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EDITORIAL They have played more havoc with economy, politics and society of the State than any serpent would ever have dared think. But then the herpetologists would strongly deny that the reptilians ever think of harming humans. They, indeed, end up helping human and other species and harm them only when their lives are threatened. But the appellation cannot be inapt, for we here are talking of the vicious breed that only thinks of heinous crimes, horrendous tortures and horrible hardships for other fellow human.....more It tell rather badly upon the healing touch policy that it has bypassed the people who deserve its touch the most. Observations of the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, gathered from his personal interviews and interaction during his last visit to the city, speak of the relief and rehabilitation measures having been woefully inadequate to meet this most pathetic tragedy in the contemporary history of the nation. Even the committee, formed on the previously issued directions of the Commission, does not seem to have been convened .....more |
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By Ghazanfar Butt There has been a flurry of activity in Srinagar among members of the All Party Hurriyat Conference during the last few days. They are debating as to how they can remain relevant to the political scene in the State. The positive ..more AIIMS
Regional By Daya Sagar First Citizen of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, has sensed the needs of the ''last'' citizen of India and has called for taking the superior medical services near to the financially weak and distantly placed people in semi urban areas. I...more By V. Mohan Narayan Even as it moves in the direction of resuming dialogue with Pakistan, bitter experiences of the past have made India wary of expecting dramatic results. After expectations of a major breakthrough rose to dizzy heights at the Agra......more |
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EDITORIAL They have played more havoc with economy, politics and society of the State than any serpent would ever have dared think. But then the herpetologists would strongly deny that the reptilians ever think of harming humans. They, indeed, end up helping human and other species and harm them only when their lives are threatened. But the appellation cannot be inapt, for we here are talking of the vicious breed that only thinks of heinous crimes, horrendous tortures and horrible hardships for other fellow human beings who would not go with their serpentine reasons and poisonous solutions. Over the last one and half decades they have caused thousands of deaths in the State. This is 'the 80,000 sacrifices'. Each one of them has been extracted from an unwilling people; each single death has been inflicted upon the people of this State without care or compunction; most have come with unimaginable cruelties and untold miseries. Their acts are unjustified under any law, any code, any ethic of civilized living. The so-called 'voluntary recruitments' are made with unethical threats and unholy allurements. The depredations they have visited upon the people of this State are simply preserve. Killing of four women and two children in one single family in Kot Dhari and leaving the 90-year old grandmother to recount the gruesome tale is only the latest of these perversions. Just as the cold-blooded slaughter of the two dozen Pandits in Kashmir is only the latest of massacres. Probably, the most perverse part is their apologists derailing the frequent calls for a thorough campaign to eliminate these killers at large from every nook and corner of this State. How they do it is another twist in the long tale of subversion in this State. Thankfully the authorities that are charged with the safety and security of the citizenry have tightened the noose around these marauders. The serpents are now facing decimation in as systematic a way as the one with entered in and wrecked their perversions upon this State. The details that are getting revealed tell how the neighbor that is ever swearing her innocence is subverting the very life in this State and nation. That they have spread their tentacles from this northern-most point, all through the body of the nation from Aligarh to Ahmadabad to Kolkatta, to the southern most tip, shows how resourced and active the terrorists have been. And, how lenient the vigilances. One doesn't know if there is truth in the allegations that the previous Government willfully looked the other way while the terrorists and enemies of the nation spread their nets over the nation, but it is clear that the vicious net is well stretched to strike at the whole nation. They certainly have penetrated almost all the places of consequence, lie right in the union capital and have all the people everywhere targeted. The founts however are here. Decimation of these hideouts would not automatically eliminate the terrorist elements all over, but this certainly is where the action-systematic, concerted, relentless action-must begin. Operation sarp vinash may have scattered the deadly killers, but they are not fully eliminated, not even fully targeted. Could here be the beginning of that much delayed action? It tell rather badly upon the healing touch policy that it has bypassed the people who deserve its touch the most. Observations of the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, gathered from his personal interviews and interaction during his last visit to the city, speak of the relief and rehabilitation measures having been woefully inadequate to meet this most pathetic tragedy in the contemporary history of the nation. Even the committee, formed on the previously issued directions of the Commission, does not seem to have been convened much less become the nodal agency for addressing the grievances of the externed people as the commission wanted. Far from lending a healing hand to the battered people the State here is actively miscarrying the directions of the human rights bodies. And, obstructing, allege the migrants, implementation of directions and succors provided by the central authorities. The manner in which Prime Minister Vajpayee's assurances on enhancement of the relief amount were caged in the bureaucratic confusion is a case in point. But there are other more pitiless acts, like the refusal to register the victims of the Nadimarg massacre and others who found their safety vitiated in the wake of the massacre. And all the time other registrations are said to be taking place. The migrants have grouse that the Government from which they expected real, substantive succor has let them down by a huge margin. Apparently it believes that mere symbolism is enough here. It apparently washed its hands off the migrants' problems by appointing 'one from the community' to the Relief Commissioner's chair. The migrants today are more aggrieved thence as new directives and restrictions are being piled upon them each day, the latest being the denial of the 'migrant' status to those marrying outside the community. Children are being refused to be registered. And, of course, the post-Nadimarg people are still on the road. Is it ironical or fitting that the most sympathetic Relief Commissioner, the migrants say, they ever had happened to be the nephew of the late Adbul Gani Lone? They definitely have found the new Government and its Commissioner much less sympathetic, much less understanding. So much so that the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission has been constrained to point to the inadequacies. That circumstance goes ill with the caring profile of the Government. It is not a very heal-full thing. Rather, one sees a touchy response here that would wish the problems out but not do much about them. |
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