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

radhikarajen at vsnl.net radhikarajen at vsnl.net
Sat Jul 5 13:19:55 IST 2008 

Hi, Shivam,

    your partisan perspectives supporting the separatists and the PDP are making very interesting read materials. For one, it was not necessary to "give" land to shrine board in the first place as the yatris used it only during the yatra which started in early period for 15 days, commercial gains made it for extension to sixty days of the yatra.

   Moot issue is why PDP and Congress thought of "giving " land to shrine board. ! Apart from eco degradation that happens all the while for roads, construction of hospitality centres, even dal lake is not in its pristine form any more. After the drama of "Giving" the land with an eye for electoral gains in the rest of the nation, PDP suddenly realised that it is the best tool to garner votes of kashmiris by isolating Congress, as PDP has no presence any where else in the nation. The love between separatists and PDP is well documented as Muftis misadventures are , as his one daughter is in UAE safekeeping his loot, the other daughter is suddenly in poll mode and all this is gimmick of PDP and Congress to cater to the vote banks, you are good in your work as "journalist" and ofcourse your next post you can have a pre poll survey also like your colleague Yogendra. ?

   After "giving" the land what was the urgent need to take it back, is it not the feel of getting lost in the votebanks of Kashmir for Congress, with blame games on governors. ? We indians are real experts in blame game, and we are never responsible but are all others are responsible for our ignorance. !

  Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com>
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008 12:09 pm
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] 'Kashmiri Pandits should be the ones	runningAmarnath Board'
To: Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
Cc: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>

> Not yet
> 
> 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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