[Reader-list] AMAN KI AASHA

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Mr. Vij,

I campaigned on roads with public, so media came out to support. I felt the
brunt of this; as cases were slapped against me for protesting. When you
can't argue Mr. Vij, you attack 'activists' personally on public forums such
as these.

My campaign however wasn't discussed in the Board meeting of some
Multi-National Company. My campaign didn't have commercials on television,
radio and newspapers.

It seems you are an expert on 'selling' campaigns. Wonder how that happens!
Have you shifted your profession lately? Please do explain to us list
members in detail.

Don't mix issues without thinking. It becomes cheap.

As the moderators have the liberty to trash a value addition to the list. So
do I have the right to counter 'trash' and 'propaganda' on this list.

Dear Shuddhaji

A 16 year of Sakshi sent me these lines a couple of days back -

मेरे पड़ोस वाले घर में , बच्चे बम से खेलते है...

और मेरे बच्चे यहाँ गेंद से...

हर रोज़ युही मज़े से खेलते है..

अक्सर गेंद उनके घर में जाती है..

और उनके बम मेरे घर में आते है...

कल भी एसा ही दिन था, @pune

पडोसी गेंद लोटाते नहीं,

और हम भी उनके बम लोटाते नहीं ...

वो खुश किस्मत है ...

और हम ....

thanks

Aditya Raj Kaul

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्
<mail at shivamvij.com>wrote:

