[Reader-list] Amarnath row reignites Azadi sentiments

[inder salim]

dear pawan ji

it looks u are interested in the GRASS only

i too once had a deep facination of the grass, but time move and i see
there are other things too which can intoxicate

love

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:03 PM, inder salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
> now POLITICALLY, i see, THERE IS A DEEP MISTRUST BETWEEN HINDUS AND
> MUSLIMS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND YET THERE IS SO MUCH OF TRADE,
> FRIENDSHIP AND HARMONEY AT THE GRASS ROOT LEVEL...but politics seems
> to win in the ends, sadly....
>
> now since this sharp divide has come to the fore, i find this an
> opportunity to doubt the existence of the God.... i dont personally
> want a debate on that.... but we can atleast behaves like SCEPTICS...
> that might perhaps give us a chance to realize the minds of saints
> poets and wise people in the past and in the present...if that had not
> happened they too might not have been there..... even prophets and
> gods have come to to earth because they had the courage to doubt ...
>
> i guess it is this doubt that gives us the idea of universal love....
> strong belief in this or that might finally harm our own undertanding
> of the self...
>
> choice is ours
>
> with love
> inder salim
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
>> And the Jammu news doesnt appeal to the born slaves.
>>
>> On 7/3/08, Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Shivam,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your reports from the valley. They help us get a
>>> clearer image of the situation and what people are thinking and saying.
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> Shuddha
>>> On 03-Jul-08, at 8:33 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote:
>>>
>>> > [As published this morning]
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Amarnath row reignites azadi sentiment
>>> >
>>> > Shivam Vij / Srinagar
>>> > Sakaal Times / 3 July
>>> > http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The writing on the wall is clear: The Kashmiri demand for independence
>>> > from India is not over yet. Separatist leaders and commoners alike
>>> > have hailed the withdrawal of the land transfer order as the victory
>>> > of the Kashmiri people and called to revitalise the azadi movement.
>>> >
>>> > This is clearly a turning point in the 20-year-old militant struggle.
>>> > There is also talk of boycotting the coming assembly polls and
>>> > reunification of the two factions of the Hurriyat Conference. The mood
>>> > was reflected in every local daily's frontpage headlines. PEOPLE WIN,
>>> > said Greater Kashmir. Kashmir Savours Victory, said the Kashmir
>>> > Observer. Kashmir win, said Amroze Kashmir. VICTORY! said Etalaat.
>>> > People win, Order revoked, said Kashmir Monitor.
>>> >
>>> > The emphasis that it was a people's agitation rather than one of
>>> > leaders is shared by everyone. The sentiment is shared by every taxi
>>> > driver, shopkeeper, houseboat-owner, journalist — too widespread
>>> > to be
>>> > brushed away as anybody's political gimmick. The agitation was lead by
>>> > the ACALT committee which had, apart from Hurriyat leaders, apolitical
>>> > religious leaders, representatives from trade and transporters'
>>> > organisation's, the Kashmir Chambers of Commerce and the Bar Council.
>>> >
>>> > Vehement support was given by the Valley's Sikhs and most Kashmiri
>>> > Pandit organisations as well. The biggest winner is Hurriyat leader
>>> > Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was the first to begin mobilising the
>>> > public with a signature campaign. In a press conference on Wednesday,
>>> > he emphasised: "This punctures New Delhi's theory that our movement is
>>> > standing on Pakistani support," he said, adding, "did you see a single
>>> > agitator using violence?" "The movement lives on in the hearts and
>>> > minds of the people," he told Sakaal Times.
>>> >
>>> > The relatively smooth rule of the PDP-Congress coalition and the
>>> > decline in militancy had led observers to believe that people's
>>> > participation in polls could increase. "Nobody will vote now," said
>>> > Etalaat editor Zahiruddin. In fact NC's Omar Abdullah is believed to
>>> > have said as much to the NSA in his meeting with him in Delhi.
>>> >
>>> > "Mainstream politicians in the Valley who believed the movement was on
>>> > its deathbed have got a rude jolt," he said. "This is very unpleasant
>>> > for the Indian government and intelligence agencies who were already
>>> > talking of a postconflict scenario," says human rights activist Parvez
>>> > Imroz.
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