[Reader-list] see some meaning in Yasin Malik's choice

Thu Feb 5 23:17:24 IST 2009

Dear All
i remember, some two years back i had posted the following piece here
on the list. i am doing it again. i hope the debate on Kashmir opens a
little more seriously than it is now. ......what ever is written is
too predictable, too obvious,..... I want to hear something which
stimulates my intellect. i am merely provoking ......may be i am
playing selfishly...so, here it is once again:

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The day the Palestinians become a nation like other nations, I will no
longer be on their side.
 Jean Genet

THE OTHER

I said to them, spontaneously

Take away your Kashmir,

Just take away, It is all yours.

They laughed, then looked

At each others faces with disbelief,

But grabbed quickly: The Azadi

Freedom in their hands was water

As pure as one drinks

At the beginning of a river.

Their hands were as big as valley itself

And they merrily moved towards

Their homes like the river itself.

This Freedom, still water like,

Not a just born baby as yet,

So they went to martyrs graves first.

There they quenched the thirst of

The Dead, who by technique

Drank a water within this water.

This freedom still water like,

Had to be taken to a place like

Secretariat, if one goes by Theory.

But they instead kept on gazing at its

Myriad faces, which perhaps delayed

Its instant shelving into structures

That was the time it revealed its

Unpredictable face, which unnerved even

Those who held it lovingly in their hands.

Its sudden surge inundated all the

Barbed wiring and dead walls;

Crossing new frontiers.

New thoughts, new soil and old

Seeds were passing through the

Alimentary canal of earth's friendly worms.

All the excreta of all the animals

unanimously dissolving their egos:

'Love' was declared: The only God.

( to be continued )

