[Reader-list] Real Face of Terrorist Yasin Malik

Fri Oct 24 15:43:51 IST 2008

My dear friend Sonia Jabbar. It was a Times Now News item on Internet; the
picture displayed; was self-explanatory and informative, so I decided to
share it with the List members. Anyways, Thanks for refreshing my memory
back into early 2007, when this terrorist Yasin Malik led your protest early
in the morning of Feb. 22nd at Jantar Mantar near CP. I believe it was the
same day; Yasin Malik chose to have a hunger strike, and was later seen
enjoying mutton with Kasuri; while the very same mother's you mentioned were
crying at the protest site. Nevertheless; it is certainly none of my
business. :-)

There is a lot of imagination which has resulted in your last e-mail; things
need to be much more clear. Let me clarify a few myself. We had no intention
to harm anybody; we merely had come to protest against a psychopath killer
Yasin Malik. This cowardly act of some "Delhi group' of yours which you
don't feel important to mention doesn't go in a good way.

We all stood their opposite your protest gathering; raising slogans against
Yasin Malik's presence. Despite our peaceful means; by your and those MP's
(other powers) orders we 15-25 youth were forced into a barracde by the ACP
of that area. Some of us were even beaten and arrested. Our crime was only
that we were holding the tri-clolour and raising slogans against a terrorist
peacefully. Some 300 Delhi Police Jawans and other para-military personnel
surrounded us there suddenly.

Early evening we ended our protest after Police released some of our
activists who were earlier arrested. We called it a day then itself; and
moved towards our respective homes. Late at night we received calls from
Media and Police; questioning us on the incident which took place at India
Gate. We had no information on it. Late into the night through some media
sources we came to know that "Shiv Sena" members had taken responsibility
into this incident.

We 'Kashmiri Pandits' don't believe in harming others physically, that is a
coward's sign. Yasin Malik being one of them who mindlessly raped, kidnapped
and killed hundreds of innocent Hindus in the valley which led to the exodus
of half a million souls. He didn't even leave IAF personnel and killed them
on a bus stop; not to mention how he killed Kashmiri Muslim women; just
because they were close to Kashmiri Pandits. If you still want to blame us
and that makes you happy, I won't stop you. You can live with your
imagination friend :-)

I wonder, how could you organise such a public gathering; with a terrorist
being a part of such act. I'm sure you must have thought a thousand times
before such a drastic step.

Also, How do you question our right to protest? Do you just always have a
problem with RIK protesting against your friend Terrorist Yasin Malik? Why
shouldn't we protest?

Later, days after this event, a journalist believed to be close to JKLF Gang
members, sent me a threatening e-mail; questioning my right to protest that
very day. I need not mention more or else they might just harm me.

Similarly, you mentioned about the Amnesty International event at Siri Fort.
I don't know who briefed you about our protest; surely he/she didn't know
the facts in totality. The protest was organised against the biased
reporting conducted by Amnesty International India; on the occasion of 60th
Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I don't understand
where "Sonia Jabbar" or her clicked photographs come in picture here. They
must have been in some corner inside; that was none of our business; we were
outside the auditorium; silently protesting. If you still have some doubts;
please visit the following link which has photographs, details and even
media cuttings of the event : -
http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/01/kashmiri-pandits-protest-against.html

I hope I've answered all your questions at length. I won't ask for any
apology from you; this propaganda has become a trend now which we face on
and off. Just to tease 'Kashmiri Pandit Community' which has constantly
lived under the threat of terrorist organisation JKLF; a terrorist Yasin
Malik is time and again flown to New Delhi given all 5-star treatment, and
put in front of media glare as an Icon. Shame on those who glorify such
killers and then say we sympathise with the victims. Understand the
difference between a 'victim' and a 'terrorist'.

I sympathise with you Sonia; of whatever pain you suffered at India Gate. It
was a cowardly act and unfortunate. However, this is the least one could
suffer after encouraging a terrorist openly and further justifying his acts.
I for sure cannot take your e-mail so casually, where you openly mention of
supporting a terrorist. Why ?

I welcome your support for Pandits. But, Sonia let me inform you, inviting
this bloody terrorist Yasin Malik'; would be indirectly inviting 'Roots In
Kashmir' always. Please don't compare a terrorist with "an entire community'
which was thrown out of the valley at gun point. Its strange and sad; why
you don't stand up and raise your voice against the dastardly acts of
terrorism committed by Yasin Malik and his gang ? I dare you to campaign for
this.

Its easy to write hundreds of words for such a person; but it is difficult
to stand hand in hand with a 'minority' for Justice. Its been 18 years now,
Sonia.

