Re: J&K Union Territory-2019
Posted: 02 Nov 2019 19:15
Consortium of Indian Defence Websites
https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/
Clearly shows WHY it took so long after bloody partition to set many things straight. No wonder even Sri Lanka congradulated formation of Buddhist majority Ladakh. Would be a good point in diplomatic relations wrt east asia countries.The current attempt to blame the "government" on the terror attacks is just the usual "secular" gimmick to show that J&K state's balkanisation was a wrong move. The main stream media and "seculars" would do this till eternity.
I don't go with the "spin" especially issued by known "DDMs" ..had more fun looking at and sharing on twitter/FB pictures and news shown below (see the picture)CRamS wrote:German Chancellor in Delhi has issued a pretty strong statement on Kashmir on eve of her meeting with ModiJi. Now, of course this is DDM reporting, so can't be sure of the spin..
And apart from saying in bold that "Article 370 is INTERNAL matter" ityadi no other "strong" statements were issued. Activities were mostly about trade and boring stuff like looking on while Prof Ashutosh Sharma (who shared this picture on FB) "Exchanging a Declaration of Intent today with the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, Ms. Anja Karliczek. This would initiate India- German collaboration in Artificial Intelligence".."Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel , who co-chaired the fifth Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC), called on nations to ensure that their territory is not used for terror activities against other countries,
sanjaykumar Ji :sanjaykumar wrote:Can someone produce an all India map showing the true size of Kashmir per se? That is without Jammu.
"When Decision Is Right, Its Echo Is Heard": PM Modi Talks Kashmir In Bangkok
हिंदी में पढ़ें
The Prime Minister claimed that his decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir's special status had eliminated the root cause of separatism and terrorism in the country.
'When Decision Is Right, Its Echo Is Heard': PM Modi Talks Kashmir In Bangkok
PM Modi also cited India's growing stature on the international stage at the Bangkok event.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi justified his government's move to scrap Jammu and Kashmir's special status at an event in Bangkok on Saturday, saying that it has helped eliminate the root cause of terrorism and separatism in the country.
"You are aware about India deciding to eliminate a big reason behind the sowing of seeds of terrorism and separatism. When a decision is right, its echo is heard across the globe. And I can hear it in Thailand as well," he said at the 'Sawasdee PM Modi' event, where as many as 5,000 members of the Indian community had gathered to greet him on the first day of his three-day Thailand visit.
The central government had scrapped Jammu and Kashmir's special status and divided it into two distinct union territories on August 5. The bifurcation came into effect from Thursday.
While the move was criticised by Pakistan, which tried to internationalise the issue and escalated tensions at the border, the centre maintained that no foreign nation has the right to question its handling of an internal matter. The ruling BJP has long maintained that Article 370 - which provided Jammu and Kashmir with its special status - was the reason behind terrorism and separatism in the state.
PM Modi then went on to point at the growing importance of India on the international stage, claiming that the country's values will shape the world in the years to come. "This is my first official visit to Thailand, and I can feel a lot of Indianness here. The entire world celebrated Diwali along with India, and I can see that it was the case here too," he said at 'Sawasdee PM Modi' event.
The Prime Minister said that while the ties between the two countries are strong, his government wants to bring them even closer by transforming India's Northeast region into a gateway to Southeast Asia. "Once the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway is opened, there will be seamless connectivity between both our countries. I am glad that all of you will have a chance to be part of this story," he said.
The Prime Minister will attend the 16th ASEAN-India Summit, the 14th East Asia Summit and the third summit meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership during his three-day visit to Thailand. He will also participate in the annual East Asia summit and partake in a special leaders' luncheon organised by his Thai counterpart, Prayut Chan-o-cha, on Monday.
Tavleen SinghBut, when are we going to start telling our side of the story better? When are we going to explain to the world that India can simply not afford to have an Islamic caliphate take birth within her borders? This was beginning to happen in Kashmir right under the noses of Kashmir’s ‘mainstream’ political leaders and they were unable to stop it. Sadly, ‘liberal’ journalists and human rights activists on our side of the border were reluctant to admit that we were dealing with something more serious than a ‘freedom movement’.
