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

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

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On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you joined Etalaat ?
>
> 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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