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

[S. Jabbar]

Uhhmm excuse me you guys... Either join the thugs on the streets and resort
to breaking each other's bones with sticks & stones or please spare us your
words, because it's really starting to hurt me, or my mailbox at any rate.
Kindly stop pressing the send all reply button and stick to reply to sender
only if you're going to carry on in this childish fashion.  And no I don't
want a reply to this either, thank you.
Have a good & pleasant weekend.
sj


On 7/5/08 12:06 PM, "Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्" <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:

> But Aditya is the one laughing!

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Pawan Durani
> <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> You need it.
>
> On 7/5/08, Shivam Vij शिवम्
> विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>>
>> Laughter is the best medicine.
>>
>> On
> Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:58 PM, 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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