But, when are we going to start telling our side of the story better? When are we going to explain to the world that India can simply not afford to have an Islamic caliphate take birth within her borders? This was beginning to happen in Kashmir right under the noses of Kashmir’s ‘mainstream’ political leaders and they were unable to stop it. Sadly, ‘liberal’ journalists and human rights activists on our side of the border were reluctant to admit that we were dealing with something more serious than a ‘freedom movement’.
Rubbish. India, and by India, I mean Indian nationalists have more than loudly told our side of the story. She is right that we have a bunch of deracinated low-IQ self-centered 'liberal' clowns who gain stardom in the west by bashing India.Tavleen Singh
https://indianexpress.com/article/opini ... n-6100062/
Sheikh Parvez, CEO Srinagar Technology Consultants (STC) Private Limited said electricity and internet as “oxygen” for the IT sector. “Since August 5, the government has denied this oxygen (internet) to us. How can IT companies work?” he asked.
Parvez said heads of IT companies in Valley had given a written undertaking to authorities that if internet services were restored to them they won’t allow its misuse. “But unfortunately our pleas have fallen on deaf ears.”
According to Parvez, the IT sector was not hit in 2016 unrest. “The internet lease lines were working during the six-month-long unrest in 2016 following the killing of Hizb commander Burhan Wani,” he said.
More than once, he pointed to Afghanistan—though he is by no means an expert on the country’s history or current politics, the tale of an Islamic resistance bringing a world power to its knees seemed an attractive motivator. “At times I think,” he said, “if it was possible for the Taliban to defeat America, then why can’t we defeat India?” Though he has not yet become a militant and acknowledges that there was a time when relations with the Indian army were stronger, that memory appears to be fading. “It wasn’t always a bad relationship with the army,” he said. “They built roads for us; we were friendly.” No longer. “Now I see them as an enemy.”
Still, Syed is probably in the minority, at least for now. There is broad acknowledgment among Kashmiris that renewed violence will bring not victory over the Indian state, but only more dead bodies. “Violence did not bring us anything,” Rehman told me when I met him in Pulwama. The Indian government’s actions, he noted, could nevertheless have a snowball effect, building up frustration until anger finally boils over. Of the many who have been arrested, most are young men. “When boys are picked up by police and harassed, they lose the will to live.”
andI grew up hearing the wails of why it happened to us. No one ever asks why our neighbors did this to us? The world accepted your version.
It was Ahmed baijaan who was a teenager then, roaming the streets asking ‘kafirs’ to leave. It was the Imam saab from the local mosque I wished everyday whose voice came over the loudspeaker saying only Hindus who convert will be allowed to remain.
But your parents, you, all of you never protested and remained silent. So why ask today who did it?
Does Ahmed baijaan ever think before the right for self-determination comes the right to self-definition? For not a few but for all. The self-definition of who is a Kashmiri? Are those, who have lived here for thousands of years, have less rights than those claiming the land for themselves?
andWill he say why the men, the ordinary Kashmiri men raped us and dragged many only to kill them? Will any Kashmiri Muslim say why the voices of from the mosques asked the Hindu men to leave behind their women?
Nowhere during my visit did I find any of you condemning the violence that happened on us. No one has spoken or written about our sorrow, our suffering though voices from your side have been written. It appears as if our sorrow and suffering never existed. It is as if one fine day, the Kashmiri Hindus just vanished from Kashmir of their own free will.
I still remember the snake Mirwaiz saying in one of the interviews that "We will forgive our Pandit brothers for abandoning us during our struggles"wig wrote:https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/kp-asks- ... neighbour/
KP asks for answers from her former Neighbour
posted excerpts but I submit that the article must be read in full
excerpts
Opinion Pakistan's Provocateurs Bring the Kashmir Conflict to Europe's Streets, and Radicalize Europe's Muslims
Pakistan is deliberately encouraging anti-Hindu, anti-Indian incitement and thuggish protests, fueling tension between diaspora communities. Who will stop their intimidation and violence, before it's too late?
