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Stop abetting terrorism I

Sir,
"Nishastam'', "Guftam'; "Barkhastam''-these are three Persian expressions which mean "Meeting''; "Talking''; "Dispersing.'' This is what each round of talks between India and Pakistan shall have for the world in general and India in particular.

The leaders of Pakistan have always assumed that the hammer of war alone can shape the political and geographical future of the sub-continent to their advantage on the anvil of aggression. This assumption of the leaders of Pakistan has proved them without doubt gods of destruction rather than of redemption. The redemptive God suffers for others. The Gods of destruction, chief among whom Pakistan is, rain fire and brimstone over others.

The leaders of Pakistan, their electronic and print media are always quick to christen the Terrorists exported by them into otherwise peaceful State of Jammu and Kashmir as "Mujahadeen'' or in other words "Soldiers of Faith.'' The punitive action against them by the legally constituted law-enforcing agencies is termed by them in full-throated yells as violation of Human Rights. Their definition of "Personhood'' does in no way mean respecting individuality and autonomy of the other. It is of no concern to them that their "Mujahadeen'' have left 3,00,000 Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs and Christians hungry, shelterless, widowed, orphaned and have been rendered helpless and hopeless, living the lives of animals. To the leaders of Pakistan Articles 3 to 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human rights 1948 which set forth the Civil and Political Rights to which all human beings are entitled to have absolutely no meaning.

The leaders of Pakistan are carried away by the spurious heroism of aiding and abetting terrorism. They are blind to the fact that it promises to be a phenomenon of cowardice. There is nothing heroic about raining missiles and bullets. At any rate, Terrorism is a bloody affair. It yields only corpses and cripples. The leaders of Pakistan are not ready to understand that campaigns of terror have seldom attained their goals.

What is most disturbing is the statement of our Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah in which he is reported to have stated: "My 60,000 Muslim and a few thousand Kashmiri Pandits have so far lost their lives in the terrorist-related activities. "This statement of a democratically elected popular leader is sufficient to indicate that the "Mujahadeen'' of Pakistani leaders have made a change in the composition of the victims of war. Civilian and colateral casualties were minimal in the 3 wars of 1947, 1965 and 1971 thrust on India by Pakistan. The Statement of our Chief Minister reveals that Pakistan has brought the site of destruction closer to those who were not directly involved in terrorism, I mean the Kashmiri Pandits and the nationalist Muslims, Sikhs and Christians.

If the Pakistan Senate approves the "Shariat Bill'', the Holy Qu'ran and the "Sunnah'' shall be the supreme law of Pakistan. The same Pakistan leadership, on the other hand, directs its "Mujahadeen'' in Kashmir to set ablaze School and College buildings in utter disregard to the sayings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): "THE INK STAINED FINGERS OF A SCHOLAR ARE MUCH MORE HOLIER THAN THE BLOOD OF A MARTYR. "and "FOR THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE EVEN IF YOU MAY HAVE TO GO CHINA, YOU SHOULD GO. "Yes, to China the Pakistani leaders go, but not for the acquisition of knowledge but to get weapons of destruction.

Talks between India and Pakistan can only be successful if Pakistan stops romanticising the terrorists. It should realise that peace is not an ornament or a political rhetoric. It is a pre-condition for survival and development. It should believe that peace can endure only on the foundation of justice and constructive approach to human-well-being. But this is not the priority with those who rule the roost in Pakistan.

I suggest to the leaders of Pakistan to keep their hands off from aiding and abetting the terrorists and to reconcile to the historic reality that the Qutab Minar, the Red Fort and Srinagar are located in India lest the war of the future does not degenerate into a war on future for them.
Yours etc.......
Predhuman K. Joseph Dhar
Jammu-Tawi

Return of KPs

Sir,
The news report reg. KP's return to the valley bring forth two moot points of significance in context of Kashmir viz (i) return of the KPs to their ancestoral Homeland, and (ii) Pakistan's assertion that it is fighting for the cause of Kashmiri Musalmans. On elaboration of these points one finds, that:

(i) KPs never denied return to their lovely and bewitching Home because they own it as dearly as anybody else being the aborigines of the place. So the question of repeating it so oft by the C.M. carries little weight. If they are forced to return by stopping their cash/kind assistance or if some of them get lured by money and readied themselves to return, it will serve no purpose and it won't solve the vexed problem of Kashmir.Besides this 60 percent in rural and 40 percent in urban areas KP houses stand arsoned; cent percent houses in the valley stand burgled, where and how shall the KPs be in a position to take the plunge. Is the CM himself clear minded about the return to Kashmir? How does he propose to rehabilitate them there where guns still continue to boom where, in absence of Hindus, Muslims are massacred most callously, where gun culture continues to flourish. Or if he considers their return in camps as they eke out life here in Jammu in camps in the towns of the valley, what is the fun in dragging them there. It will create another headache of safety for the CM. KP families were spread all over the valley in twos and threes amongst hundreds of ethnic neighbours. Does the CM settle them that way? If the CM proposes their resettlement in their own residential places and live there in the same ratio, does he think that they would be safe there especially when the foreign subversives are active there. It will be a fantasy, an imagination pregnant with illusions. Yes, surface level normalcy is discernible in some pockets including Srinagar city but it is ephemeral and a decipt to correct perception KPs are welcome but not for permanent stay. They can go as visitors so that they make small earnings outside the valley and spend that in Kashmir. It is absolute in actuality.

(ii) By mouthing out truthfulness (I take it that way) Shamshad Ahmad of Pakistan said that Pakistan is fighting for the rights of Kashmiri Muslims. We should not feel impetuous. The position taken now by the Pakistan after 50 years negates the position Anglo-American Block introduced in the Security Council in 1947. Our simple complaint asking the UNO (SC) to direct the Pakistan to withdraw tribals etc. from Kashmir was put on the shelf with the conspiracy hatched by the Block and our request was nomenclatured as "dispute between India and Pakistan,'' thus making Pakistan as a party. Our agreeing to this situation is one of the blunders India has committed since partition and Kashmir hangs like a Democles sword on Indian's neck. The fact of impleading Pakistan as a party and naming our complaint as a dispute between the two gets automatically negatived by the statement of Shamshad Ahmad and consequently the resolutions passed by the Security Council are redundant as Shamshad's belated acceptance unambiguously shows that there is no dispute between India and Pakistan but if at all there is one, it is between Indian Government and one of its constituent States where Muslims are in majority. Pakistan has, therefore, nothing to do with it as that will obviously therefore, nothing to do with it as that will obviously amount to interference in India's internal affairs.

Let India take this line of action and ask Pakistan in the next round of talks that it should vacate PoK as otherwise India would have to think of employing other means for restitution of the usurped property. By this statement the position of India gets stronger and we can tell the Anglo-American block on its face that it has been adverse to India's interests ever since partition because it had the honour of forcing the foreign ruler to leave the land lock, stock and barrel.

Will the Central Government muster courage to stand strong as China stands and tell the Block to stay away interfering in our domestic matters. Friendship is there but not at our cost.
Yours etc.......
R.K. Sher
Jammu