[Reader-list] Amarnath row reignites Azadi sentiments

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

> And the Jammu news doesnt appeal to the born slaves.

as in, who? do clarify
best
shivam

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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