[Reader-list] Trespassers in Kashmir?

[Lalit Ambardar]

Dear Inder,
You said....so, grant every kind of automony to them, this pain should comes to an immediate end....  You could as well define who these them  are,please  ?
Regards
LA



> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:56:54 +0530> From: indersalim at gmail.com> To: reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Trespassers in Kashmir?> > Dear Aditya> > let us read it again, what this sexy old man writes:> > "Every village in the Valley has its quota of unmarked graves. How> > long can this be allowed to go on? Give the Valley azadi it wants. .... put an end to this sorry state of affairs."> > Yes, it is all sad that Indian militrary presence in Kashmir has> produced graves and disappearances, how long this will go,> so it is better, to give them the azadi, Roughly this is what> Arundhati Roy too said...> > > > yes, i am not in favour of a kashmiri army at Lakah pur with guns in> their hands..... the police in the present form is enough....> > > so, grant every kind of automony to them, this pain should comes to> an immediate end.> > with love> is> > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Aditya Raj Kaul> <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:> > Trespassers in Kashmir?> > *Khushwant Singh<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Search/Search.aspx?q=Khushwant%20Singh&nodate=1>> > *> > September 19, 2008> >> > I have yet to hear a Kashmiri Muslim describe himself as Indian. It was, and> > is to this day: "I am a Kashmiri." Perhaps among the exceptions are Sheikh> > Abdullah, his son Farooq and grandson Omar. Right from 1947, whenever India> > played cricket matches against Pakistan, Kashmiri Muslims supported> > Pakistan. If you don't believe me, read Basharat Peer's Curfewed Night> > (Random House). Don't dismiss this as a trivial aberration because it does> > reveal the Kashmiri Muslim's mindset. Now it has been revealed for all to> > see.> >> > They want us, Indians, out of the Valley. They may or may not throw in their> > lot with chronically unstable Pakistan. But have the leaders demanding azadi> > from India considered the consequences that may follow our getting out of> > the Valley? The language they use to rouse the rabble indicates they> > haven't. And that applies to leaders of all the separatist factions.> >> > The most serious consequences of *azadi* will be the exodus of non-Muslims —> > Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs — from the Valley. Don't accept their assurances> > that it will not happen. It happened when Kashmiri Pandits left the Valley> > in large numbers because they felt insecure. Mohammad Ali Jinnah and> > Jawaharlal Nehru gave us similar assurances preceding the> > Partition.> >> > If and when Hindus and Sikhs are pushed out of the Valley, right-wing Hindu> > groups, extending from the RSS, the VHP, the Shiv Sena, the Bajrang Dal to> > the BJP will press for the expulsion of Muslims from Jammu (where they are> > in majority in two tehsils) and elsewhere. The Valley's only commercial> > outlets and tourism is linked to India. There is not a hotel in the country> > that does not have a shop selling Kashmiri handicrafts, carpets and shawls.> > Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims work as labourers in Indian towns and cities.> > Will not their future be jeopardised by the call for azadi? If there is the> > slightest risk of starting mass migrations, we must reject it, come what> > may.> >> > The situation has been going out of hand since 1990. Basharat Peer tells us> > that ever since, thousands of Kashmiris have crossed over to Pakistan to get> > military training and arms and sneaked back into the Valley to create mayhem> > and murder.> >> > The locals give them shelter and food.> >> > The only response India could make was to send in more troops, impose severe> > restraints on the locals and kill those they thought were anti-Indian> > militants. Every village in the Valley has its quota of unmarked graves. How> > long can this be allowed to go on? Give the Valley azadi it wants. But spell> > it out to mean only internal autonomy to manage its affairs. No more. India> > must retain its military presence to guard its frontiers against intruders.> > But at all costs, put an end to this sorry state of affairs.> > _________________________________________> > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> > Critiques & Collaborations> > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list> > List archive: &lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>> > > > -- > > http://indersalim.livejournal.com> _________________________________________> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.> Critiques & Collaborations> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header.> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: &lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
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