Shairee Malhotra
Misfortunately one has to be on the road herding yaks/goats at that time in Mongolia.Dear Friends, Namaste! Join the Hindu American Foundation for an exclusive conversation on Kashmir with award-winning journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh, Senior Assistant Editor, Times of India (New Delhi). Engage directly with Aarti, who has reported on and from Kashmir for nearly two decades. Don’t miss this unique opportunity on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (US & Canada).
CLICK HERE TO RSVP: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3ng ... trD-dRorUg
Resources for your review: http://www.iHeartKashmir.org
And we all know who eats haram vegetables. When the terrorists were instructed to find the shop selling tomatoes, they asked "what's a tomato?"UlanBatori wrote:Situation Naarmal onlee.
Grenade thrown in vegetable market.
The news is from 2017. Anyhow this and several valley based news paper are under lockdown since 5th of August when the 370 achieved shahadatDeans wrote:https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kas ... n-day-ist/
Not reported in the mainstream media, but in my view, a very important indicator of normalcy in Kashmir.
(Greater Kashmir is a valley publication, not exactly India friendly).
Thanks for the correction. Here's one from the J&K paper has has been published regularly since Aug 5.Katare wrote:The news is from 2017. Anyhow this and several valley based news paper are under lockdown since 5th of August when the 370 achieved shahadatDeans wrote:https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kas ... n-day-ist/
Not reported in the mainstream media, but in my view, a very important indicator of normalcy in Kashmir.
(Greater Kashmir is a valley publication, not exactly India friendly).
he writes for the paki audience.Yagnasri wrote:What is the problem of this Naqvi fellow? No one listening to him anyway except Paxis.
The Saudi Double Speak: Talk ‘War on Terrorism’, Fund ‘War of Terrorism’IE: Does the Army attempt to reform these Kashmiri militants?
CL: A militant has an option to surrender. We are not men in uniforms just sitting and waiting to kill every Kashmiri militant. In fact we at times do our best to reach out to the Kashmiri militants to get them to come back to a normal life.
Let me tell you about one of my personal experience. There was this intelligent and good-looking Kashmiri youth. I had him on my intelligence radar for some months on account of the people he was getting associated with and the noticeable changes in his posts on social media. I could see him deteriorating. I tried to reach out to him personally before he turned to militancy and after he became a militant. I even urged him to surrender. But this youth had gone too far in his mind with his militancy, he just refused to come back and eventually was killed. I often tell my family and friends, that this young boy would have made such a wonderful screen actor in a TV soap opera because he looked like a model, if only I could breakthrough his corrupted mind.
The sad bit about this story is that this boy took to radicalism and militancy because his girlfriend dumped him for another boy. That was the trigger that pushed him into militancy and open the door to death.
how the landed estates were snatched away without compensaationdiscrimination against non Muslim population of the state was enormous and wide in nature, sheltered by Article 370 and 35A. It gave sweeping power, authority to manage, manipulate and impose Kashmir Centric policies which were beneficial to Sunni sect of Muslims, within the state.Late Bakshi Ghulam Mohd was the PM who dethroned Late Shiekh Mohd Abdullah, most popular leader in 1953. In 1956 onward the valley based Muslim political class conspired a subtle plan to maximize number of Muslims in state services. Devised scheme was called 70 : 30. It was a signal perforated within the higher echelon of the political class, that 70% were to be taken from Muslim majority population and 30% from non Muslim populace. With this policy, merit was ignored totally and majority community were preferred in all state affairs, including selection in professional colleges, promotion, appointment and educational scholarship and nomination in professional colleges and Universities outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Consequently, first Regional Engineering, Medical college, Polytechnic college, Ayurvedic and Yunani college were raised in Srinagar of Kashmir region, when other two regions of Ladakh and Jammu regions ought to have considerable importance. And in similar style, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Science on the Pattern of AIIMS of Delhi was first established in Kashmir valley at Soura. This is evident that Kashmir based political class grabbed all the developmental and educational projects for the valley to be ahead of other people of the regions in Jammu and Kashmir.
