[Reader-list] Hindu families in Pakistan feel scared, India grants Visa

Thu Mar 19 22:54:20 IST 2009

yes that message got buried, and i missed it too. thanks for reiterating.
best. y

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Dear Yasir
>
> Perhaps you missed seeing it; in an ensuing conversation I had written to
> Taha:
>
> """"" These are just 35 Hindus compared to many a thousand Muslims
> (reportedly) who have emigrated from those areas (to other parts of
> Pakistan) for reasons that are similar to those that the '35 Hindus' have
> articulated.""""""
>
> That was preceded by:
>
> """"" the specifics of the "35 Hindus migrating" do not suggest that they
> were driven out  but that they were overwhelmed and intimated by the
> increasing sway of the Taliban. The changed environment of 'kya tha aur kya
> ho gaya hai' (how it used to be and how it has become now). And yet one
> comes across 'bites' from Hindus in those areas (FATA etc) pronouncing how
> happier they are under the Taliban. """""""
>
> Take care
>
> Kshmendra
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 3/19/09, yasir ~يا سر <yasir.media at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: yasir ~يا سر <yasir.media at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Hindu families in Pakistan feel scared, India
> grants Visa
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 1:39 AM
>
> apart from the hindus, 400,00 - 700,000 people have also left the area
> during the last few months, so. they are other humans in the area.
> best
>
> yasir
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Kshmendra Kaul
> <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > Versions of the news item reproduced below (from PunjabNewsline) have also
> > appeared in:
> >
> > - ZEENEWS "Pak Hindu families seekl India citizenship"
> >      http://international.zeenews.com/inner1.asp?aid=203968&sid=HEL
> >
> > - DAWN "Fata’s 35 Hindus migrate to India"
> >
> >http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/fatas-35-hindus-migrate-to-india--bi
> >
> > Kshmendra
> >
> >
> > "Hindu families in Pakistan feel scared, India grants Visa"
> > JAGMOHAN SINGH
> > Saturday, 07 March 2009
> >
> > AMRITSAR: Indian Government has granted one year visa to 35 Hindu migrants
> > from Pakistan who faced threat to their lives in Pakistan, particularly in
> > tribal areas. The group including 16 men, 16 females and three children
> had
> > crossed over to india few days back.
> >
> > The Pak Hindus narrated their woes to Indian authorities. They carried the
> > nightmare, experienced Immediately after they went to Delhi to get
> extension
> > in visa and permission to stay in Amritsar. All the families arrived in
> > Amritsar on Saturday after obtaining visa for one year.
> >
> > Jagdish Sharma resident of tribal area near Peshawar in Pakistan said,
> “We
> > were living in Pakistan under severe fear psychosis due to the domination
> of
> > strong group of Taliban people who are running parallel Government. In
> such
> > circumstances, Hindus and Sikh families were not safe, especially our
> female
> > members. We preferred to migrate in India, at least here in India we can
> > breathe out with peace and calm mind since our families are safe in
> India”.
> >
> > Adding further he said, “We strongly urge the Government of India to
> allow
> > us stay here in India permanently, since we don’t want to go back in the
> > hellish atmosphere where there is no life security”.
> >
> > Jagdish Sharma said, “All the 35 members of four Hindu families would
> never
> > prefer to return to Pakistan. Now we have intention to settle here
> > permanently and expect that Government of India would never disappoint the
> > Pakistan based Hindus who arrived here after being plundered in
> Pakistan”.
> >
> > Hardwari Lal resident of Orkzai nearly 180 kilometers from Peshawar said,
> > “I was running my grocery shop there which was forcibly took over by the
> > fundamentalist people who also took possession of our entire property.
> Even
> > Sikh Gurdwara (Sikh shrine) as well as Hindu Temples were not safe, since
> > none of the priest of respective religions dare to stay there for required
> > necessary ritual daily prayers. Pakistan Government has appointed local
> > executive magistrates as a care taker for religious shrines in the tribal
> > area of Pakistan”.
> >
> > Hardwari said, “We strongly urge the Government of India to do the
> needful
> > for us so that we could settle down in India and could reestablish our
> > business here as there is no chance for us to go back to Pakistan”.
> >
> > Rekha a female migrant from Peshawar said, “ We have heaved sigh of
> relief
> > while reaching on Indian territory, since every morning we were observing
> > close encounter to death as life is highly unsecured. My parents were
> always
> > worried about me and my brothers due to domination of fundamentalist
> people.
> > Being a girl I Never went out of my house and remained confined with in
> the
> > four walls of our house. I never got privilege to obtain education, since
> > girls were not allowed to attend school in the tribal area of Pakistan”.
> >
> > Adding further Rekha said, “There was no life in the tribal area of
> > Pakistan, as there was no liberty for   women to move out, if gets chance
> > only in Burqa (clad) while covering face and body with black gown. In
> > Pakistan Taliban considers Hindu community very meek and feeble. Numerous
> > Hindu families still were languishing in the tribal area of Pakistan as
> > unable to get visa for India which they were facing acute hardship. Since
> > for visa everybody has to appear before the Indian High Commission and for
> > women it is difficult to come out from house to move out from the tribal
> > area”, she quipped.
> >
> > http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/15562/40/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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