Nail the LIES. Make your voice heard on J&K…
As the interlocutors talk of amending the Indian Constitution to consider the “Azaadi” option for Jammu & Kashmir, please realise that slience and indifference are no longer an option…
This could be the beginning of another division of India…another partition and another bloodbath…
Nail the LIES on Jammu & Kashmir.
Remind your friends and acquaintances of the history of the accession of the State. Those who question Kashmir’s history and links with India need to be forcefully reminded that Kashmir owes its name to Maha-Rishi Kashyap.
Remind them of the numerous references to Kashmir in MahaBhArat.
Remind everyone of the resolution passed by J&K Assembly in February 1954 that unanimously ratified the state’s accession to India.
Remind them of Section 3 that states, “The State of Jammu and Kashmir is and shall be an integral part of the Union of India”
Nail the lies on “discriminatory” and poor treatment of Kashmiris by citing these facts and figures. Remind them of the forgotten “J” in J&K(and the rarely remembered Ladakh)
Remind them that the only unfinished agenda in J&K is the withdrawal of Pakistani forces from occupied Kashmir.
Remind them of the “Param-Veer”s who sacrificed their lives to defend this territory.
Remind everyone that Jammu & Kashmir is and will remain an integral part of India. This Punya-Bhoomi (sacred land) is inseparable from the identity of Bharat, the identity of India
Make your voice heard. Don’t let the Arundhati Roys and the Syed Geelanis set the agenda on J&K.
Stress the facts: Any talk of plebisctite/”Azaadi” is a non-starter. The only unresolved problem in J&K is Article 370. It is time to say loudly: One Country, One Law, One Flag. We must repeatedly stress this…
Please share widely with your friends and acquaintances.
For more (a lot more), have a look at this series of recent posts.
Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!
…and a related question:
Can “freedom of expression” and “right of free speech” ever be absolute?
thanks shantanu, for putting that question in the end.
CAN ‘FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION’ AND ‘RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH’ EVER BE ABSOLUTE?
Not everyone can mouth whatever they feel like, there has to be restraint.
Freedom of expression is absolute.
The solution is not muzzling but an even more emphatic, fact-based response.
Everything seems to be a set up for ultimate “Azaadi”. The so called stone pelters and the recent stimulus to the unrest in the valley, the appointment of Interlocutors and their utterances, the seditious speeches of Arundhati, Geelani etc., and the support of the Vara Vara Rao and the like portends ill for our country. How can this country withstand one more vivisection ? What would be the fate of hindus left out ? We have seen the plight of hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh and Kashmir too ?
This is the time to speak up. If we remain silent today, we will not get a chance to speak tomorrow.
Readng Anshul Chaturvedi. “Don’t pity us, Arundhati – not yet” http://bit.ly/aMLbqQ (HT: Sanjay)
‘Remind them of Section 3 that states, “The State of Jammu and Kashmir is and shall be an integral part of the Union of India”’
Satyameva Jayate. That is not satya. Try to buy a property and live there. It is not an integral part of India. Read the constitution again. Don’t forget to read that section which does permit you to do that.
Timely post, this is for sure the time for all Indians to Arise, Awake from the deep slumber & voice out for the integrity of this ancient nation & society. There seems to be a distinct disinformation campaign orchestrated by few who only care for the attention they get due to such utterances..Accept that we have to spread our message & strong will as Indians to ensure there is no more talk of separation of J&K..Jai Hind..Vande Mataram
Meanwhile, the Opposition parties in India remain a mute witness … ???
How do we raise our voices ? What do we do ? There needs to be some plan.
Removal of Article 370 is the best way forward. But how do we force this govt to it ? Our Middle class is too engrossed in cricket, bollywood, and new found prosperity. Our elite is too pseudo-secular and take great pride in their rants against Hindu groups. They are sharing and supporting people like Geelani. Our poor are not even aware of what and where is Kashmir. Our media is paid by anti-nationals. Our celebrities are too politically correct. Is this an atmosphere and environment in which we are going to sort the Kashmir problem ? An ordinary Hindu middle-class citizen like me who cares is in a hopeless minority.