No bar council of India or any human right activists or any liberal democrats from any soil of India ever advocated for their cause on humanitarian grounds. Since then this minority section of the state were on receiving end at the hands of brute Muslim majoritarian.Land to Tiller Act under Agrarian reform was enacted in Jammu and Kashmir in early fifties when Late Shiekh Mohd Abdullah was the PM of the state. Under this law, the cultivable land was transferred to the tillers of the land without any compensation to the land owners of the state. In other parts of India, land to tenant was enforced but the land owners were given due compensation by the ruling government. In Kashmir state it was all contrary to that. Land owners were reduced to paupers and acute hard times. They could not file any case in state high Court or in Supreme Court as Article 370A debarred Land owners to challenge the Agrarian Reform act under Fundamental rights. This particular class in the state was economically shattered. Its implementation was successful in the state because the composition of this act was communal in context. Non Muslims, constituted minority section in the state had no voice and leadership were the targeted sector of the ruling party.
the denial of rights to non muslim minority seems to be the order of the dayIn mid sixties, late Ghulam Mohd Sadiq the then Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir of leftist schooling of thoughts too had communal bent of mind. In set pattern, Sadiq came up with defilled order for educational institution, where by junior Muslim teacher could be promoted as Headmaster of a school over and above to his senior experienced non Muslim teacher. Grounds given for the tainted order was that Muslims were backward and less educated need out of way approach. Most of the junior teachers took over as headmasters in schools and Kashmir Pandit teachers were set aside. They were made to work under their junior colleagues. It was highly injustices and cruel order for the targeted class of Non Muslim teachers in the state . One late Triloki Nath Tickoo, from Sopore town rose up and fought the case in Supreme court of India to reverse the order. The Chief Justice of India Late Justice Hidayatullah came out with a decree that if 95% of population were backward and underdeveloped, how can 5% population were forward? If, whole state was backward and requires all round development and progress”. And the order released by the then state Govt. was nullified. It took years in state to implement supreme court verdict on the ground as its jurisdiction in the state was hindered by special status of the State. Non Muslim teachers were made to wait for years to get the promotions. Later they were posted in far flung areas at the fag ends of their lives .
discrimnation with Gorkhas, Dalits etcMinority Commission,- Under Indian constitution, the protection of the fundamental rights of religious minorities within the countries are to be protected and safeguarded. So all states are directed to constitute a minority commission within the state to ensure minority rights of these sections of the population. State of Jammu and Kashmir is the only state where there is no minority commission for last seven decades. The state has minority independent religious denomination in all three provinces. Buddhists and Shias in Ladakh region, Sikhs, Christians, Kashmiri Pandits, Shias in Kashmir Valley and Hindus, Christians in Jammu region but there is no forum for the redress of the grievances of these minorities within the state government. Majority community of state Sunni Muslims claim Minority character while clubbing themselves with rest of Muslims of India and avail of all those benefits earmarked for minorities. Under art 370 and 35A they are privileged to play hide and seek.
Central law whether of welfare measure or of national security concern can’t be extended to the state under special status. That central law needs further ratification by state constitutional assembly, since, that constitutional assembly was dissolved in 1956, so the state assembly of the time has to pass that central law to become law within the state.
the PDP/ NC were further acting to isolate the Hindu Jammu regionGender discrimination– The article 370 and 35A were entrenched with gender discrimination. Though the article is temporary in Indian constitution but this gender discrimination was going on for decades in the state. A woman marry a boy outside the state boy, she would lose all her rights of the state including property rights. On the contrary, if a man marries outside girl, none of the couple would lose any right. She became a state subject who could own property and contest election. So it was undemocratic, illegal and prejudicial article to its own people .
During last seven decades, the political supremacy of Sunni Muslims have grown high. Plans for carving out greater Kashmir region with other Muslim enclaves on periphery of Jammu region are simmering. Opening and construction of Mughal road via Jammu- Poonch to Shopian Kashmir is setting trend for Greater Kashmir. New physical names like, Chenab valley, Pir Panchal valley are being coined contrary to its geographical contours. Mughal Road niched out accessibility to Muslims of the valley with Muslims of Jammu bordering districts into an exclusive locations for greater Kashmir.
