[Reader-list] one more Kashmiri Pundit email & I'll commit suicide

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Tapas
 
With what you have written, what is the difference between you and such voices who unthinkingly brand as "Anti-Hindu" or "Pseudo-secular" or "Islamists" etc those people who might talk about issues of Humanism?
 
Talking about Kashmiri Pandit issues does not automatically make a person a follower of the Hindutva agenda.
 
You might have a better appreciation of the "angst" shown on this List by KPs if instead of that idiotic term of 'migration' you see the reality of the Internal Displacement that took place.
 
You might better understand the frustrations when you recognise that a Unique Human Socio/Cultural/Religious Sub-Set, removed from the Land where it should exist for it's continuation and evolvement, is on the verge of extinction because of the Internal Displacemernt from it's nurturing environment.
 
I am always amazed that people who can be highly sensitive to various Displacements (Tribal, Forest etc) and sensitive to to sub-sets of species becoming extinct (Turtles, Deer, Tigers etc) have a completely different (contradictory and hypocritical) attitude if the 'on verge of extinction' Human Socio/Cultural/Religious Sub-Set of Kashmiri Pandits is brought to their notice.
 
I will be the first one to admit that the issues concerning Kashmiri Pandits are not presented in the most appealing manner. That does not take away from the seriousness of the issue. 
 
Kshmendra

--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Tapas Ray <tapasrayx at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Tapas Ray <tapasrayx at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] one more Kashmiri Pundit email & I'll commit suicide
To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 11:42 PM

Kirdar,

These people are simply using the migration issue to foist the Hindutva 
agenda on this list and to wreck it if they can't. So, I am afraid your 
logic will have no effect.

People who do this sort of thing, are not the kind this list is meant 
for. If they don't shape up, they will have to ship out - or be shipped 
out - eventually.

Tapas


Kirdar wrote:
> One more Kashmiri Pundit email on this list and I will commit suicide,
honestly.
> There are millions of people on this earth who have been tortured and
> displaced and raped and massacred by someone or the other, but life
> moves on, yaar.
> 
> I want to ask you folks: Because of your displacement from Kashmir,
> are you in physical pain right now? Are you starving? Are you living
> on footpaths? Are you living in flooded waters? Are you dying of
> cancer? Are you taunted and abused on the streets? Are your present
> houses being burnt down? Are you being persecuted at the moment as you
> live in the rest of India? I doubt if the answer to any of the above
> is yes. Then why have you become a pain for us on Sarai?
> 
> Some months ago, someone on Sarai posted a report about a conference
> or convention of Kashmiri Pundits which happened in Delhi in Chinmaya
> mission or something. It was reported that each Kashmiri Pundit came
> to attend the convention in such large limousines that there was no
> space left for people to walk. So, what are we complaining about?
> 
> Please leave this list and start a special one for KPs alone. At the
> moment, neither you nor us are able to convince each other - nor are
> we making any headway in any discussion. We can't also discuss any
> other sane topic on this list.
> 
> So, please get the hell out of here.
> 
> (I know my email will lead to further abusing of sanity. Somebody
> please write my obituary on Sarai)
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