Kashmir.... A response... Part 2

Kashmir occupies a special place in my heart as my soul lives and dreams of that heaven on earth... A casual read on an article on Kashmir in the economist, I realized a biased opinion by an author pretending to be representing the interest of the majority.. Hyper me! I decided to set records straight by two posts... You must have an opinion, here's mine. Here's my post 2 which basically is countering the argument of Liberal Jinnah Vs fundamentalist RSS and Hindu Indians:
Great comments Goodmaan! I pity your biased treatment of the subject. Hindu Indians? India's muslim Population is higher than yours and you speak of Hindu Indians. Please don't read articles from one side only and form opinions about a nation as large and as diverse as India. People can be good or bad, politics might be dirty or not. It always will be only one component of a nation and not the nation. Its a nation and culture of diversity, much beyond what you would have ever experienced, but not your fault! If you read your own statements, you agree that it was all about Power sharing and you call Jinnah a liberal. It was power mongering between him and congress which costed us more than a million dead bodies. They were dead bodies and raped dead bodies of no religion, cast or creed. Hindus and Muslims alike slaughtered and saved... both ways... Now, the entire world is watching what whisky drinking and chain smoking Jinnah's Pakistan has turned into! And for muslims in India, again check your records and they will cry out for themselves. A Sikh is the prime minister and we had a massive Hindu Sikh communal riots in this country in 1984. Still he was given a choice and a chance and he made the most out of that. Najma Heptullah, gD/O Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is one of the most respected politicians in India. APJ Abul Kalam Azad, is probably the next popular person in this country after Mahatma only. Latest; A group of Ulemas in India has requested for not granting permission to bury the perpeterators of Mumbai attack in their own country INDIA and you talk about Hindu Indians. As they say it lightly "It happens only in India".

History has scarred everyone and any form of fundamentalism has to be punished. Indian agencies have gotten hold of the highest Hindu seer in the country and not a single hindu has come to oppose it because if it is just, law will decide its course. Not a single time has a govt been overthrown by military in this country. An attacker who attacked the very symbol of our democracy, our parliament has been ordered to be hung and sadly this nation doesn't seem to be in mood of doing that also. How many examples you want me to quote? On contrary, How many scholars of lal masjid have been prosecuted in Pakistan. I mean, Masood Azhar, Dawood, lakhwi and so many more are in Pakistan and we are fundamentalists and you liberals. Pakistan, today is known as Islamic republic of Pakistan and India is the same old diverse India, and not a Hindutva republic of India. BJP being a Hindu party does not even have a simple majority. Its a nation of many relegions and not of one relegion.

I do not want to say that we are the best. All I want to say is that our judiciary & democracy is a well oiled system and it has proven to be unbiased for eternity and we, "somehow manage to do just enuff to keep our head above water". So please get over the burden of history and visit some corners of India. I am positively sure that you will be amazed at just how many different societies, relegions and faith live and prosper here. You won't find that anywhere in the world. Narrowing your vision is easy. The greatness is in looking beyond the scars of history and looking ahead rather than behind...

Kashmir... A response... Part 1

Kashmir occupies a special place in my heart as my soul lives and dreams in that heaven on earth... A casual read on an article on Kashmir in the economist, I realized a biased opinion by an author pretending to be representing the interest of the majority.. Hyper me! I decided to set records straight by two posts... You must have an opinion, here's mine. Here my post 1:
Interfere in the fight of others and to papparize a matter without a fundamental understanding of the subject matter, is a speciality of british media. Be it BBCs tirade of not calling the attackers in Mumbai as millitants while those who attacked london as or this cheap article from economist labelling opinion of a biased journalist on us. I have few questions which I believe are never addressed:
1. Why is it always about Kashmir only? There's Jammu and Ladakh as well. For a fact Kashmir has 20% of the area and Jammu has 35%, while ladakh has 45% of the area...
2. Everyone refers to Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru's statement on Kashmir, but why doesn't one talk about Shimla agreement or 1971 war? I mean if you make a statement after loosing, you expect that accord not to be adhered to and an older one? why and how is that justified? Is the environment and population mix same as 1947 for voting and refrendums? So how does the author intend to address the anomaly of scared Kashmiri Pandits who have left, mistreated Muslims who are either sometimes ill treated by forces or my millitants and thus disillisioned. Educated societies take educated steps and not steps due to hasty feelings of an ill educated journalist
3. Why is it that, there is a tacit assumption that part of POK is happy and flourishing and that they don't want a refrendum? and no one ever talks about that?
4. Why is it that people want to divide a state based on a 1947 status only? Why not go back and look at Kashmir when the entire belt was non-muslim?
5. I am from Jammu & Kashmir and not a migrant, and have braved the bullets and have stayed with hindus and muslims alike and i stay there. I don't want a Pakistani to come and think for me, especially when he can't control his own country. So why is it that my opinion is never listened to?
6. Kashmiris in Pakistan are called as Mohajirs and are treated as B grade citizens. My family and many more are earning our wages and running family and still spending much less than an average indian due to special subsidies and you want tell me to be unthankful to Indian Govt? Why doesn't the press and the elitists like Economist ever throw some light on their plight?
7. Who is this author to label "all kashmiris" as pro pakistan or pro independence?
8. Why is that a 60% participation in a democratic process is refuted by a society full of barbaric, hostile, ustable and rouge politics?
9. Why is it that me and my brothers in J&k, after voting in such large numbers are being told that, see you have voted, but you meant this, not that. For heaven's sake, we know our reasons and know what we have voted for.
10. Does any literate and educated person stand up and demonstrate how an Independent or pakistani Kashmir will sustain its economy? Oh no.. Don't give me that lame excuse that we will decide as that this "we" includes me and my family. So please tell me by which economic model or great discovery are we going to self sustain?
To cut the long story short, It is great to have good questions for others without looking into the mirror. But, please don't belittle this great victory of democracy & sanity over mindless advocacy of death and destruction. Please don't treat a youth throwing a stone at you as entire kashmir. Even if you have to, ask him the right questions and non-incting questions and you will realize that after he has seen both the sides of the picture, he will appreciate the one he is living in. Independence is a great human concept, but it has to be logical and everyone has to be involved, not only the author, economist editorial staff, seperatists and pakistanis. Never forget there are more human beings that dwell and prosper within the same confines and who don't share the same line as you Mr Author...