Dumb & Dumber - hinduphobia style.In 1956 onward the valley based Muslim political class conspired a subtle plan to maximize number of Muslims in state services. Devised scheme was called 70 : 30. It was a signal perforated within the higher echelon of the political class, that 70% were to be taken from Muslim majority population and 30% from non Muslim populace. With this policy, merit was ignored totally
Is why people aren't celebrating removal of article 370 .. same as what happened to Hindus in Pakistan becoming economically hit hard.In other parts of India, land to tenant was enforced but the land owners were given due compensation by the ruling government. In Kashmir state it was all contrary to that. Land owners were reduced to paupers and acute hard times. ..This particular class in the state was economically shattered. Its implementation was successful in the state because the composition of this act was communal in context
Fairness gone for a toss.It took years in state to implement supreme court verdict on the ground as its jurisdiction in the state was hindered by special status of the State
No herrows of hooman raaights ever pointed this out except a few.Gender discrimination– The article 370 and 35A were entrenched with gender discrimination
..
Point to note.. also that hinduphobia leads to "Greater hindoo-phobia" unless root cause is finished. Similar to how daleet nomenclature has become a tool to subvert budhdhist BR Ambedkar into propaganda for cryptos.New physical names like, Chenab valley, Pir Panchal valley are being coined contrary to its geographical contours
No country draws maps that recognize the illegal occupation of their lands by invaders. India's maps have always included what is legitimately Indian territory. In fact it is a "non-bailable offence" under Indian law to show, publish or be caught in possession of maps that show otherwise, unless of course one needs to know the borders of lands held by hostiles. So the author's amazement that India is obeying Indian laws and not Pakistani or Chinese laws, shows the standards of the Lowy Institute. Is he really trying to pass off as a new development, something that has been in place for over a half-century, or has he just woken up? Anyway, better late than never. As for fonts on maps, that is indeed interesting: Jammu may well be intended to become the year-round capital of the Union Territory of Jammu-Kashmir. The former arrangement is that Srinagar is the "Summer Capital" with the Rich (including the former State leadership) migrating to Jammu when the winter (or heightened terrorism) set in. This is a clumsy arrangement: It takes 8 hours by road to go from relatively flat-lands Jammu to Srinagar which is in the Kashmir Valley bounded by some of the tallest mountain ridges in the world. Thanks for pointing out that hopeful sign for the future. Soon, as the shackles on development imposed on Jammu by the dinosaurs in Srinagar are removed, this will become like complaining that Miami is shown in larger font than Tallahassee.
Lowly fellow says:UlanBatori wrote:Oiseule (or deliberately dumbass) does not point out that Jammu is > and getting >> Srinagar in population, and soon if not already, wealth.
Its like complaining that Miami shows up in larger font than Tallahassee.
Huh? I got lost right there. Fellow wants Cooch Behar, Oudh, Hyderabad, Junagarh, Travancore, Mysore and the few thousand others... still on the map? What's he smoking?Apart from creating two new Indian territories, these maps are not surprising: India has always shown all of the former princely state as being its own.
Lowy Institute is Malaysian.yensoy wrote:Lowly fellow says: ...
Huh? I got lost right there. Fellow wants Cooch Behar, Oudh, Hyderabad, Junagarh, Travancore, Mysore and the few thousand others... still on the map? What's he smoking?
Amber G. wrote:Meanwhile at the Indian International Science Festival 2019 in Kolkata (inaugurated today by PM) with much youthful energy absorbing positive vibes.
Photo : Prof Ashutosh Sharma with Colonel Rajat Sharma of Survey of India, Kolkata. I liked the map too. (Photo from FB page of IITK's alum group)
<< Image not copied here >>
(Vigyan Samagam, a grand exhibition of the global mega science projects with Indian partnership, opened in Kolkata yesterday)
Per Ashutoshji the map can be downloaded from Survey of India site.