[Reader-list] Where is Kashmir's conscience?

[Meera Rizvi]

Well, what else would you expect? Just look at her surname?!!!!!!!

On 7/27/09, Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi <rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> the behaviour of Mehbooba Mufti in the assembly session of state betrays
> her inclination to violence and she is craving for power at any cost, the
> sole purpose of her acts being to discredit the rule of laws and ushering
> in
> her talibanic laws.She repeatedly says she would go for tit for tat and
> will
> not hesitate to breed violence, which surprises all right thinking
> citizens,
> when she has to be brought undser rule of laws for invoking violence for
> her
> private purpose of to be law herself, not the servant of people who elected
> her.!
>
> It is her father Mufti who got the release of his daugther. Rabeena sayeed
> from hijacked aircraft at the cost of the nation, mufti being the mask of
> hizbulla, Congress did not hesitate to share power with this PDP and now is
> with NC in power. Why talk of conscience and ethics or morals in politics
> when none are seen at work.?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rajen.
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The people in the Valley are living in fear from terrorists. Any one who
> > does so is marked and done away with. Omar Abdullah can do so as he is a
> > politician and has Z category security.
> > If you had followed the track record of Human Rights activists, they
> > invariably come to the rescue of terroists.
> >
> > Double standards has always been the name of the game, especially in
> > politics and I wonder what would have been the stance of Omar Abdullah
> had
> > he been sitting in the opposition.
> >
> > Murali V
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > *Where is Kashmir's conscience?*
> > > Tushar Srivastava <http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Free-Kick>
> > > Times of India Sunday July 26, 2009
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Free-Kick/entry/where-is-kashmir-s-conscience2
> > >
> > > Is Kashmir's conscience dead? The answer, most definitely, seems yes.
> > > Recently, J&K CM Omar Abdullah hit the nail on its head when he lashed
> > out
> > > at the separatists for their silence on the killing of a three-year-old
> > by
> > > terrorists.
> > >
> > > Why separatists alone, the whole of Kashmir should answer this
> question.
> > > Really, where are the protests now? Where is the Valley's anger – so
> > > visible, at the drop of a hat, all these years? Why, all of a sudden,
> has
> > > Kashmir forgotten to take to the streets -- stones in hands and tears
> in
> > > eyes? The same Kashmir, which burned with rage over the rape-cum-murder
> > of
> > > two women in Shopian, has its eyes closed when the perpetrators of the
> > > crime
> > > are terrorists.
> > >
> > > Don't get me wrong, no one is condoning the brutality in Shopian.
> Anyone
> > > who
> > > outrages the modesty of women shouldn't go unpunished. But what about
> > these
> > > double standards? How about a little anger against the terrorists from
> > > across the border who have killed anywhere between 65,000 to 1,00,000
> > > people
> > > since 1989? All in the name of freedom?
> > >
> > > In an indirect attack on the separatists at a function in Srinagar,
> Omar
> > > said: "They prominently organize marches and give ‘chalo calls' to
> > > highlight
> > > violation of human rights...These elements resort to politics of
> > > hypocrisy."
> > > Fairness, morality and respect for human rights demand these elements
> > > should
> > > raise same voice whenever terrorists kill civilians, he said.
> > >
> > > Bang on, Mr Abdullah. Or do human rights apply to terrorists alone?
> > Maybe.
> > > The Shopian incident has resulted in prolonged protests. At the same
> > time,
> > > the killings by terrorists have continued unabated. They, of course, go
> > > unnoticed. Why this anger against security forces and cops only?
> Against
> > > those same security men who, away from their families, are risking
> their
> > > lives to protect Kashmir? Why no thought before damaging public
> > authority,
> > > before attacking the people who are there to protect them?
> > >
> > > The suffering doesn't seem to end. Repeated terror attacks have
> happened
> > in
> > > Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.  No point mentioning which country these
> > > attacks are coming from. And all in the name of Kashmir. It's time the
> > same
> > > Kashmir lends the country a hand. It's time the same Kashmir raises its
> > > voice as loud and clear as it raises it against the security forces.
> > >
> > > Quiet aptly, Omar's comments came on a day when SC questioned the Jammu
> &
> > > Kashmir High Court's order to arrest police officers for their alleged
> > > involvement in Shopian rape-cum-murder. The court also rapped the high
> > > court
> > > for its direction that the bail plea of the accused cops be filed only
> > > before it. The SC Bench said: “Anybody can be arrested. Anybody who has
> > > nothing to do with this case can be arrested. What material was there
> for
> > > arrest? Even now, they (state) have been unable to produce the
> material."
> > >
> > > With power comes responsibility. If some jawans and policemen were
> > involved
> > > in a heinous crime, they shouldn't go unpunished. But in no civilized
> > > society should action be guided by agitation and protests. And in the
> > > meantime, it's time for Kashmir as well to show some responsibility.
> And
> > > for
> > > our politicians to shed some hypocrisy.
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