[Reader-list] Have Kashmir Pandits lost their Kashmiriyat? An observation by an ordinary protester

[rashneek kher]

who invented the term and when did it exist.......

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:56 AM, gowhar fazli <gowharfazili at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
>
> A remark by an ordinary participant Shadab Bashir at the  Delhi Kashmir
> protests
>
>
> on his facebook notes:
>
>
> “Have Kashmir Pandits lost their Kashmiriyat?
>
> It is really sad and surprising to see Kashmiri Pandits  shouting slogans
> and
> waving Indian flags to provoke Kashmiris who were at  Jantar Mantar, New
> Delhi
> to protest against the ongoing human rights violation  in Kashmir.
> More than 50 people died during the past two months due to  high handedness
> of
> the Indian troops. Bullets were triggered out not only  against stone
> pelters
> but also on innocent youth, children and women. A nine  years old boy was
> beaten
>
>
> to death by Indian ‘security’ forces. This may be the  highest kind of
> human
> rights violation for the rest of the India but Kashmiris  are witnessing
> these
> incidents very often.
>
> Indian Army is displaying their arrogance against innocent  Kashmiris, but
> even
> Kashmiri Pandits have no solidarity towards people of  Kashmir as was
> witnessed
> by us at Jantar Mantar. Instead of joining hands with  us for a good cause
> they
> tried to disturb our peaceful protest.
>
> When a person from their rally came waving an India flag and  shouting
> provocative slogans towards us we refrained ourselves and shouted back
>  that
> “You are our brothers”. It appears that they have no sympathy towards
>  innocent
> killings of young people in Kashmir, being Kashmiris they should have
>  joined
> our hands against this tyranny.
>
> Alas they have lost their Kashmiryat!”
>
>
>
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