O KASHMIR,
it pays to be with
Prosperous India
A Paradise wrongly in search of Identity
- By Sharad Mistry
The name Kashmir
is derived from two words
- ka (the water)
- and shimeera (to desiccate),
so the word Kashmir implies land desiccated from water
We shall not cease from exploration
and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive
where we started…
and know the place for the first time
T S Eliot, poet, playwright, critic
Historical
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Vedic Civilization extended much
over northern India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan
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Since ancient times, Kashmir has
been part of the Himalayan region of
Bharatvarsha
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Finds mentions also in Mahabharata
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Kashmir is also the birthplace of
Shaivism, Shiv Sutra revealed by Lord
Shiva to sage Vasuguptacharya, and
Panini, the famous Sanskrit
grammarian
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Till 11th century, Kashmir was
important part of the powerful Hindu
monarchs whose kingdoms spanned
till Central Asia
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Important centre also in the Buddhist
era
Historical (2)
Invasion, Conversion, Ousting out owners
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After Taxila and Nalanda, Kashmir also was
important center for profound Hindu culture
and Sanskrit studies
Invading Islam / Turkish zealots destroyed its
libraries
Islam zealots 1st invaded Kashmir in 12th
century (1322) by Turkish Zulakdur Khan
2nd Turkish invasion (1394) by Sikander
Butshikhan made Islam the state religion by
enforced mass conversions
King Akbar one of India’s leading Muslim
ruler is known to have thrown out Hindu
Kashmir Pandits, owners of Kashmir
Since then millions of Kashmiri Pandits have
been thrown out of their homeland
In 21st century, Islam zealots have continued
this terrorizing tradition
Political
Disasters of history are the result of government's
folly and perverse persistence in pursuing the
policies contrary to national interests.
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Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian and author of 'The March of Folly'
Political
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Desperately searching for its identity,
Kashmir must realize, it was and is very
much part of prosperous India
India is a successful democracy after six
decades of good politics; Pakistan still
undeveloped with almost five decades
of dictatorship
Radidcal Islam has more political
ideology that has since centuries
preached violence
Centuries of invasions, brutal, enforced
conversions has high Muslim population
in Kashmir
Pakistan was carved out from large
hearted India for the benefit of Muslims
Fathers of Independent India then
thought Muslims will be happy with
their own country
Pakistan has instead unleashed politics
of hate, snatched land from Kashmir,
unleashed terror across the world and
even set up terror camps across line of
control
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India has been forced to fight
four avoidable wars on
wrongs committed 60 years
ago by politicians of both
India and Pakistan
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Muslim-favoring Nehru was
wrong in taking the Kashmir
issue to UN even when the
then Hindu Ruler Hari Singh
had agreed to join the
Independent India
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Pakistan supported slogan
mongers, secessionists have
wrongly hyped `Kashmiriat’
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Removal of wrongly imposed
Section 370 will help return
Kashmir Pandits into Kashmir
and allow all Indians to own
land in Kashmir as it is across
India
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This will help Kashmir
develop faster with more
number of industries in the
State
Economic Reasons
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Kashmir was always known as
heaven on earth
In 2008, it is shimmering under
the Islam fanatics
Democratic India has
progressed well and now an
emerging economic power
Pakistan’s governed largely by
dicatators, religious-zealots is
fiscally imprudent,
mismanaged,considered poor
India’s GDP pie in 2008 is over
$1 trillion ($650 billion in
2004)
Pakistan’s economy is barely
1/10th of India
With its 172.8 million
population, Pakistan’s GDP
was estimated at around $140
bn in 2007
Economic Reasons – 2
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India’s GDP growth close to 10%, Pakistan’s GDP
growth hovers around 6%
India has strong social sector; Pakistan just out of
the clutches of dictators has barely managed to
initiate financing its social sector
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Urban wages in India go up to even Rs 5,0006,000 per day; in Pakistan, urban wages in 2007
were said to be around Rs 300-400!
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Afghan refugees – over three million – still
burden Pakistan’s economy
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Kashmir’s economy for over a decade is in
shambles because of Pakistan-supported fanatics
Slow developing, small and poor Pakistan would
hardly be able to support Kashmir’s soft
industries like tourism, art and artifacts,
agriculture (to some extent)
Kashmiris will benefit more and progress fast if
they are with Prosperous India than with
unstable Pakistan
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Religious Freedom
Belief in pantheism and
restrained modernism are at the
basis of both Sanatana Hinduism
and Islam
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Large number of Kashmiris are
originally Hindus who were
forcefully converted into
becoming Muslims
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Large-hearted, poly-theistic India
offers more freedom and benefits
also to Muslims who have
prospered faster in India than in
Pakistan
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Centuries old India’s Sanatana
Hinduism is the most tolerant,
conducive & progressive of all
other faiths
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India’s poly-theism has also
helped cross section of religious
followers to freely follow their
religion
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Islam’s mono-theistic, violence-preaching political ideology has
overshadowed good, God-fearing and loving aspects about Islam
The 1400-years old Islam religion is the world’s most severe,
intolerant of all faiths
Islam’s strict mono-theism has emerged as the most frightening of all
religions
Muslims across the world find India the best place to follow their
religion
World’s largest Muslim population is in India
Kashmiris…
Understand and chose what’s best in your interest
for a progressive and prosperous future
Namaste…
Namaste… and join us fast for a
peaceful and prosperous world