Re : [nukkad] Is the March over?

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1. This immediately reminds me of Kashmir. There was a distinct
and definite Goan culture with specific Portugese imprint. I was
there in 1966 when on army posting, and have been there 2-3 times
more on 10-15 year intervals. The change is huge. But nobody is
lamenting. Not even the goans. To a large extent, it has been
because of people from other places going there for business or
work or for getting settled there.
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I agree. The christians of Goa are slowly but certainlt opening out. They
are no more confined to the jobs of barmen, secretaries, band musicians,
cooks and into tourist industry.
These days they have diversified into various professions, something they
learned from their Hindu compatriots in 50 years which they could not from
their Portugese masters in 500 years.
I reckon, as of today, there is no Goan christian woman who is a chartered
accountant.
Some feedback on this will be appreciated.
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2. I hear so much about kasmiriyat. The government also, at least
to be politically correct, sings the same tune: preserving
kashmiriyat. What is this entity? Is it a sacred cow, not to be
discused or dissected, but always to be revered like a demigod.
Are the kashmiris a breed apart? Can we even preserve even
distinct tribal cultures? Can we sing praises of USA as a great
melting pot, at the same time trying to maintain kashmir as an
island? In the process, are we not being unjust to kashmiris
themselves? Intermingling is the greatest teacher, transformer and
equalizer. Why are the kashmiris being kept isolated from the rest
of the country? They do not have even mobile phones, by govt
order. Even the intenet was denied to them for many months as part
of anti-terrorist measures.
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Guptaji,
Ensuring Kashmiriyat to the natives is nothing but a kind of sop to win them
over to
give up separatist demand. With such vast and vibrant India to the south,
can they retain their nativity intact ??
In case of India as a whole, to what extent we, with all our just claims of
old civilization are able to withstand the inroads of U.S, western cultures
?
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3. If China can invade and gobble up Tibet and  if the Portugese
and the French and the British could almost annexe Goa,
Pondicherry and the rest of India respectively; if the great giant
of human rights can pulverize Afghan huts with impunity and get
world support to attack Iraq, why can't the citizens of our
blessed country simply walk across to Kashmir for living, working
or earning?
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None of the above countries you mention, ever took the decision through
debates.
They just did it and are doing it.
We Indians are 'thought braves' and 'action cowards'.
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4. People are not fools. They will go there only if they find it
worth it. Nobody would like to go there just to get killed by
terrorists. But go they will, no doubt about that, as soon as they
have legal permission to get jobs, buy land and establish business
there. The reverse corollary is that the moment these are
permitted, terrorism, which the government is not able to wipe out
despite heavy costs, will disappear on its own. Terrorists would
be nabbed by people themselves, police and military will not be
needed.
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This is hundred touch true. With the inflow of new people far removed from
the idea
of violence, the locals who are being carried away by the fundamentalists
will show
shift in tendency. But for this to happen, no less than 50,000 of us should
be willing
to die (in the ensuing increased attacks). This will ensure that some 5
million from
other states of India who will make Kashmir their new home will triumph over
sinister
designs of the misguided people. Then you can expext J & K to produce pencil
and rubber.
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5. I submit, just my wild guess, that the bogey of preserving
Article 370 and Kashmiriyat are just ploys to keep j & K as a
separate entity so that funds keep on flowing there, bleeding the
general Indian public, these funds being siphoned off by the
politicians in collusion with the separatists and terrorists. The
moment the latter two give up their arms and demands, army and
security forces need  not be deployed there, with withdrawal of
fund flow to pockets of politicians.
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I do not think there is even a remote chance of such a nexus. Some vested
interests
can not be ruled out, but then thats it, nothing like deep rooted
conspiracy.
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6. If Kashmiriyat is so precious to be preserved, whatever it is,
why does the government allow the kashmiris to get out of the
valley at all, even to foreign countries? How does that help
preserve the so called kashmiriyat?
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Only the ashes of Jawaharlal Nehru can give reasons.
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7. In any case, in what manner is Bihari or brij or marwari or
gujarati or Kerala or Tamil or Bengali or Assamese culture any
less important than the so called great kashmiri culture? If
Hindu-muslim unity is supposedly the core of kashmiriyat, how were
kabir and raskhan and akbar in the past, and the millions of
ordinary folk all over India today, able to live in peace and
homogeneity, away from the kashmir winds? Have not muslims been
our presidents and chief justices, with none speaking a word
against them?
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Do not expect Indian Muslims to come out against Jehadis in the open. Either
they are too scared or have no clue on what nationalism is expected to mean
in today's context.
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Will kashmiris on the list kindly speak up? I invite nukkadites to
offer views on this.
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If they could speak up with intellect and conviction, the situation would
not have been
as precarious as it is today. This community is not known for talent in any
field in general.
Round and square, they have only one Nehru family to quote at national
level. It appears that the whole community is gyrating around Nehru and
Sheikh Abdulla families. And we know how much good and how much damage they
have caused to themselves and India.
All Gunjus, Tikkus, Razdans, Mattus, Naths, Wanchhoos, Haksars, Dhars,
Pandits, Saprus etc. are damaads (son-in-laws) of Government of India.
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Rohit Zaveri.



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