Let me repeat it. Kashmir has not been an integral part of India because of that article in the constitution that does not permit Indians to buy property and live there. There is absolutely no interest there for an average Indian. For much as I know, he/she probably needs a visa to enter this province. Successive Govts in India have shown no strategy whatsoever to integrate Kashmir in India. All these talks are just emotional outbursts without any logic. At best Kashmir should be divided, that too is necessary simply for the protection of minorities.
India wants pakistan to arrest Hafiz saeed for anti-India speech, but does not dare arrest its own citizens in its own land under its own laws for same crime!!
10.@Morris:
what u say is true. Article 370 has been blatantly misused by Kashmiri leaders (i.e. pak agents). Instead of preserving the demography and peace, A370 has resulted in much bloodshed, Pandit ethnic cleansing that’s permanently changed the demography, and leaves the government looking like an idiot, aside from all the taxpayer money spent and soldiers lives lost trying to justify the joke that is the A370.
Kashmiris are in fact, truly first class citizens in India. Constitutionally. Kashmirirs are free to move about, study in univs, acquire property in India, but not vice versa.
It’s time to say NO to Article 370. Abolish that and let Kashmir truly integrate. But for that we need a Sardar Patel again.
Step Number One!! Stop voting for the UPA
cricfan
That is precisely my point. No one seems to talk about how to make Kashmir a fully integral part of India and they just get emotional about the issue. Look at what China is doing in Tibet. They connected it by rail and now chinese are settling there. We have a exactly the opposite happening. Kashmiris are throwing out hindus.
I think it is too late. The best India could do is to ensure that the minorities still living there are safe and would not become refugees. Just look around the world. Muslim majority viable region almost invariably wants separation. In Islam, religion and politics overlap. One need not be a rocket scientist to understand this. It is simple. Don’t gamble, because you will lose it all. Try ro save what you can.
Interesting points Shantanu. India should shut down the media for a few days and purge the state of militants. These stone pelting jerks are funded by the ISI and have no other work than to foment trouble.
Pls visit http://www.cifjkindia.org for complete info on JNK.
These lies have been nailed long back. It is actually the liars who need to be taken care of.
About J&K, do not bother. Our dimpled prince from the landlord family would sell it to the highest bidder whenever that suits his interest. We do not possess the strength in us to keep it, it is only natural that the voice of the stone throwers are heard.
As my internet connection is limited, I am forced to watch the news channels. Trust me there is not an iota of debate on this topic in the 24X7 media. It seems that the media and those who watch it consider the news of marriage of a second rate actor as “Breaking News”. Few hours back I watched an “intellectual” talking head distributing his pearl of wisdom on why nationalism is bad and Arundhati Roy is right. It appears to me that a minority wants Kashmir to secede, a minority wants it to be included and rest does not care. If majority does not care, why would Kashmir stay? Let it go.
Likes of AR are enablers of Islamofascism. Her stringent support of Geelani who espouses Dhimmi status for non Muslims clearly shows her contempt for Human Rights of Hindus and Sikhs. As such she is no liberal, in fact she is a rabid Hinduphobe.
“Geelani is quite clear in his vision of a Kashmir taken out of India. In Nava-e-Hurriyat he spells out that “Our goal is the establishment of Islamic Government… the freedom (that Kashmiris are struggling for) is for the sake of Islam”. What would Kashmir become if another partition of India takes place? Luckily, we do not have to hypothesise. We have clear examples in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Will Kashmiriyat be better supported in the Islamic state of Kashmir? The evidence would suggest otherwise. From Saudi Arabia to Pakistan we have models of repressive Islamic states denying basic freedom and democracy to their citizens, let alone to their dhimmi minorities. Pakistan is a simmering cauldron of continuous sectarian violence and a military controlled state. Can the Indian people really let another crucial portion of the Indian civilisation be surrendered to Pakistan-hood?
There is a paradox between Arundhati Roy’s cry for freedom within the Indian state for her advocacy of ideologies that have a track record of denying it. As she makes common cause with Islamists and Maoists she is well aware that rebels like her would be the first to be strung from a tree or a lamp post were either of these to actually come to power. So, she can speak comfortably between the courtesy of the Indian civilisation and the impotency of the Indian state. ”
http://www.dailypioneer.com/293500/Defeat-Arundhati-Roy-intellectually.html
Scrap #Article 370. Nothing more, nothing less.
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