[Reader-list] 'Kashmiri Pandits should be the ones running Amarnath Board'

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

Stop playing with my (journalistic) sentiments

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shivam ,
>
> grow up ..... whom are you trying to befool . If you do not know a thing
> about Kashmir , please stop acting an expert.
>
> Are you even aware that it was PDP who did not allow passage of protection
> of  temples in Kashmir bill ..... in the assembly..
>
> Shivam , you re suffering from a Stokholm syndrome.
>
> Grow up...... your talk of communal harmony in Kashmir can be best described
> as "idiotic"
>
> Stop playing with our sentiments.
>
>
> Pawan
>
>
>
> On 7/3/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> LOL - ROFL
>>
>> Its just too funny.
>>
>> On 7/3/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > This is my third day in Srinagar and following the Delhi media on the
>> > internet, it seems to me that not much has come out about the stand
>> > taken by Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs who reside in the Valley. They
>> > were supporting the demand to revoke the land transfer order! A
>> > demonstration by Sikh leaders here was stopped by the police, but
>> > demonstrations by Pandits in Jammu and Delhi, who always complain of
>> > being ignored by the media, have been duly highlighted. This imbalance
>> > is also reflected on the Reader-List.
>> >
>> > If anyone's voice is being marginalised in the media discourse, it is
>> > that of communal harmony from the Valley, that of Sikhs and Pandits...
>> > here is one report I found in that direction. Will post more.
>> >
>> > best
>> > shivam
>> >
>> > o o o
>> >
>> > Keep politicians out of shrine board: PDP leader
>> >
>> > http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136527
>> >
>> > Senior PDP leader, Dr Roop Lal Sharma has advised that Shri Amarnath
>> > Shrine Board affairs be handled by top journalists, lawyers, social
>> > activists from Kashmiri Pandit community. He stressed that politicians
>> > must be kept away from the Board..
>> >
>> > SENIOR PEOPLE'S Democratic Party (PDP) leader Dr Roop Lal Sharma has
>> > expressed serious concern over the developments in Jammu and Kashmir
>> > pertaining to the controversy on land transfer to Shri Amarnath Shrine
>> > Board (SASB) and has demanded handing over of the Board to Kashmiri
>> > Pandits for management.
>> >
>> > In a statement issued in Jammu, Dr Sharma has said that the
>> > controversy has given a bad name to the state adding, it does not
>> > augur well for the secular character of the state and the government
>> > should act fast to resolve the issue before it snowballs into a major
>> > communal flare-up.
>> >
>> > Dr Sharma has said that Amarnath shrine belongs to state, particularly
>> > Kashmiri Pandits, who are the original inhabitants of the state and
>> > the local population of the area, who had been managing the affairs of
>> > the shrine for the past many decades.
>> >
>> > He said that only Kashmiri Pandits have the right to manage the
>> > affairs of the shrine besides, the local population of Maliks of
>> > Batkote so that the 'yatra' (pilgrimage) is not communalised by some
>> > vested interests in the administration.
>> >
>> > Dr Sharma has also warned the communal elements within the Hindu and
>> > the Muslim societies to refrain from giving the 'yatra' a communal
>> > colour and has condemned the attack on tourists in Kashmir besides,
>> > killing of a Kashmiri youth in the police firing in Kashmir.
>> >
>> > Elaborating further, Dr Sharma said that the affairs of the shrine
>> > should be entrusted to select Kashmiri Pandits comprising known
>> > journalists, lawyers and known social activists adding, the political
>> > class should be kept at an arms length from the board.
>> >
>> > Dr Sharma also said that even Kashmiri Pandit leaders, who are
>> > affiliated to various groups should be consulted but not given the
>> > reins because that will further divide the community, thus harming the
>> > interests
>> >
>> > Hailing the futuristic vision of the PDP patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed for
>> > suggesting the handing over of the shrine to Kashmiri Pandits, Dr
>> > Sharma said that the government must act fast on his suggestion
>> > considering the fact that Sayeed has always proven right in his
>> > assessment of the situations.
>> >
>> > Dr Sharma has also called for an end to violence and asked Muslim
>> > brethren not to fall prey to some over zealous communalists who were
>> > vitiating the secular character of Kashmiris, thereby damaging the
>> > reputation the world over.
>> >
>> > He said such incidents would take the situation back to 1990s, thus
>> > causing immense damage to the economy of the Kashmiris.
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