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:34 AM, Lalit Ambardar
<lalitambardar at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Coming from the author of such a touching presentation like "na ches taty,
> na yeti"( i am neither there nor here) this attempt to surrect now almost
> abandoned 'original sinner' who founded the 'gun' culture in the valley at
> the behest of his Pakistani masters is intriguing.
>
> Kashmiris, in the past two decades have gone through the hell -
> the selective brutal targetting that led to the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri
> Hindu Pandits in the valley -the plight of ordinary Kashmiri Muslims who
> were coerced in to following the jihadi diktats- the destruction of the very
> social fabric called Kashmiriyat etc. etc.........& who claimed credit for
> having ferried weapons in to Kashmir  to launch the jihad - the one you are
> trying to glorify.
>
> Please,understand he does not represent the Kashmiri Muslims - last year but
> for the timely intervention of the security forces his cohorts would have
> been lynched by the followers of that part time moolvi/separatist Umar
> Farooq when JKLF wanted to open an outlet in the territory of Umar Farooq
> only a couple of kilometres away from the JKLF fiefdom .
>
> The misery of exodus is not  missed in your post but the frustration canot
> be justify glorification  of a terrorist .
>
> It is difficult to guess the motive that has driven a well qualified artist
> towards a terror commander at whose instigation & motivation hundreds of
> docile Kashmiri Muslims, in the name of Islam,embraced death leaving behind
> their mothers ,widows & orphans wailling for their loved ones.
>
> It could be akin to the infatuation of that Napales damsel for that  serial
> 'bikini killer' or it is all in the name of jihad......????....
>
>
> Will marital bliss to this killer of Kashmiriyat make him repent for his
> deeds .......???.....
>
> Or is this a ploy to generate sympathy to escape the law.....????.......or
> part of a new game.....???.....
>
> Regards all
> LA
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>> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:39:25 +0530
>> From: indersalim at gmail.com
>> To: reader-list at sarai.net
>> Subject: [Reader-list] see some meaning in Yasin Malik's choice
>>
>> Dear all
>> Please click the web site by Musaall Mullick, Fiancée of Yasin Malik,
>> the well known 'rebel' leader from Jammu and Kashmir. I think it is
>> interesting.
>>
>> http://mushaalmullick.com/default.aspx
>>
>> I have pasted this link, precisely to see some meaning in Yasin
>> Malik's choice. One of Musaall's water colour is titled 'Shame of the
>> Humanity'. It shows a young girl child who deserves all the attention.
>>
>> Yasin Malik has lot of admirers and critic around the world; that
>> applies even to Kashmir valley. Only time will tell us how seriously
>> he grasped the Kashmir issue.
>>
>> Perhaps, this latest step speaks something about his priorities.
>> Certainly, if SAS Geelani, his Hurriyat colleague, was young and
>> going to be married, he would not have chosen a girl like Musaall as
>> his Shareek-e-Hayyat ( better half ), but some one who would prefer to
>> stay behind veil all the time.
>>
>> One of the water colour of Musaall depicts a woman with a Bindi (
>> predominately used by Hindu women ). What does that mean? It means, a
>> Swat Valley like situation is certainly not Yasin Malik's cup of tea,
>> but something which has a space for freedom, freedom of choice,
>> particularly for women.
>>
>> Only time will tell us whether Yasin's Malik's Safar-e-Azadi will take
>> Kashmir on the path which is meaningful for both Musaall-Malik jodi
>> but People in general as well. There is ray of hope hidden in his
>> choice to wed a painter living in London. Imran Khan, the
>> cricketer-politician did almost similar to that, but failed to mix his
>> choice with his political vision. Will Yasin too follow Imran, or will
>> he let Musaall speak her mind freely ?
>>
>> Kashmir is seriously looking forward to see someone who speaks boldly
>> about the situation of women in J&K. For example, no woman in J&K has
>> any legal rights to retain a square inch of land in case she happens
>> to get married to a non-J&K citizen. That is truly against Women. But
>> slowly, I want Yasin to speak about this issue as well, even at the
>> cost of popularity. No previous govt has dared to speak about this
>> issue. The present Govt in J&K too will never support any idea like
>> that. So, he can outwit them on this account. This is golden chance.
>> Things like that can bring some real changes for a smooth and
>> dignified return of Kashmiri Pandits to Valley.
>>
>> The other issue is environment, which is as serious as Women's issues.
>> I have not gone though his agenda of Safray-Azadi but I wish issues
>> like that are thoroughly woven in his Azadi text. He needs to speak
>> about the need to protect the flora and fauna in J&K, besides a
>> sincere call for a simple living. He needs to talk about the revival
>> of folk arts and other forms of artistic expressions.
>>
>> This I am writing at a time when J&K is entering a special post free
>> election phase for a great good governance. But that is that. We still
>> have KASHMIR ISSUE, staring into our eyes as before. So, when every
>> other intellectual in India is dismissive about Hurriyat who obviously
>> gained nothing by giving Boycott call for Elections; I see them very
>> much there, as significant as ever.
>>
>> Indeed people like me who were victims of 1990 approach to Kashmir
>> Problem, but I believe, that some fresh approach is needed to
>> understand Kashmir. It just happens that Kashmir is a Muslim Majority
>> area, but Kashmir is not a Muslim problem, but a problem similar to
>> Buddhist Tibet. There has to be some inner need to understand the
>> troubles which a line called 'territory' inflicts on us. Why Kashmir
>> was divided. What is LOC after all?
>>
>> I know, there will be lot of angry reaction to this small mail, but I
>> hope some restraint, and cool minded approach. I am truly myself
>> looking for some answers. I don't see a great politician around with
>> some vision to bring a real change in our society, both at grass root
>> level and beyond.
>>
>> Capitalistic and narrow minded politics has ruined our systems of
>> living, and we are left with a situation like in Gaza where Israel is
>> openly killing women and children. Europe and America are silent,
>> which means they are not bothered by Palestine problem as they see it.
>> So, Hamas is bad, even when they have people's support.
>>
>> So, imagine, if tomorrow Hurriyat decides to fight elections in J&K ,
>> and if they come to power and declare freedom on the very first day of
>> office, what choice India has? Arrest them there, with head lines
>> against Indian Democracy all over the world. So, is non-participation
>> is a blessing in disguise for Indian Government ?
>>
>> Let us talk to Yasin, more meaningfully, than before. I am talking
>> on my own behalf.
>>
>> With love and regards
>> Inder salim
>>
>>
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