[Reader-list] Fwd: On Kashmir and Self Determination

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

Dear Anupam,

and all on readers list,

 basically armed forces, I mean defence forces are used for WAR in defence
of the nation, as they willingly lay down life for their nation protecting
the citizens of the nation, whether such sacrifice is acknowledged, accepted
with humility or otherwise.

Billion crores have been spent on Kashmir state by governance for the
sustainance of the state, few in  ungrateful in Kashmir state are still
craving for the affiliation to Pakistan because of the fanatic religious
overtones and undertones and see the helping hand of India as oppressing
power, not all, but few of them. India being democratic, this dissent is
tolerated if not exceeds to violent means. Basically, in such a situation
army has no role to play except at borders to see that cross border terror
does not creep in, but this faction gains support from such elements and
foists violence for the "azaadi". Faith in any way does not preach violence,
but religious followers of faith for the power, use faith for violence in
all faiths.

Meera is no exception as her surname suggests, as the army has not to be
employed for the peace keeping but only for fighting the insurgency at
borders, but when army personnel, who are also humans, see the inhuman acts
of the fanatics, who have no uniforms, but hide AK47s inside religious
robes, they have also developed the sense of caution with this type of
civilians in terror form as insurgents. and their supporters.Meera living in
Delhi has gone to visit the heaven on earth, now made hell on earth, thanks
to violence by the insurgents, faithful religious faith followers and in
retaliation, the armed forces. The basic fault lies in the power seekers who
sleep with enemy for the sake of power, be it PDP or Congress or NC, least
bothered about real governance in the state.

Regards,

Rajen.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:06 AM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am just shocked to read how far the several readers on this list can
> speculate without checking the ground realities just to further one cause.
> It is disgusting and demeaning if one underlines such possibilities which
> could be only thought by a movie director. Even if there is a slim
> possibility of militants dressed up armed forces doing such activities, why
> is it that rapes in Nalbari and Churanchandpur in Assam and Manipur by
> Indian Army despite police records have been hushed? how is it there are
> such a large number of missing persons both in north east and kashmir? what
> does the reader have to say about mass graves found in kashmir, manipur and
> in bastar, in the heart of this country? they were done by men in uniform
> or
> uniformed men?
>
> i dont know if it applies to your reason or not dear reader, since there
> were such instances where armed forces took such steps of mass execution or
> gang rapes, that's how the extremists or terrorists got theses idea of
> using
> the same tactics on the people. could that not be a possibility? how many
> possibilities do you want to underline here dear reader sitting comfortably
> inside your airconditioned rooms watching 24*7 news channels? down with
> such
> arm-chair speculation and shoddy analysis of a situation that's not only
> affecting local people in these problem areas but also making it impossible
> to find out which particular coterie of armed forces are behind such
> activities making it into behemoth instead of protector.
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-- 
Rajen.