[Reader-list] "We were mute spectators"-Omar Abdullah

[Partha Dasgupta]

Hi,

1.    I find it extremely strange that Pawan object to a post of the text of
the message
       by Nitesh on something as vague as asking him for a 'true ID' and
then heralding
       a glitzy part cover by Times Now as a post.

2.    I object to the post as it does not provide the full post of the
message and instead
       a part of the message and is covered by the journo's own stance
without any extra
       information to justify the cross post.

3.   If it was in thread / response of the same topic, why another post?
      Unless it's necessary to be seen as an originator?

Rgds, Partha
............................

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:58 PM, rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com> wrote:

> Partha,
>
> How much unsettled are you by Omar's comments is reflected in the two
> sentences you have written.
> Havent there been many posts from different newspapers/magazines on the
> various issues.Why did that not irk you I wonder.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Rashneek
>
> On 5/16/08, Partha Dasgupta <parthaekka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think that the bare bones text of the message is far better than the
>> Times
>> Now report.
>>
>> Also, don't see the point of this post when the main text of the statement
>> was in the list earlier by Nitesh.
>>
>> Rgds, Partha
>> .........................................
>>
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Reality Unfolding :-)
>> >
>> > Sarai members, what say ?
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5/16/08, rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > *A Times Now Report by Mir Fareed
>> > > *Two decades after the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley,
>> > National
>> > > conference President Omar Abdullah has spoken up, saying that Muslims
>> > > including him shouldn't have been mute spectators during the exodus.
>> > >
>> > > "It is a fact that the majority of us - and I include myself in it -
>> the
>> > > majority of us Kashmiris remained mute spectators when the Kashmiri
>> > Pandits
>> > > left. And even though now we may want to talk about their return, at
>> that
>> > > time perhaps we did not do as much as should have been done," said
>> Omar
>> > on
>> > > Thursday (May 15).
>> > >
>> > > While the timing of his statement is questionable, what cannot be
>> > > discounted
>> > > is the fact that this is the first time a mainstream Kashmiri
>> politician
>> > > has
>> > > spoken so strongly about the plight of  Kashmiri Pandits.
>> > >
>> > > Whether it's Rajya Sabha ticket that Omar is eyeing or a sudden prick
>> of
>> > > consience, the feeling of being refugees in their own country is not a
>> > one
>> > > that the Pandits are likely to forget soon.
>> > >
>> > > At the height of militancy in Jammu & Kashmir in 1990, propaganda from
>> > > Pakistan laced with the militancy of the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation
>> front
>> > > forced lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits out the valley leaving thousands
>> > homeless,
>> > > and forcing them into exile.
>> > >
>> > > In his statement, which first appeared on his blog, Omar Abdullah even
>> > > chatises himself for not speaking up on the genocide, lamenting the
>> fact
>> > > that none of them stood up and had the courage to say the atrocities
>> must
>> > > stop.
>> > >
>> > > "It's so easy to say that we"ll lay down our lives to bring Kashmiri
>> > > Pandits
>> > > back to the valley and I appreciate the sentiment. Pity that sentiment
>> > was
>> > > missing when our mosques were being used to drive these people out.
>> None
>> > of
>> > > us said this is wrong and the Kashmiri Pandits had every right to
>> > continue
>> > > living in the valley. We were mute spectators either mute in agreement
>> or
>> > > mute in abject fear, but mute none the less," he writes.
>> > >
>> > > While this is the first time a mainstream Kashmiri politician has
>> spoken
>> > so
>> > > strongly on the plight of these Kashmiri Pandits, Omar's sentiments
>> will
>> > > not
>> > > make the Kashmiri Pandits forget the feeling of being refugees in
>> their
>> > own
>> > > country, just yet.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Rashneek Kher
>> > > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
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