> Shri Aditya Raj Kaulji has for some weeks now been telling the world
> about how Aman ki Asha has to do with m-words like "media
> market-management". Has he no sense of irony? he, the master of "media
> market-managment" campaigns of various causes? Jab tumhara campaign
> bikta hai toh peace, kisi aur ka toh market? Kuch to sharam karon.
>
> On 17 February 2010 17:21, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear Shri Shuddhabrata Senguptaji
> >
> > Namaskar
> >
> > I have merely forwarded a reaction from a common Indian to the recent
> > developments of 'Aman Ki Asha' around. I can see you agitated. Wonder
> what
> > makes you so uncomfortable! Is it the truth of Islamic-terrorism or the
> > engagement politics and media market-management of Peace?
> >
> > It hardly matters to me how a godamn 'My Name Is Khan' does at the box
> > office. I condenm the protests against it. However, terrorism matters to
> me
> > and every Indian not how much money a producer makes out of made-up
> > publicity. We don't want protection of a bloody movie; we want security
> for
> > citizens of this country.
> >
> > You have yet again displayed intolerance and abused my right to
> participate
> > in this so called 'Liberal' forum. I am not facing this for the first
> time.
> > It has become usual for me. Wonder if I calculate the wastage of time to
> us
> > by some of the rhetoric of far extremist, intolerant and left lunatic
> > fringe.
> >
> > Have tolerance in letter and spirit. We have heard enough of your fake
> Batla
> > House and several other such theories. What happened to them, if I may
> ask?
> >
> > Pakistan is suffering from something which it initiated decades ago. It
> will
> > continue to burn. I never objected to views from Pakistani public. Though
> > Kashmir can never be on dialogue table with Pakistan. Nor can it be with
> > terrorists who some glorify in this forum.
> >
> > Congrats to you and other co-founders of Sarai, which completed a decade
> > recently. I pray for more, patience, tolerance and flow of rational
> thought
> > to the Sarai.
> >
> > And hope you hold/delete/block less/none of our e-mails from now onwards.
> > Even that may be abuse of liberty, something you are very well versed
> with
> > yourself.
> >
> > I don't want this this to turn into a relay e-mail exchange as has
> happened
> > in the past.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > 2010/2/17 Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net>
> >
> >> Aditya,
> >>
> >> I regret that you have once again abused the space of liberty on this
> list
> >> by forwarding this idiotic poem, which I have wasted my time by reading.
> >>
> >> I am normally not a fan of the Times of India, or the Jang Group of
> >> Newspapers, but, I have to say, that the steady stream of opposition
> that
> >> their 'Aman Ki Asha' initiative seems to be gathering from the usual
> >> suspects makes me even more interested in what the 'Aman ki Asha'
> initiative
> >> is all about. I sincerely hope that it sets a trend, and that other
> media
> >> corporations and other agencies mirror it by setting up their own
> >> initiatives for sustaining the resources of peace in South Asia, and
> >> especially between India and Pakistan, in these difficult times.
> >>
> >> Having tasted a bitter defeat after attempting their thuggery on the 'My
> >> Name is Khan' issue, the lunatic right is now seeking a fruitless second
> >> wind, by riding the waves of the regrettable bomb blast that occured in
> the
> >> German Bakery in Pune. Your effort to surf this wave is pathetic. The
> >> xenophobia agenda is dead and buried, and no amount of impotent roaring
> from
> >> Matoshtree will make it walk again.
> >>
> >> I find the poem that you sent, strongly objectionable, because it makes
> no
> >> attempt to distinguish between different kinds of opinion and publics in
> >> Pakistan.
> >>
> >> The poem says -
> >>
> >> Dilli, Mumbai Ahemdabad ne, jab ki thi jaane qurbaan,
> >> man hi man khush hote they, yahi paki haiwan.
> >>
> >>
> >> For those who do not understand Hindi. These lines can be translated as
> >> follows -
> >>
> >> "When in Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, lives were sacrificed
> >> In their hearts, Paki monsters rejoiced"
> >>
> >> I am aware of the fact that time and again, whenever terrorist
> atrocities
> >> occur in India, a significant section of Pakistani political society
> condemn
> >> acts of terrorism in no uncertain terms.  Many people in India do the
> same
> >> when terrorism occurs in Pakistan. To lump all Pakistanis (or for that
> >> matter, all Indians) as 'monsters' who 'rejoice in their hearts' when
> loss
> >> of life occurs, is disgusting. I find your endorsement of this
> disgusting
> >> sentiment shameful.
> >>
> >> There is a very strong body of public opinion in Pakistan that wants
> peace
> >> in South Asia, and realizes that peace is the only way forward in
> Pakistan.
> >> They act vigilantly against war-mongers and preachers of prejudice in
> >> Pakistan, exactly as many of us act vigilantly against the constituency
> that
