[Reader-list] The Deception of the Indian Liberal Discourse on Kashmir

[anupam chakravartty]

Dear readers,

This is in response to Mani's reply: The sangh parivar has a lot to gain
from the Hurriyat's behaviour and without suitable investments such actions
cannot be induced. When they were in power, they could drive the country
into war  with Pakistan, but do nothing on the J&K issue or with the
supposedly 'antinationalist' part of the Hurriyat.

Something which I came across in 2008 about Amarnath land row. ( It is
possible that the unrest may have nothing to with the land row)

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2008/navlakha080808.html

"The point is this promotion of Amarnath can be faulted on temporal,
religious and secular grounds.  In other words it is downright duplicitous
when the Indian state promotes religious tourism (tourism in any event) in
the guise of the welfare of Hindu pilgrims.  This is an extension and/or
part of the process of acquisition of a huge mass of land (orchard and
cultivable fields, including the precious saffron fields of Pampore) by
Indian security forces and water management and control through the National
Hydro Power Corporation."

Thanks
Anupam



On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow Indeed!
>
> I think the issue has now degenerated into what one does know of Kashmir or
> Kashmiriyat, as also of corporates.
>
> Firstly, all of you are either going to point to articles on Kashmir or
> Kashmiriyat to specify what it is, unless of course you have lived there
> and
> may be willing to share your experiences with us. How do I know if the
> articles you send are to be trusted or not?
>
> Secondly, Mani jee, where are the corporates involved? Is the Hurriyat a
> corporate? Is Sangh Parivar a corporate? Are the political parties
> themselves corporates? At least specify which are the corporates involved
> in
> this problem?
>
> Frankly, all this Kashmiriyat business for me is bullshit. I don't want to
> know whether it existed or not. This seems to me like that another dubious
> creation of our nation, namely, Unity in Diversity. I do see that everyday:
>
> Tamils abusing North Indians for not preparing good South Indian food,
> Kannadigas having a volley of abuse at Tamils, Kerala people telling that
> they are better than Tamils, North Indians coming to Chennai (living in IIT
> Madras) wanting Tamilians to live like (and be open like) North
> Indians.....the list is endless
>
> Rakesh
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