Naseer A Ganai - A reporter who refuses to criticize himself
Naseer,
Life is being so simplistic, isn't it. Indians are Bad, Jammuites are bad, Ladakhis are also bad. The only people who are good are the people who are Muslim and who support us. I have been reading Greater Kashmir for almost 10 years with a religious fervor daily for at least 15 minutes. I was a die hard supporter of Independence of Kashmir almost 10 years ago. However over the years, on the one hand you have bravely provided the other side of story, but also promoted a brand of jingoism and religion indoctrination which is an unparalleled propaganda. There are numerous instances where you openly supported the cause of militant attacks in India, when you defended SIMI in your editorials, where you never refrained from openly accusing Army for any kind of even imagined charges, however you called murders by Lashkar operatives as by "some unidentified Gunmens". I remember the times when you promoted hatred towards Jammu over the years through not so subtle religious hints, when you promoted Aasiya Andaraabi and her bunch of hooligans, where you defended attack on Mirwaiz family by seperatists, when you softpedalled attack on his Uncle. This is what has led me to believe the root cause of Kashmir conflict. Yes there are lot of things which India needs to answer, however I believe at the root is the growing mistrust between as Greaterkashmir identifies as Hindu Indians and Muslim Kashmir. To all this we have brilliant contribution of Greater Kashmir to perpetuate this perception.
One of the arts from which Greater Kashmir has always refrained itself is self-criticism. Media in Kashmir always tries to glorify itself and projects a sense of victimizations. Two months ago, I had written a mail to GreaterKashmir expressing my deep anguish over Gilani's attempt to tell the world that Amarnath issue is about changing Demographics. Unfortunately Newspapers like you have sold this idea to gullible Kashmiris. We have all the results in front of us now. Now this is the time to face consequences. There is all around atmosphere of all pervasive hatredness spread by Kashmir Journalists against everybody. Do you ever realise that even if Kashmir becomes independent you would be left with neighbors who were ready to live with you but were driven away by the amount of Hate propoganda that has been unleashed. I am 100% sure, atleast 110 billion population of India had no issues with Kashmir, but your articles have tried to demonise India with every oppurtunity in hand. This Amarnath issue was only about J&K, but newspapers like you have turned it into Kashmir vs India. Have we even done anything of consequence to reduce tensions in this issue. I am sorry but Your fight for independence is tainted. Even if you become free, you would have to keep hating India for perpetuity to justify your independence. India and Pakistan have still not come to terms with this hatred, I just would request Allah/God to give some good sense to all the parties involved.
Stop portraying this sense of victimhood in three days of curfews, more people have died when Babri Masjid was put down by RSS hooligans and we suffered curfew for entire month. This is just the third day, take a life. And about the killings and blockade - We had been blocked by these Gujjar agitation for more than one month and 17 people had died in that. Is killing of Gujjars less important than Kashmiri, or Kashmiri journalists think that life of "Muslim Kashmiri" as projected by you is more important than a "Hindu Gujjar". Now do not try to portray me as some kind of Hindu fanatic. Try some newer things.
Alok Shukla
(No religion intended)
Life is being so simplistic, isn't it. Indians are Bad, Jammuites are bad, Ladakhis are also bad. The only people who are good are the people who are Muslim and who support us. I have been reading Greater Kashmir for almost 10 years with a religious fervor daily for at least 15 minutes. I was a die hard supporter of Independence of Kashmir almost 10 years ago. However over the years, on the one hand you have bravely provided the other side of story, but also promoted a brand of jingoism and religion indoctrination which is an unparalleled propaganda. There are numerous instances where you openly supported the cause of militant attacks in India, when you defended SIMI in your editorials, where you never refrained from openly accusing Army for any kind of even imagined charges, however you called murders by Lashkar operatives as by "some unidentified Gunmens". I remember the times when you promoted hatred towards Jammu over the years through not so subtle religious hints, when you promoted Aasiya Andaraabi and her bunch of hooligans, where you defended attack on Mirwaiz family by seperatists, when you softpedalled attack on his Uncle. This is what has led me to believe the root cause of Kashmir conflict. Yes there are lot of things which India needs to answer, however I believe at the root is the growing mistrust between as Greaterkashmir identifies as Hindu Indians and Muslim Kashmir. To all this we have brilliant contribution of Greater Kashmir to perpetuate this perception.
One of the arts from which Greater Kashmir has always refrained itself is self-criticism. Media in Kashmir always tries to glorify itself and projects a sense of victimizations. Two months ago, I had written a mail to GreaterKashmir expressing my deep anguish over Gilani's attempt to tell the world that Amarnath issue is about changing Demographics. Unfortunately Newspapers like you have sold this idea to gullible Kashmiris. We have all the results in front of us now. Now this is the time to face consequences. There is all around atmosphere of all pervasive hatredness spread by Kashmir Journalists against everybody. Do you ever realise that even if Kashmir becomes independent you would be left with neighbors who were ready to live with you but were driven away by the amount of Hate propoganda that has been unleashed. I am 100% sure, atleast 110 billion population of India had no issues with Kashmir, but your articles have tried to demonise India with every oppurtunity in hand. This Amarnath issue was only about J&K, but newspapers like you have turned it into Kashmir vs India. Have we even done anything of consequence to reduce tensions in this issue. I am sorry but Your fight for independence is tainted. Even if you become free, you would have to keep hating India for perpetuity to justify your independence. India and Pakistan have still not come to terms with this hatred, I just would request Allah/God to give some good sense to all the parties involved.
Stop portraying this sense of victimhood in three days of curfews, more people have died when Babri Masjid was put down by RSS hooligans and we suffered curfew for entire month. This is just the third day, take a life. And about the killings and blockade - We had been blocked by these Gujjar agitation for more than one month and 17 people had died in that. Is killing of Gujjars less important than Kashmiri, or Kashmiri journalists think that life of "Muslim Kashmiri" as projected by you is more important than a "Hindu Gujjar". Now do not try to portray me as some kind of Hindu fanatic. Try some newer things.
Alok Shukla
(No religion intended)
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