> > [www.kashmiraffairs.org]
> >
> >
> >
> > The bold decision of the Congress government
> > led by Ghulam Nabi Azad in Srinagar must be commended.
> By revoking the land
> > order to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) that
> was illegal at the first
> > place, Azad has not only shown great courage and
> decision making skills to deal
> > with a crisis that was spiralling out of control, a la
> 1990, but also taken
> > both the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the
> fledgling separatist movement of
> > the Hurriyat Conference off the guard, who were using
> the land issue to
> > manipulate public mind. Though the order came late; it
> has, however, not only
> > diffused the crisis, but also shown for the first time
> in recent decades, that a
> > crisis in Kashmir could be solved through bold and
> timely political action. It
> > also demonstrates to the Kashmiris that by resorting
> to non-violent action,
> > there is a room for manoeuvre and things can be
> changed through peaceful means.
> > Baring few incidents of stone pelting and burning of
> tyres, the massive
> > demonstrations were totally peaceful, without any
> involvement of the militant
> > groups, and without any communal flavour despite
> propaganda by various quarters
> > including mainstream Indian media. Sadly, the state
> response was not that peaceful;
> > five innocent lives were lost during the ten day
> demonstrations. However, by
> > Kashmiri standards, it could be classified as measured
> and therefore a change
> > from previous years, when the paramilitary forces
> would kill dozens on small or
> > no provocations. Incidentally, this is first such
> massive crisis in the last
> > two decades that has been solved peacefully and
> decisively, in public favour, taking
> > everyone by surprise.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Another very positive aspect that emerged
> > from this stand-off is that the Pakistani government
> maintained a studied
> > silence on the issue, thus not only keeping the spirit
> of reconciliation
> > between the two countries alive, but also showing
> maturity by not succumbing to
> > the pressure from the traditional hawkish elements
> within the establishment when
> > the temptation was real.  This also
> > prevented any wild claims within the Indian government
> or Hindu militants to
> > blame Pakistan for a role in the crisis. Though, the
> Pakistani silence
> > irritated the United Jihad Council chief Syed
> Salahudin, who called it as 'surprising',
> > it was in the right spirit of peace that the two
> countries have embarked upon.
> > Successful dealing of the crisis demonstrated that if
> the right and positive
> > decisions are taken, keeping in view the aspirations
> of the Kashmiri people, it
> > is possible to deal with crises without involving
> Pakistan. It also bought
> > another stark point to the fore – that Pakistan is
> not always involved in all
> > the crisis in Kashmir; a paranoia that has swept
> across the Indian
> > establishment and offers an alibi to the politicians
> and security establishment
> > for their systemic or judgemental failures or biases.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The peaceful outcome also shows that if the
> > promises and commitments are followed in the right
> spirit, there is a room for
> > massive improvement in the situation without employing
> more than half a million
> > troops and two dozen secret agencies.  If
> > the promises like 'zero tolerance for human rights
> violations' made by the
> > Prime Minister Manmohan Singh more than two years ago
> would have been observed,
> > the Kashmiri population would not have felt so
> distanced or disconnected from
> > the peace process that is now running in the fifth
> year. In addition, the economic
> > development of the Kashmir valley suffers massively
> either due to the massive
> > presence of the Army and paramilitary forces or the
> unspent millions that lye
> > wasted in the government coffers mainly due to the
> political rivalry between
> > the coalition partners – People's Democratic
> Party (PDP) and Congress; the
> > tussle added vitriol to fire caused by the current
> crisis, as the PDP tried to
> > capitalise on it despite being an equal partner in
> 'crime'.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a classic act of political opportunism, the
> > PDP that was part of the cabinet decision that allowed
> the illegal transfer of
> > land to the SASB, decided to withdraw the support and
> blame its coalition
> > partner Congress for the whole issue. Only days ago,
> Kashmir's Forest Minister,
> > Qazi Mohammad Afzal, who belongs to the PDP openly
> boasted about his role in
> > effecting the land transfer. But when the public
> reaction grew, the PDP not
> > only withdrew support, but also issued public
> statements that sounded like
> > racial epithets designed to inflame the public opinion
> and hence provoke and enlarge
> > the constituency of protests and violence.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The use of religion for political ends is not
> > new in south Asia. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the patron
> of PDP, has previously also
> > been accused of creating communal tensions for his
> electoral gains. In 1986,
> > during his time as Congress chief of Jammu and
> Kashmir, Mufti Sayeed allegedly engineered
> > communal riots against the Kashmiri Pandits in
> Anantnag district in which half
> > a dozen temples and homes of Hindus were damaged. This
> afforded Congress a
> > plausible reason to withdraw support from fledgling
> Ghulam Mohammad Shah government,
> > which was manufactured through defections from the
> National Conference at the
> > first place courtesy of Mufti Sayeed. Later, in 1990,
> when the massive public demonstrations
> > engulfed the Kashmir Valley, Mufti, as the Home
> Minister in the VP Singh government
> > deliberately sent Jagmohan as governor makingit
> difficult for Farooq Abdullah
> > government to function. Farooq resigned and Jagmohan
> got a free ride employing state
> > terror that gave rise to massive militancy – a
> phenomenon that still costs
> > lives in Kashmir. Perhaps Mufti Sayeed was wishing to
> witness the repeat of
> > 1990 to feed his insatiable desire for power, but the
> timely action by the Azad
> > government diffused the situation successfully,
> leaving him lost and vulnerable.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Buoyed by the success and free from the
> > fetters of PDP conditionality, the Azad government has
> a huge task ahead. The
> > winter capital of the state, Jammu, has been virtually
> taken over by the Hindu militant
> > groups who have been attacking the government
> buildings, offices of the
> > political parties and threatening economic blockade of
> the Kashmiri Valley. The
> > government should not only deal with situation wisely,
> but also make sure that
> > no anti-Kashmiri rhetoric or action is allowed that
> will feed into the agenda
> > of extremist vision of a civilisational clash. It is
> hoped that all the political
> > parties will discard electoral opportunism and mount
> joint efforts to initiate
> > serious peace efforts. The successful handling of
> Kashmir's current crisis
> > offers a hope and a chance for the Congress government
> at the Centre to build
> > on this bold decision and work towards a final and
> durable solution of the
> > problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > The writer is a security analyst based
> > in London. He is also editor of quarterly journal
> Kashmir Affairs and
> > webportal www.kashmiraffairs.org
> >
> >
> >
> __________________________________________________________
> > Not happy with your email address?.
> > Get the one you really want - millions of new email
> addresses available now at Yahoo!
> http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
> > _________________________________________
> > 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/>
>
>
> --
>
> http://indersalim.livejournal.com
> _________________________________________
> 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/>



_________________________________________
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/>


More information about the reader-list mailing list