> >> advocates permanent aggression here. That includes our vigilance against
> >> your hate filled agenda.
> >>
> >> Whenever an atrocity like what happened in Pune occurs, I find that the
> >> constituency of rabid right-wing nationalism comes crawling out like
> maggots
> >> to feast on the dead. As if they were waiting for tragedy to strike to
> once
> >> again find their reason for existence.
> >>
> >> Have none of these people any shame? Have you none at all?
> >>
> >> Shuddha
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17-Feb-10, at 1:07 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul wrote:
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Irma Razdan
> >> Date: 2010/2/17
> >> Subject: Fwd: AMAN KI AASHA
> >> To:
> >>
> >> For my Hindi speaking followers, this is a poem that was authored by a
> mod
> >> of a forum which is my frequent haunt. It is a take on the recent 'Aman
> ki
> >> Asha' program by the Times of India and Jang group of Pakistan, which is
> >> supposed to be an Indo-Pak peace project. Newbies, please refer to link.
> >>
> >> घर घर में आज जगती है, हर सुबह अमन की आशा,
> >> टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया और दैनिक जंग का, देखो नया तमाशा,
> >>
> >> पीठ में ख़ंजर भोंका जिनने, मानवता को ही छला,
> >> आज बोलते चले हैं वोही, कैसी शांति की भाषा,
> >>
> >> ज़मीन के लालच को धर्म का मुखौटा पहना,
> >> जिन जल्लादों ने छीना भारत माँ का गहना,
> >> आज उन्ही से रखनी होगी, हमको प्रेम की अभिलाषा
> >> वाह रे टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया, क्या खूब है तेरी आशा.
> >>
> >> देखो कैप्टन कालिया, ऐसा हुआ आपका बलिदान,
> >> आज अफ़ज़ल गुरु और क़सब को शायद मिल जाये जीवनदान,
> >> छब्बीस-ग्यारह दोहराने को बेचैन हैं जिनके जेहादी,
> >> दोस्ती का राग सुना रहे, वही कियानी, ज़रदारी और गीलानी,
> >> कौआ चले हंस की चाल, देखो इनकी मीठी भाषा,
> >> हमें दोस्ती का पाठ पढ़ाएंगे, अब सूजा अहमद पाशा.
> >>
> >> हमारे अपने नेताओं ने, देश को भी नहीं बख़्शा
> >> नपुंसक से भी कम पौरुष जिनमें, वो करेंगे देश की रक्षा?
> >> बातचीत के ज़रिये ये, मिटा देंगे सारे भेद
> >> आधा कश्मीर खोने का, इनको ज़रा नहीं खेद,
> >> राष्ट्र को किया लज्जित, दी शर्म-अल-शेख़ में निराशा,
> >> समझे नहीं हम किसने लिखी आख़िर उस दस्तावेज़ की भाषा.
> >> कब तक जयचंदों को जनती रहेगी हे माता!
> >> कब तक तेरे बच्चों को होती रहेगी हताशा,
> >>
> >> आतंकवाद की आग में जब जल रहा है पाकिस्तान,
> >> ऐसी हालत में इनके हृदय में जागा है इंसान,
> >> दिल्ली मुंबई अहमदाबाद ने जब की थीं जानें क़ुर्बान,
> >> मन ही मन खुश होते थे यही पाकी हैवान,
> >> देखो भारतवासियों, रखना इतना ध्यान,
> >> राष्ट्रभक्तों के हाथ में ही सदा देना तुम कमान,
> >> झूठे धर्म-निरपक्षों से रहना तुम सावधान,
> >> वोट बैंक बनकर कभी मत करना मतदान.
> >>
> >> बोस, पटेल, सावरकर ने, जिस देश को है तराशा,
> >> लूट ना ले उसको फिर, यह झूठी अमन की आशा.
> >> घर घर में आज जगती है, हर सुबह अमन की आशा,
> >> टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया और दैनिक जंग का, देखो नया तमाशा.
> >>
> >> English Transliteration:
> >>
> >> Aman Ki Aasha
> >>
> >> Ghar ghar mein aaj jagti hai, har subah aman ki aasha,
> >> Times of India aur dainik Jang ka, dekho naya tamaasha,
> >>
> >> Peeth mein khanjar bhonka jinnay, manavta ko hi chhala,
> >> aaj bolte chale hain wohi, kaisi shanti ki bhaasha,
> >>
> >> zameen ke lalach ko dharm ka mukhauta pehna,
> >> jin jallado ne chhena, Bharat Maa ka gehna,
> >> aaj unhi se rakhni hogi, hamko prem ki abhilaasha,
> >> wah re Times of India, kya khoob hai teri Aasha.
> >>
> >> Dekho Captain Kalia, aisa hua aapka balidaan,
> >> Aaj Afzal Guru aur Qasab ko, shayad mil jaaye jeevandaan,
> >> Chhabees-Gyarah (26/11) dohraanay ko, bechain hain jinkay jehadi,
> >> hame dosti ka raag sunaa rahey, wohi Kiani, Zardari aur Gilani
> >> Kawwa chale hans ki chaal, dekho inki meethi bhaasha,
> >> hamen dosti ka paath padhayenge, ab Sooja Ahmed Pasha.
> >>
> >> Hamare apne netao ne, desh ko bhi nahi baksha,
> >> Napunsak se bhi kam pourush jinme, woh karenge desh ki raksha?
> >> baatcheet ke zariye ye, mitaa denge saare bhed,
> >> aadha Kashmir khoney ka, inko zara nahi khed,
> >> Rashtra ko kiya lajjit, di Sharm-Al-Shekh mein niraasha,
> >> samjhe nahin hum kisnay likhi , aakhir us dastavez ki bhasha.
> >> Kab tak Jaichando ko janti rahegi he maata,
> >> Kab tak tere bachcho ko, hoti rahegi hataasha.
> >>
> >> Atankwaad ki aag mein, jab jal raha hai Pakistan,
> >> Aisi halat mein inke hriday mein, jaaga hai insaan,
> >> Dilli, Mumbai Ahemdabad ne, jab ki thi jaane qurbaan,
> >> man hi man khush hote they, yahi paki haiwan.
> >> Dekho Bharat vasiyon, rakhna itna dhyan,
> >> Rashtrabhakto ke haath mein hi, sada dana tum kamaan,
> >> Jhoothey dharm-nirpayksho se, rehna tom saavdhaan,
> >> vote bank bankar kabhi, mat karna matdaan.
> >>
> >> Bose, Patel, Savarkar ne, jis desh ko hai taraasha,
> >> loot na le usko phir, yeh jhooti aman ki aasha.
> >> Ghar ghar mein aaj jagti hai, har subah aman ki aasha,
> >> Times of India aur dainik Jang ka, dekho naya tamaasha.
> >>
> >> Courtsey : Kumpal Madrasi
> >>
> >>  ------------------------------
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Aditya Raj Kaul
> >
> > Freelance Writer
> >
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