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

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

Dear Kirdar,

These right-wing individuals from the Kashmiri Pandit community do not
represent the entire community. The Kashmiri Pandits are a varied lot
and these individuals represent only a fanatic fringe who
unfortunately base their politics of hate on the pain of the entire
community. By doing so they insult they belittle of the community
every day, every moment, every email. Their participation on the
Reader-List, if you have followed it closely, is driven by a definite
goal - to drown out liberal progressive voices on any and everything,
simply by falsely accusing everyone else of hurting their fragile
"sentiments". They are here on the list to win an imagined war against
"leftists" and boy, they're winning! This is similar to the manner in
which they disrupt film screenings, or others' protests. Democracy is
not something they are really fond of.

The bad name that these individuals are bringing to the Kashmiri
Pandit community is indeed unfortunate. However, there is a very
simple way you can eliminate their voices from your Gmail address.Go
to Settings > Filters > Create a new filter. Then in the "Form" field
write Aditya Raj Kaul. Click at "Next step" and then check the "Delete
it" box. You can create similar filters for Pawan Durani, rashneek
kher, kshmendra kaul, we wi - or hey, even me!

After sending this mail I'm going to do just that to those names - so
I don't have to read their replies to this one!

best
shivam



On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Kirdar <kirdarsingh at gmail.com> 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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