So much for “Aman ki Asha”
20 January 2010
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2 snapshots from the “Aman ki Asha” Facebook Page presented below without comments…
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Snapshots taken at around 1030pm IST.
Comments and thoughts welcome.
Image logo: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/amankiasha.cms
This is not a debate, this is a roadside dog fight which can not attract a debate
Shantanu, I am another Shantanu who is hooked on to your blog. Had published my thoughts and opinions on the same topic some times back -
http://jabdakhata.blogspot.com/2010/01/relationship-with-pakistan-some.html
@ Shantanu Dey: Thanks…I will have a look at your blog post…
I pity Pakistan a confused and bewildered nation that it has becom.And I have sympathy for such thoughts coming from our Paki friends. What else can they do except fret fume froth at the mouth.
I kinda of agree with Ashok.
I pity Pak, coz these guys need to get a life. We already have enough hatred in this world why do these guys want more?
But, not just the guys across our border a lot of our people have been dead against it. Infact, i have spent almost the whole of today’s morning defending the movement.
search for demon ki asha and you will know. 
But I just hope that at the end of the day some sanity prevails and common people turn the tide against these violence mongorers in the society and those who sit in the parliament. coz war doesnt do good for anyone. except if you own a weapons factory
i find it absurd and foolish that the toi went along with this nonsence. who are we fooling here, the jung itself is propogating anti india sentiments in its papers, thats how they can survive in pak. its nothing but a media run campaing so that india and pak are pushed to speak to each other,as though we falling head over heels to as per the papers. let me tell you more than 80-90 % f pak can never stand india, its only a small community in their living rooms that drink wine / scotch. before they tell us to come for a talk its better they put their own house in order. but with the army and jihadis in control its never going to happen.
More on Aman ki Asha:
Anyone aware of any similar resolution by any Indian state legislative assembly? I guess not…That would be the day.
Somewhat related: Bend over backwards…
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We all knew it very well India & Pakistan are still fighting. but we are fighting for last 60 yrs what the benefit. Pls let me know what is the solution by which we can concentrate on the peace & developing our countries. both countries have the same problems. Hunger & poverty is main problem in front of us. If we remains in this condition we can’t survive.
you also know we both countries have lots of negative things. Some people in Pakistan & some people in India don’t want the peace. But why we bear.
Despite fighting I am asking all the Indian & Pakistani people do we have any solution for this fighting. Pakistani people have lots of reason to say bad against India but Indian people hav more than them. Its will always continue. We must find the SOLUTION.
PLS SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=263144437814&topic=12925
With Regards
Your Indian Friend
How can you take this Aman ki Asha at face value, coming from Times Of India ?
It has not been disclosed, was there any Private Treaty or not ?
(Background: Indian Media Scam — Private Treaties and
Times Group Private Treaties )
What is TOI’s objective and interest ?
Pl read in the context of “Aman ki Asha”.
Courtesy, Neeraj Diwan, < ahref="http://bit.ly/d9X1a3">ऐ हिन्दू…जूते पड़े लश्कर के तुझे:
ऐ हिन्दू तेरी पिटाई हुई, लश्कर के शेर जवानों से
लश्कर के शेर जवानों से, तुझे जूते पड़े रुसवाई हुई
तेरा नगर मेरा नगर.. श्रीनगर श्रीनगर
हिन्दू तेरी मौत आई, लश्कर आई- लश्कर आई
अमरीका तेरी मौत आई, लश्कर आई- लश्कर आई
Its an utter waste of time and patience to make peace with PAK. if v start on peace and all that nonsence which is never gonna work, it would be a true insult and a sign of ignorance to all the innocent people who have died earlier in the blasts.there has been a series of blasts and terror activities going on and on which is a clear indication that PAK would never sort it out . I wonder how foolish can a news agency like TOI be to ever think about something like the aman ki asha . no common man or any relative of the ppl who have suffered in the terror attacks will ever support this… y should v show concern and bring about peace with people who wont even respond 4 our efforts.. only actors and singers by organizing concerts can never bring about anything..its important to have the majority of the common ppl in India too..
Great post from Pragmatic on why Pakistan isn’t trustworthy enough for India to attempt the process of bridging the trust deficit.
@Indian Friend on #8,
We all knew it very well India & Pakistan are still fighting. but we are fighting for last 60 yrs what the benefit.We are still alive and are writing Hindu as religion in the census forms. That is the “benefit”. If that is not a benefit according to you, then you deserve “Aman ki Asha”. Thousands of “Asha”s in Pakistan and Bangladesh instinctively know the friendly attitudes they can expect from millions of “Aman”s in those countries.
More on “Aman ki Asha”: check the flags in the pic.
Excerpts from Shashi Tharoor’s Delusional liberals:
It is hard to imagine anyone in India, however sympathetic they might be to Pakistan, dissenting from this view of the malign role of the Pakistani military. In our naďveté, we also tend to assume that
Pakistani liberals would agree with us, seeing the salvation of their land lying in greater democracy and development, free of the
stranglehold of the world’s most lavishly-funded military (in terms of
percentage of national resources and GDP consumed by any Army on the
planet). Alas, judging by their reactions to Taseer’s article, this
seems not to be the case.
In his rebuttal, Ejaz Haider goes into great detail about the strength
and deployment patterns of the Indian Army, as if to justify the
Pakistani military’s behaviour.
But there is no recognition whatsoever that India’s defence preparedness is prompted entirely by the fact that Pakistan has launched four incursions into our territory, in 1947, 1965, 1971 and 1999; that India is a status quo power that manifestly seeks nothing more than to be allowed to grow and develop in peace, free from the attentions of the Pakistani military and the militants and terrorists it sponsors; andbluntly, that there is not and cannot be an “Indian threat” to Pakistan, simply because there is absolutely nothing Pakistan possesses that India wants.
If proof had to be adduced for this no doubt unflattering assessment, it lies in India’s decision at Tashkent in 1966 to give “back” to Pakistan every square inch of territory captured by our brave soldiers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including the strategic Haji Pir Pass, all of which is land we claim to be ours.
If we do not even insist on retaining what we see as our own territory, held by Pakistan since 1948 but captured fair and square in battle, why on earth would we want anything else from Pakistan?
No, the “Indian threat” is merely a useful device cynically exploited by the Pakistani military to justify their power (and their grossly
disproportionate share of Pakistan’s national assets). But Pakistani
liberals are particularly prone to the desire to prove themselves true
nationalists; it is the best way to ensure that their otherwise
heretical opinions are not completely discredited by the men in uniform who hold the reins of power in the state.
As this otherwise minor editorial spat demonstrates, Indians need to put aside their illusions that there are liberal partners for us on the other side of the border who echo our diagnosis of their plight and share our desire to defenestrate their military. Nor should we be
surprised: a Pakistani liberal is, after all, a Pakistani before he is a liberal.
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