Homeland
the only option
I
Sir,
The
recently concluded All India Kashmiri
Samaj ( AIKS ) conclave at Jammu, marked
by a lot of heat and debate, may have
once again given the impression that
there is bitter discord amongst the
Kashmiri Pandits. But nothing can be
farther from the truth. For what emerged
was a near unanimity on, and a further
reiteration of, that great reality that
the Kashmiri Pandits will not accept any
thing short of what they rightly deserve
- that is the safety and security of a
Homeland in the Valley. Though AIKS
functionaries had deliberately excluded
Panun Kashmir from the list of invitees
they little imagined that the ghost, nay
the gospel, of Homeland would cast its
spell on all their deliberations. After
all how long can one go one deceiving
oneself as well as the whole community
which has witnessed the worst genocide in
post-independent India with hollow ideas
.
Delhi
Samiti, which had wavered for all these
years, finally came out overwhelmingly
with their support for Homeland. The
other affiliates of AIKS gave tacit
approval, as also some other
organizations that were invited. Even the
representatives of Jammu based parties
drove the point home that Pandits can not
return in conditions that prevail in the
Valley or under the whimsical and viscous
plans and programs of the present Govt.
But most
important of all the AIKS itself did a
turn around on some vital issues. It
debunked its own stand on autonomy. That
the AIKS president came to seeking
homeland in the eventuality of a division
of J&K betrays the realization in the
mind of every Kashmiri Pandit, be he a
recent exile or a former émigré, that
howsoever much he might cherish
reconciliation, amity and friendship with
the majority community in the Valley ,
the powers that be will never want to see
him rehabilitated with honor and dignity
and that the only recourse for him is to
seek and strive for a Homeland.
Yours
etc...
Dr. K L Chowdhury
II
Sir,
This is
with reference to the recent
deliberations held by some prominent
Kashmiri Pandit leaders at Jammu under
the aegis of All India Kashmiri Samaj
(AIKS) as regards the return to their
homes and hearths in the Kashmir valley,
and also about the process of dialogue
and negotiations to be held, prior to
their return, with the majority community
(Muslims) there.
For the
past fourteen years I have been watching
all such debates manoeuvers of our
community leaders, whenever and wherever
they have a whim to hold them, only for a
theoretical exhibition of their keen
concern and agony of our present problems
of up-rooting from our birth place. But,
pragmatically, they have not been able to
and nor shall they ever be able to,
achieve anything for the betterment of
their displaced brethern, either from the
State or from the Central Governments,
ruled by whatever political party or
parties, in the past or at present.
Our
leaders lack the tempo and perseverance
of well-organized non-self -centered and
dedicated and selfless path-finders,
required for achieving a rightful
objective.
Due to the
qualities of real leadership in them, the
people of Chhatisgarh, Jharkand and
Uttaranchal have been able to get their
own independent states, within the
federal set up of Indian Union. The
Telangana Rashtra Samiti has shown the
way how the tables can be turned over,
and their demand of a separate Telangana
state has been accepted in the common
Minimum Programme of the present ruling
alliance at the center .
I,
therefore, request all the KP leaders
either to do something practically
concrete and achievable or else, leave
our young enterprising and qualified men
and women alone to merge into and float
smoothly in the vast Ocean of our
country, India. If, they are getting
economically well settled through their
hard work and intellectual potential in
the other parts of our country where they
can have un-biased opportunity, our young
generation shall never desire or dream of
going back to the Kashmir valley.
Yours
etc...
A.K.Kitru 234,
Vikram Nagar,
Jammu.
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