[Reader-list] Amarnath row reignites Azadi sentiments

[Pawan Durani]

And the Jammu news doesnt appeal to the born slaves.

On 7/3/08, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Shivam,
>
> Thank you for your reports from the valley. They help us get a
> clearer image of the situation and what people are thinking and saying.
>
> best
>
> Shuddha
> On 03-Jul-08, at 8:33 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote:
>
> > [As published this morning]
> >
> >
> > Amarnath row reignites azadi sentiment
> >
> > Shivam Vij / Srinagar
> > Sakaal Times / 3 July
> > http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com
> >
> >
> > The writing on the wall is clear: The Kashmiri demand for independence
> > from India is not over yet. Separatist leaders and commoners alike
> > have hailed the withdrawal of the land transfer order as the victory
> > of the Kashmiri people and called to revitalise the azadi movement.
> >
> > This is clearly a turning point in the 20-year-old militant struggle.
> > There is also talk of boycotting the coming assembly polls and
> > reunification of the two factions of the Hurriyat Conference. The mood
> > was reflected in every local daily's frontpage headlines. PEOPLE WIN,
> > said Greater Kashmir. Kashmir Savours Victory, said the Kashmir
> > Observer. Kashmir win, said Amroze Kashmir. VICTORY! said Etalaat.
> > People win, Order revoked, said Kashmir Monitor.
> >
> > The emphasis that it was a people's agitation rather than one of
> > leaders is shared by everyone. The sentiment is shared by every taxi
> > driver, shopkeeper, houseboat-owner, journalist — too widespread
> > to be
> > brushed away as anybody's political gimmick. The agitation was lead by
> > the ACALT committee which had, apart from Hurriyat leaders, apolitical
> > religious leaders, representatives from trade and transporters'
> > organisation's, the Kashmir Chambers of Commerce and the Bar Council.
> >
> > Vehement support was given by the Valley's Sikhs and most Kashmiri
> > Pandit organisations as well. The biggest winner is Hurriyat leader
> > Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was the first to begin mobilising the
> > public with a signature campaign. In a press conference on Wednesday,
> > he emphasised: "This punctures New Delhi's theory that our movement is
> > standing on Pakistani support," he said, adding, "did you see a single
> > agitator using violence?" "The movement lives on in the hearts and
> > minds of the people," he told Sakaal Times.
> >
> > The relatively smooth rule of the PDP-Congress coalition and the
> > decline in militancy had led observers to believe that people's
> > participation in polls could increase. "Nobody will vote now," said
> > Etalaat editor Zahiruddin. In fact NC's Omar Abdullah is believed to
> > have said as much to the NSA in his meeting with him in Delhi.
> >
> > "Mainstream politicians in the Valley who believed the movement was on
> > its deathbed have got a rude jolt," he said. "This is very unpleasant
> > for the Indian government and intelligence agencies who were already
> > talking of a postconflict scenario," says human rights activist Parvez
> > Imroz.
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