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

[Pawan Durani]

Dear Rakesh ,

NamaskAr

Thank you for your mail.

There is a distinction between what happened in Nandigram and other places
and what happened to Kashmiri Pandits. I do understand that pain and fear in
nandigram may not have any other equal as well.

You are young man and need to understand the difference. What happened to
Kashmiri Pandits was not something which happened for the first time or
which lasted a short time. The same thing of victimisation of Kashmiri
pandits has been going on for last 1000 years which witnessed more than 8
exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley.

Yasin Malik , in particular needs to be tried as another terrorist . I do
agree that it is duty of indian courts and law to enable trial, but whatever
Aditya is writing is out of his own anger of not having received justice.
Yasin Malik may have given up arms , but this is no age of Lord Buddha where
'Angulimala" needs to be pardoned. He was the first to get arms in the
valley [ his own admission ], and if he did not kill people with those arms,
i wonder what he did .There is no denying that even the state police was
full of separatist forces who did nothing to register cases. Even you may be
surprised that only for one case FIR has been registered for Kashmiri
Hindus, though thousands were selectively killed . And the one case which
got registered was that of Mr Wanchoo who was on side of these separatists
only. Does this absolve all terrorists of killing of Kashmiri Pandits ?

As far as Panun Kashmir is considered , it is a fair demand of not only
Kashmiri Pandits , but millions of secular citizens ,including muslims of
this country who want free flow of Indian constituion in that part of
valley.

For a Kashmiri Pandit , keeping the pain alive and fighting for Justice is a
passion . You need to appreciate it .

And as a young man , you need to understand the whole issue , before you
draw conclusions.

Warm regards

Pawan




On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Aditya
>
> After reading your mail, I must certainly respond to certain points raised
> in your mail.
>
> The first point is that of retribution. You have said that Yasin Malik
> 'should know how it feels
> when bullet passes through his empty skull!' . This is highly atrocious
> according to me, as atrocious as the migration of Kashmiri Pandits was.
> While I don't deny that the Pandits didn't deserve to be punished for being
> Indians, it doesn't mean that if Yasin Malik first organized violence, then
> retributive action must be pursued against him. This already speaks of your
> own mentality.
>
> Mind you. It's not as if I don't feel retributive at all; there are times
> when I feel that all BJP supporters should be cut down to pieces, and like
> they organized Gujarat, all their supporters should be completely burnt in
> an organized manner, so that they are never there back in the society.
> However, I do realize, though somewhat late (fortunately this violent
> streak
> in me never materializes), that this is not the way to go about solving
> such
> problems. I don't agree with BJP, and those who follow it ideologically,
> but
> they are also human beings and deserve dignity and right to life as much as
> I do.
>
> But you seem to have completely forgotten that. As much as you deserve
> dignity of life and right to life, Yasin Malik also deserves it. And if you
> think that he is an animal, don't forget that animals also have rights in
> today's times(PETA is one of the organizations fighting for animals'
> rights).
>
> Secondly, doesn't a criminal deserve the chance to improve back on what he
> did, and become a better human being? According to what I have heard, Yasin
> Malik, was sentenced to jail in 1994-94, during which he had read 'My
> Experiments With Truth' , the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, and after
> reading it, asked JKLF, his own organization to lay down arms. Since then,
> he has repeatedly asked for stopping of all violence, and also repeatedly
> stated that Kashmiri Pandits should also be a part of 'azad' Kashmir.
> Moreover, he has stated that violence doesn't lead to any solution; it
> leads
> only to more violence.
>
> Now, coming back to your point. Thirdly, if Yasin Malik is responsible for
> the rapes and killings in the Valley to begin with, which led to the exodus
> of the Pandits on a large scale, there are cases pending against him. Get
> those cases tried quickly, put pressure on the Indian Union, and get him
> convicted if you have evidence to back your claim, instead of first
> indulging in PR-exercise on sarai list, and following the tried and tested
> policy of Bush and Modi, which is 'repeat a thing 1000 times, and it
> becomes
> the truth'. If Malik is responsible for all this, can't you get him
> sentenced in any case? Or is only repeating perceptions and spreading them
> within your control, and getting him tried and convicted beyond your
> control?
>
> Fourthly. From the way I have seen, it seems that Kashmiri Pandits always
> want to put themselves up as victims to earn sympathies and brownie points
> all the time. I have never seen these kind of comments from other kinds of
> victims or refugees come up, be it Nandigram and Singur people who suffered
> due to the machinisations of the Left Front Govt. of Bengal, nor be the
> tribals who suffer in various states right from policies of development
> which are flawed to the Salwa Judums and others; nor have I seen Muslims
> complaining themselves so much about the conditions in which they are
> living
> post-2002 riots.
>
> Who says Pandits haven't suffered? I dont' say that. And neither does
> anyone
> on this list say that? But it seems that Pandits have decided that any
> solution on Kashmir should only and only take them into account. As if
> Pandits only are humans, and all the Kashmiri Muslims are inhumans. So
> today
> they want Panun Kashmir, and it must be given to them on a platter,
> disregarding the fact that a majority of population in Kashmir don't want
> that. Similarly, what they want is justified, and if somebody has a view
> contrary to that, he/she is either an anti-national or a terrorist. Why,
> may
> I know that?
>
> I would suggest Pandits, to stop acting as citizens, and first of all act
> as
> human beings. That would be better. Citizenship is an invention of history,
> but human beings are not. At least learn humanity first. Try to understand
> that even your 'opponents' in this case are human beings, and try to
> inculcate teachings of your own religion (Hinduism) before propagating any
> kind of violence against them.
>
> It doesn't mean you dont' ask for justice. It means that you don't ask for
> retributive action against them.
>
> Regards
>
> Rakesh
> _________________________________________
> 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/>