I beg to disagree with your argument, which is utterly disproportionate to the Human Rights Situation as a whole in Kashmir. If there has not been any fair deal to the Kashmiri Pundits, it is only becuse of some sinister move by The Indian State to communalize the issue and therefore,HR activists are not to be blamed for that. Your argument, therefore not at all holds water. Moreover, it is blind to the imperative for peace. This is the reason why it is being repeatedly said about the need to go beyond the *Sare jagah se accha..Hindustan hamara..* type nationalism and patriotism, which either celebrates the world of blissful ignorance of existence of sinister political interests to dupe people and instill in such unsuspecting people many variants of cricket-inspired nationalism, etc etc.The mass media is presiding over this kind of delivery of half-truths and cover ups on many a vital issue..This is also dishonest to the core..one that cynically disregards the plight of minorities everywhere, be it in the case of persecuted Kashmiri pundit community or in the rest of India; it really doesn't seem not at all engaging, but certainly looks interested in enjoying official and 'legitimate' wars on '*the other'* from a safe distance. Regards,
On 10/14/07, Murali K Warier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >There are 7,00,000 security personnel there, enforcing "normalcy" in > Kashmir. In Iraq, in a fullfledged war, there are 1,25,000 to 1,50,000 US > troops. What does normalcy in Kashmir look like? > > This is why Arundhati Roy is one of the finest fiction writers. She will > have us convince that the troops are there to oppress Kashmir. If she > doesn't know it, the number of troops in Rajasthan and Punjab too run into > several lakhs. The troops were there in Kashmir before the onset of the > current insurgency, and will be there long after the insurgency ends. The > reason? Anybody with a basic knowledge of India's geography and post > independence history knows. > > >Indians, folks who want to go about their humble everyday lives, want * > azaadi* from Kashmir? > > She should be given credit for this little bit of prescience. If the > current state of affairs, brought about by the total failure of terror > investigations, resulting from the sacrifice of investigative rigor at the > altar of political correctness, continues. > > > And of course now there's Babri Masjid, the Bombay carnage, the Gujarat > carnage — all of this complicates things and adds fuel to the fire. > > Why no mention of the pogrom of the Pandits? Why should not ordinary > Indian's views on the Kashmir movement be colored by the expulsion of > Pandits? Remember, there has been next to no condemnation of this despicable > incident from any leader of the Kashmiri movement. > > Best regards, > Murali. > > On 10/14/07, Venugopalan K M < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
