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[Pawan Durani]

Aarti,

This list belongs as much to me as it does to any leftist from JNU.

When would i hear you sing ?

Pawan






On 11/4/08, Aarti Sethi <aarti.sethi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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