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[Aarti Sethi]

Dear Kirdar,

With all due respect, I honestly have nothing to prove to anybody
least all of all to the swarms of suffering KPs that populate this
list. I do not see why i should denounce this or that, make statements
in favour of this or that. I have been called terrorist-sympathizer
and much worse on this list, it bothers me not in the least. I am not
a public person, I do not hold public office, I am not a leader of any
movement, no one's life or work depends on me. I have therefore not
taken any thekka to pledge my support for the cause of the day. I
write about what I feel like and respond to what I feel like.

Unlike Aditya and Pawan who seem to suffer from a form of what could
be called "social Tourette's syndrome" (look it up kids), and need
constant and ever-increasing affirmation of their worth by thrusting
their wounded battered selves into our weary consciousnesses, I have
no such insecurities and fantasies.

I appreciate your attempting to resolve this, but you will soon
realise that the wounds on poor Aditya and Pawan are about the size of
a meteor's crater which mere human intervention can never hope to
fill. We would need Lord Krishna himself to chuck an inverted
Govardhan in as band-aid.

Good luck in your ministering efforts regardless.

best
Aarti

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Kirdar <kirdarsingh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Pawan, since I am making an effort to bring some reconciliation
> between differing viewpoints, I am taking a liberty to forward your
> private mail to the list.
>
> Dear Shuddha, Aarti, Shivam etc. I agree with whatever you folks say,
> but I think what is needed here is a simple submission that you
> denounce "Muslim" militancy in Kashmir. It won't cost much. I know you
> do denounce it obviously, but you are not saying it in so many words
> because the situation is much more complicated - people on both sides
> have been affected equally badly - Kashmiri Pundits are not the only
> victimized people on earth. But their persistent irritation on this
> list has left such bad taste in your mouth that you don't feel upto
> helping their cause any way.
>
> But I request all of you to stop doubting each other's intentions, and
> come down to discussing practical ways of resolving our issues. I have
> decided to judge each day what sort of emails you folks forward (even
> news items such as "Islamic justice" and so on) to see whether you are
> interested in genuine resolution of issues or simply mud-slinging. Let
> the readers of this list judge what is your purpose in life.
>
> Jai myself/thyself
>
> Kirdar
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
>> kirdar,
>>
>> when I having been so deeply involved in kashmir issue try to prove a
>> point u necessarily don't need to agree with me,for various reasons .
>>
>> shuddha is a character whom only victims of kashmir issue and islamic
>> terrorism can identify..
>>
>> till date this loose canon has not written a word against evident
>> islamic terrorism terrorism .
>>
>> I know where he is coming from and trust he wud repent if god forbid
>> he suffers because  of it.
>>
>> Pawan durani
>> jai maharashtra jai hind jai panun kashmir issue
>>
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