Archive for June, 2010
February 2010 Issue
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS (NOV 1, 2009--JAN 31, 2010 Nov 1: An LeT Comdr was eliminated in Mahore, Reasi. Four children were injured as they fiddled with an explosive device at Noona Bindi in Poonch. Two cops were killed as terrorists struck in Srinagar city. Union Home Minister s
The journey of pilgrimage for Baba Ramdev as followed in Sindh
By Sanjay Godbole February 2010 Baba Ramdev, the most venerable for the majority of Hindus in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, has relationship with the Rajputana Province in India. In the Tomar dynasty of Delhi, which is also called Tunvar’, there was a king called ‘Anangpai’. In the yea
Concessions …
Concessions to Separatists will jeopardise security of minorities KS Correspondent February 2010 JAMMU, Jan 29: Describing the advocates of concessions to separatists and Pakistan as the overground workers of separatism in the state, Panun Kashmir Chairman Dr. Ajay Chrungoo and reputed po
The whole nation should apologise to Kashmiri Pandits–Gen. Sinha
PANUN KASHMIR NATIONAL CONVENTION DELHI 2009 KS Correspondent February 2010 Issue DELHI, Dec 27: Hundreds of delegates attended the annual national convention of Panun Kashmir at Chinmaya Auditorium at Lodhi Road, New Delhi on Dec. 27, 2009. All the delegates condemned the unilateral subm
Indian State Leaning in support of Separatists—Panun Kashmir
KS Correspondent February 2010 JAMMU, Dec 14: Drawing parallels between the "Quiet Diplomacy" and the political process initiated by the British Government with the Muslim League before 1947, Panun Kashmir has expressed its deep concern on the development and warned the Indian state that any
Quiet Diplomacy draws flak
By S.M. Pandit February 2010 JAMMU, Dec 22: Government of India's initiative of "Quiet Diplomacy" came under sharp criticism at a seminar "Quiet Diplomacy—The Nationalist Concerns" organised by Panun Kashmir at Press Club here today. The speakers doubted the sincerity of the GoI as it has
Accession of J&K State to India is Irrevocable
By L. C. Kaul It is not unoften that leaders of some political parties and ministers and others, in India and Pakistan and other countries, put forth suggestions, to resolve Kashmir imbroglio,. Unfortunately they do not take into consideration, basic issues and facts and historical events which h
A famous Chinese Scholar in Kashmir
By Mohan Kishen Tiku A famous Chinese pilgrim and scholar "Heun Tsiang" reached Kashmir from Urausha (Hazara) now in Pakistan in about 631AD. He stayed here for more than two years to study the Buddhist and Sanskrit lore. He travelled for more than sixteen years (629-645 AD), through India and Ce
Jammu & Kashmir: Noorani worse than Justice Sageer Ahmed
by Prof Hari Om February 2010 “Noted legal luminary” A G Noorani has once again been given invaluable space by a magazine of repute (Frontline) to launch a scathing attack on the integrationists and plead the case of Kashmiri separatists and communalists. His latest anti-India essay is o
Pratybhijjna
Pratybhijjna-From Scriptures to Kashmir Shaivism to Lalla Ded Vakh By Prof. M.L. Koul February 2010 The Doctrine of Pratyabhijjna is a highly significant development in the theory and practice of Kashmir Shaivism. It is neither a school of Kashmir Shaivism nor is it a sub-trend within its m
Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, …?
