[Reader-list] Real Face of Terrorist Yasin Malik

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Syed bhai,

I had no intention to terrorise you, my friend Sonia or anybody on this list
for that matter. I just put forth my honest opinion.

If you got so terrified and threatned by mere one line in my e-mail; I'm
sure you can imagine what happened to thousands of people when Yasin Malik
and his gang members shuddered bullets into innocent people of Kashmir; for
just no reason. The insane Yasin Malik calls this freedom struggle. What
kind of freedom is this; where he openly kills anyone in broad day-light ?

There isa wide difference between us 'Kashmiri Pandits' and the
'terrorists'. We don't speak of ruling Kashmir. They do; they want to carve
out an Islamic State - Nizam-e-Mustama. We are happy Indians as always and
don't suffer from hypocritic mentality of these 'terrorists' who want to
eliminate the 'minority'.

Future of Kashmir is dark till figures like Yasin Malik roam free and enjoy
the cream from all areas. Lets make present better.

Thanks
Aditya Raj Kaul

On 10/24/08, Syed Yunus <delhi.yunus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Aditya,
>
> I found your reply threatening & terrorising Sonia jabbar for not speaking
> for you & your cause,
>
> qoating you
>
> "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."
>
> to clarify my stand  im not a fan of Yaseen Malik, or any other person whom
> you call terrorist.
>
> also I was wondering what would happen when you or other kashmiri young
> leaders will rule the kashmir, i mean certainly there must be some thoughts
> about the future of kashmir & its people, there is lot to do after
> intimidating & terrorising people.
>
> best,
>
> Yunus
>
> On 10/24/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> >
>> > Campaign Blog: http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/
>> > Personal Blog:
>> > > http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/
>> >
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