[Reader-list] Kashmir BURNS but whose goin2go2Ladakh

[Dr. Reyhan Chaudhuri]

Respected Reader List,
Kashmir burns and it is awful.But please do not forget Ladakh.>It has almost vanished!It's devastated.Couldnt we have predicted and safe-guarded or saved some people,when we knew there were mudslides in western China(but East to Ladakh) and rain ravaged regions in Pakistan(west of Ladakh)?
Kashmir was so immersed in it's problems,they forgot the gentlest and bravest people that were a part of their state (due to convoluted circumstances)and became part of it's province ,in the independent Indian Nation.In this catastrophic and emergency event,what is going to be done,one wonders...
I know some of us are missing the point and churlishly deflecting the issue .But when the point happens to be on a lever plane tilting dangerously,the fulcrum has to take the whole seasaw into account;
Yours timorously,
R.Chaudhuri.

R.Chaudhuri



> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:14:45 +0530
> From: rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com
> To: shuddha at sarai.net
> CC: reader-list at sarai.net
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Kashmir Comes to Jantar Mantar
> 
> Dear Shuddha
> 
> While I do understand that loss of lives is a despicable thing and we should
> criticize it, I would also like to ask you these things (and please, don't
> consider me to be on any side when I ask them, except that of being curious
> and pained at the whole list of events) :
> 
> i) When people are throwing stones, and there is even burning of police
> vehicles and stations, leading to damage of public property, is there a
> logical course of action to achieve peace? If yes, what can it be? In other
> words, what can be the steps to break the cycle of violence and
> counter-violence?
> 
> ii) What steps can one take, at least as a beginner, to ensure that such
> events are not repeated and we can actually get back to a situation where
> the stakeholders involved are genuinely interested in maintaining a modicum
> of peace and tranquility (this includes Indian state, Pakistani state and
> those entities in Kashmir which may be bent on indulging in violence)?
> 
> iii) Most importantly, what are the constraints on arriving at a solution
> for the stakeholders involved in the process? For example, what stops the
> Indian state from making Kashmir independent or even say remove AFSPA (if
> that is a positive step in solving this problem)? What stops the Pakistani
> state from making positive assertions in this problem? What about the
> Kashmiris in this regard?
> 
> iv) What does the word 'azadi' actually mean, in your view? (Kashmiris who
> are on this forum as also others, I would appreciate if you could put across
> the answer to this question). And how is this 'azadi' different from the
> current scenario, or from what the Indian republic currently ensures or has
> to ensure at least constitutionally?
> 
> In the hope that I do get replies. Because on Sarai, if there are to be
> debates, they are to be around these questions (and also many more) on these
> issues, which can enlighten our minds and get us on some path may be in
> understanding the issue. And also make Sarai a better forum to debate in an
> exhaustive manner on many issues.
> 
> Rakesh
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