[Reader-list] KASHMIR SURVEY FINDS NO MAJORITY FOR INDEPENDENCE

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Samvit... this is art in the form of psychological torture! The same 'the
communal separatists' are unleashing on innocent common Kashmiris..

That is how 'rent-a-cause activist' supporters behave when truth haunts
them!

May the festival of lights bring some hope for Kashmiris.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Samvit <samvitr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Inder,
> can you stop repeating the same paragraph again and again. I do not
> understand what kind of behavior this is. You are making a mockery of this
> forum. You have every right to put forth your views and contradict others
> but that does not mean you stoop to such levels that you have to send spam.
> This kind of behavior is very juvenile.
> -SR
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a
> > > 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95
> > > percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.
> >
> > In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a
> > > 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95
> > > percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.
> >
> > In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a
> > > 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95
> > > percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.
> >
> > In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a
> > > 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95
> > > percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.
> >
> > In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a
> > > 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95
> > > percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.
> >
> > In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a
> > > 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95
> > > percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Bipin Trivedi <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_ynr0-yXCshxv0x802hR9DLu
> > > 4fA
> > >
> > > (AFP) - May 27, 2010
> > >
> > > SRINAGAR, India - Less than half of residents in both the Indian and
> > > Pakistani zones of Kashmir favour independence as a solution to end
> > unrest
> > > in the disputed Himalayan region, a survey said Thursday.
> > >
> > > Conducted by British academic Robert Bradnock, the independent survey
> > found
> > > that 44 percent of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir favour
> > > independence, and 43 percent in Indian-administered Kashmir.
> > >
> > > United Nations resolutions soon after the partition of the
> sub-continent
> > in
> > > 1947 called for a plebiscite to determine whether the region should
> > belong
> > > to India or Pakistan, both of which claim Kashmir in full.
> > >
> > > "These results support the already widespread view that the plebiscite
> > > options are likely to offer no solution to the dispute," said the
> survey,
> > > which was released by the London-based Chatham House think-tank.
> > >
> > > Titled "Kashmir: Paths to Peace", it was a rare attempt to assess the
> > > opinions of people on both sides of the Line of Control (LOC) -- the de
> > > facto border that splits the region between the two rival nations.
> > >
> > > "Any solution will depend on the Indian and Pakistani governments?
> > > commitment to achieving a permanent settlement," Bradnock said.
> > > The survey interviewed about 3,800 people to record their views on how
> > they
> > > saw the future of Kashmir -- a scenic region that has been a constant
> > source
> > > of tension between India and Pakistan.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But in the Hindu-dominated Jammu region -- which is also part of Indian
> > > Kashmir -- support for independence dwindled to less than one percent.
> > > The survey found that the "overwhelming majority" of people wanted a
> > > solution to the dispute, even though there were no "simple fixes".
> > > More than 47,000 people have died in Indian Kashmir since the eruption
> of
> > > the insurgency in 1989.
> > >
> > > India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir,
> but
> > a
> > > recent peace process has brought a reduction in violence.
> > >
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