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

[Pawan Durani]

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On 7/5/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> 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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