Jawaharlal, do you want Kashmir, or do you want to give it away? Excerpted from Kashmir 1947, Rival Versions of History, by Prem Shankar Jha. - Editor Sam Manekshaw, the first field marshal in the Indian army, was at the ringside of events when Independent India was being formed. Then a colonel, h
April 2010 Issue
Feb 1: Four cops were arrested for allowing terrorists to use their mobiles. Two fake terrorists were arrested in Reasi. A Pak national was arrested in Pargwal sector. P.Chidambaram said that bilateral talks with Pak are likely this month. A dozen new ultras have reportedly reached Doda district
Omar’s Rehabilitation Policy
FIRMING UP INSURGENCY & SEPARATISM By Yoginder Kandhari April 2010 Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has announced that his government intends to bring back ‘misguided’ Kashmiri youth who have crossed over to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Pakistan, obv
Kashmiri Pandits – the Victims of Denial
By Mahesh Kaul April 2010 A lot of hue and cry was raised by the J&K government by creating the so called Apex Committee to oversee the return and rehabilitation of the Kashmiri Hindus to their original habitat Kashmir. The atmosphere was ripe with the speculation of permutations
Transcending the Rootedness
Continuing place discourse By Dileep Kumar Kaul April 2010 The importance of a place varies from person to person. Some individuals seem more likely to develop place attachment but we still cannot classify “place people” as a distinct personality type. But all Kashmiri Pandits have som
Offensive Orientation
By Bharat Verma May 2010 For the benefit of our readers we are publishing the editorial of Indian Defence Review Journal of April-June 2010 edition. This editorial is written by Sh. Bharat Verma.
May 2010 Issue
Mar 29: Two OGWs of terrorists were arrested in Shahdra Sharief, Rajouri and 4 kg IED fitted pressure cooker was recover on their disclosure. A BSF jawan was injured in a landmine explosive in Poonch. A youth escaped from the captivity of terrorists in Kalakote. A man was
‘Indian state vacillating on issue of National Security”-PK
KS Correspondent May 2010 JAMMU, May 4: Expressing concern over the vacillations of Government of India on critical issues of vital import for national security, Panun Kashmir has asked the GoI to take the nation into confidence about the purpose and object of its engagement with Pakistan. The
The need for a Lalla Ded Lexicon
By Prof. M.L. Koul Part I - May 2010 'To do philosophy is to explore one's own temperament, yet at the same time to attempt to discover the truth'--Iris Murdok The very core of Lalla Ded is philosophical and that is why she captures our imagination and tugs at our heart-strings. Her vaakhs
Continuing place discourse – Place Identity and Slogans
By Dileep Kumar Kaul May 2010 Conversation gives us an identity. In the process of conversation the idea working in the background is who I am and to whom I am talking. Then come ideas and their communication. Conversation, like all other human activities has a context of place, where the huma
Accession of J&K to India is Complete
By Mahesh Kaul May 2010 The partition of the Indian subcontinent should be seen in the perspective of the Anglo-Muslim alliance that was forged by the British to retain their strategic foothold in the Indian subcontinent to have an access to the Russian activities and the appreciable influen
Defending the Frontiers
By Dr. M.K. Teng May 2010 After the Foreign Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, the meeting between the Prime Ministers of the two countries in Bhutan, has exposed the inconsistencies in the politics followed by India in dealing with what the Indian Government has called ‘ cross bo
Kashmiri Pandits – Funerary and Post Funerary Rites
By Dr. S.S. Toshkhani Funerary and post funerary Rites: There is much similarity between the broad features of Kashmiri Hindu funerary and post-funerary rites and the standard Hindu funeral ceremonies, yet there are quite number of variations and modifications too. For a Kashmiri Hindu, as for Hin
Marriage Rituals Among Kashmiri Pandits
By Dr. S.S. Toshkhani It is the local customs and rites that make the Mekhal or Yagnopavit a unique experience. This is even truer of Kashmiri Pandit wedding rituals which have a firm Vedic foundation upon which distinctly indigenous Shaiva and Shakta structures are built. Called nethur in their
Mekhal Ritual of Kashmiri Pandits
By Dr. S.S. Toshkhani “Mekhal” is what the Kashmiri Pandits call upanayana or yajnopavit (sacred thread investiture) and the whole range of ceremonies connected with it, though wearing the mekhala or the girdle of Munja grass is only one of them. How they came to use the word for the whole sa
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