Harping on Kashmir

Sir,

Recently the Information Minister of Pakistan Government visited Delhi with a message from Pak President regarding the forthcoming SAARC Summit. Addressing the Press Conference, in Delhi next day he harped on "Kashmir", mediation and handing over of "Fugitives" demanded by India. It is unfortunate that Pakistan has not left her self-righteous untenable obsession on "Kashmir" knowing fully, well that she has no legitimate right on Kashmir as would be clear from the following position-

i) Pakistan committed aggression by attacking Kashmir and occupied one third of J&K State territory of which Kashmir is a province.

ii) The J&K State became part of India by valid accession in 1947.

iii) India complained to the Security Council and requested for making Pakistan, vacate her aggression on Kashmir on which she has no right or locus standi in view of "Accession" of the State to India.

vi) Finally the U.N. under its resolution of 13th August, 1948, laid down the procedure for holding of plebiscite in Kashmir requiring Pakistan to withdraw her regular troops and armed irregulars from the occupied territory of J&K Kashmir by her, with India to maintain minimum forces for law and order as deemed necessary by U.N. in Kashmir.

vii) Pakistan defaulted and did not withdraw her armed regulars and irregulars from POK mis named "Azad Kashmir" by Pakistan for propaganda sake, as required by U.N. Therefore, Pak has no locus standi on Kashmir.

Pakistan's obsession to grab Kashmir seems to arise from overwhelmingly large Muslim population of Kashmir, but then in secular India unlike Islamic Pakistan, there are some Indian States which have individually more Muslim population than that of Kashmir. Atop of it India has more Muslim population than that of Pakistan itself. The minorities enjoy equal rights without discrimination.

In view of the position explained above the question of their party intervention or mediation in the Pakistan's created Kashmir case does not arise.

Yours etc...
B R Sharma
443-A Gandhi Nagar
Jammu.

Shrinking relations

Sir,

Two children or one child norm, in India, has influenced the life of people and will also show its impact on next generation in the near future. It is a great privilege and honour for a man being called grandfather, father, mama, chacha, taya etc. These distinctions are imparted upon a man if he has a good number of children and also brothers and sisters. But in the absence or shortage of relatives, the above mentioned relations also, do not exist. So the two or one child thinking has restricted the relations too much. Today, many families have two children (one boy and one girl) or child only which is very good in nation's interest but not in relations - so to say.

In future, in the families having two or less children, the taste of different types of relations will be less as compared to today or yesterday. Moreover, it is already decreasing day by day. The next generation will ask questions related with relations, to their elders. And at that time, just like fairy dates there will be stories of relations. Then elders will narrate their stories having healthy relations, if any. In a family of two or one child how and who will become Taya, Chacha, Mama (Maternal Uncle), Masi or Buaa etc. because it is true that lesser the no. of children, lesser will be relations. Children will ask their parents who is Chacha or Taya? What do we mean by Masi or Buaa etc. But at the time past stories or a nearby example if any would be the answer to their questions. And in the future, a person, somewhere with maximum no. of relations will definitely be a unique person and also a living example. No body knows whether the present relations will exist in the next or after that generation or not and what kind of shape they will take?

Yours etc.......
Omesh Baru
Paloura (Chowk)
Jammu.