In exile,

Aditya Raj Kaul

On 10/24/08, S. Jabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I thank Aditya Raj Kaul for posting the link with the photograph of Yasin
> Malik's paint spattered face.  Now I'm pretty convinced it was his
> handiwork, despite Roots-in-Kashmir swearing to me that none of them had
> anything to do with the attack on my car.
>
> I said it then and I will say it again-- now publicly-- the attack was
> cowardly and despicable and that Aditya still chooses to snigger about it a
> year and a half later is shameful.
>
> For those on the List who are unaware, here is what happened:
>
> In Feb. 2007 the mothers and wives of the victims of enforced
> disappearances
> in Kashmir, a group of about 60, came for a public hearing at Jantar
> Mantar.
> The event was organised by a group of Delhi based citizens, myself
> included.
> Yasin Malik and some other separatist leaders lent support to the event.
>
> It was a day-long event where woman after woman appealed to the conscience
> of India.  Their message was simple: we don't want jobs or compensation,
> just tell us if our children are dead or alive.  If they are alive allow us
> to meet them, if they are dead, tell us so we can arrange for their last
> rites and bury forever the hopes and fears that have tortured us for years.
>
> Instead of reaching out to these women-- a few who had only just exhumed
> their loved ones at an unmarked grave in Ganderbal the week before--  and
> making common cause with them, Roots-in-Kashmir decided to hold a noisy
> protest across the street.
>
> Why? Simply because Yasin Malik, Sajad Lone and Syed Ali Shah Geelani had
> arrived to express solidarity.  FYI invitations were sent out to all MPs
> across party lines, and none besides Nirmala Deshpande came to the public
> event. Had a few decided to express solidarity I wonder what
> Roots-in-Kashmir would have done.  It was shameful to see old women weeping
> and begging to be told the truth while a group of angry young Kashmiri
> Pandits screamed and hurled invectives from across the street.
>
> That evening after the event we decided to proceed to the India Gate lawns
> just so the women could relax for a bit before returning to the guesthouse
> for the night.  The bus was full so Yasin got into my car.  As I turned at
> the Meridien circle, something burst against my dashboard and half blinded
> me.  I braked instinctively. When at last I had managed to wash the muck
> out
> of my eye and mouth from the bottle of water in the car, I saw that the
> plastic bag full of some ghastly, indelible ink, which was obviously meant
> for Yasin Malik had missed its target, splashing his cheek insignificantly.
> Whereas, like most terror attacks, I was the victim, the collateral damage.
> The irony was not lost on me.
>
> My eye watered for the next 24 hours despite medication.  It took more than
> a week for ink to fade from my skin.  My clothes were ruined forever and
> had
> to be discarded.  My car still carries dark stains as fresh as the day of
> the attack despite repeated efforts by the garage. But I was grateful to
> have gotten off lightly. Had I been driving a little faster I knew I could
> have crashed into the circle or into another car.
>
> I cannot take Aditya's post lightly.  Roots in Kashmir, of which Aditya is
> a
> member, has never apologized for the action.  Of course they will say how
> can we apologize for something we didn't do.  Indeed you cannot, and I have
> no proof that it was you or some other cowardly group, but Aditya betrayed
> his gleeful approval of the event and this is what I question now.
>
> I also question the decision of Roots in Kashmir to hold a protest at the
> Amnesty photography show earlier this year.  I was not present but heard
> about it later.  Since the only photographs in the large group show that
> had
> to do with Kashmir were my photographs on enforced disappearances I assume
> the protest was directed either at me and my work, or the victims of
> enforced disappearances.  Why is it that Roots could not countenance the
> exhibition, why did they want to shut me up? Was the work a pack of lies,
> was it propaganda? Or does RIK have a problem with work that denounces
> State
> terrorism?
>
> As someone who has for years extended support to Pandits who were targeted
> in the early '90s, I find it both amusing and sad that a group of Pandits
> find it intolerable when I extend similar support to other victims of
> violence in Kashmir. I can only say you damage your own cause by this
> attitude: if you cannot find it within you to identify with the pain of
> others, you will find it increasingly difficult to find others to identify
> with yours.
>
>
> Sonia Jabbar
>
>
> > From: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:11:11 +0530
> > To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] Real Face of Terrorist Yasin Malik
>
> >
> > The real face of Terrorist Yasin Malik :-) ...lol
>
> check here -
> > http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=19235
>
> --
> Aditya Raj
> > Kaul
>
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Aditya Raj Kaul

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