Since The Kashmir Files had released and when people had started talking about genocide of Kashmiri Pandits and ultimately their exodus from Kashmir, a propaganda on the name of “Fact Check” is being carried out to discredit the tragedy and ultimately denial of atrocities. (1/n)
This is nothing short of inhuman but simply barbaric that a false parallel is being drawn and misinterpretation of already underreported statistics is being carried out. Firstly, from 1989 to 1991 there was an absolute collapse of state machinery during the period which (2/n)
Failed to save the people from genocide rather some part of administration during the same became silent supporters of radicals. It is even foolish to expect that actual number of Kashmiri Pandits killed can be brought to record or even estimated. Every estimation will be (3/n)
an underestimation only. Secondly, death tolls being circulated provided under RTI are doing rounds which shows person killed/murdered by militants not persons died because of militancy, exodus and being pushed into worse than hell conditions. Are these deaths not deaths? (4/n)
How can they be anyway be overlooked when Kashmiri Pandits were forced into absolute inhuman conditions because of which so many of them lost their lives. Does people from other communities faced this? Were they forced to leave their homes and burn in fire of hell? (5/n)
For days this particular RTI is being pushed by a “particular section” to dilute the gravity of the genocide which Kashmiri Pandits suffered and its being done on the name of fact check. So, let’s get a little deeper into “Facts”. Firstly, the RTI reply from mentioned is (6/n)
Is from District police Headquarters, Srinagar which means it only shows deaths from Srinagar District only and not from whole Kashmir valley.
The RTI says “Kashmir Pandits who were killed by terrorist attack since “inception” of militancy 1990. Now here it becomes crucial (7/n)
The RTI says “Kashmir Pandits who were killed by terrorist attack since “inception” of militancy 1990. Now here it becomes crucial (7/n)
To see when it is said “inception” of militancy. Militancy in legal paraphrases will be said to be incepted once an area is designated as “disturbed area” and AFSPA is invoked in this particular case AFSPA was invoked on 10 Sept 1990 and not on mha.gov.in (8/n)
19 Jan 1990 when major genocide took place and exodus started. Rather by July 1990 majority of Kashmiri Pandits had already left the valley and only handful of them were left. It was after this major deployment of forces was done in the valley while most of Kashmiri Pandits (9/n)
had already left the valley. Date of operation of AFSPA was made 5 July 1990 to provide safeguard to Central Police forces operating before.
Further, reply to Point 9 reads “People of other faiths other than Kashmiri Pandits who were killed by terrorist attacks = 1635” (10/n)
Further, reply to Point 9 reads “People of other faiths other than Kashmiri Pandits who were killed by terrorist attacks = 1635” (10/n)
This particular number is being projected as no. of “muslims” killed in terrorist attacks, which it is not rather it is the number of people killed from all religions including those Kashmiri Hindus who are not Kashmiri Pandits and this has to be clearly kept in mind while (11/n)
Reading and interpreting this data. Now while in one hand RTI reads Kashmiri Pandits killed as 89 and others as 1635, while in first glance it would appear that the later is larger and suffered more but that is incorrect, as one has understand it in proportion of (12/n)
Population of particular group, while post exodus Kashmiri Pandits form only minuscule 0.2% of total population while others including muslim majority and other persecuted minorities like other Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Sikhs collectively form 99.8% of population. (13/n)
While the population ratio of others to Kashmiri Pandits is 499:1 while the ratio of killed is 18:1, this means a Kashmiri Pandit 28 times (yes you heard it right 28 times) more likely to get killed by terrorists than others. There is no doubt Kashmiri Hindus are more (14/n)
And Kashmiri Sikhs are more likely to be killed by terrorists than people from the majority religion there. This is the same crape which we see while anti-vaxxers say look more vaccinated people are hospitalized which is obvious in hugely vaccinated population to happen. (15/n)
Though every innocent life lost is equally precious irrespective of their religion but it is also true that some get killed for no other reason than the fact they belonged to some other religion. This comparison was absolutely unwanted and uncalled for but was pushed into. (16/n)
It is also to point out here that because of fantastic work done by Indian forces, modus operandi of terrorists had changed and its not easy for them to do targeted killings and often bomb blasts are used which collaterally damages people from majority community too (17/n)
Though they might not be the target.
If we are done with oppression olympics can we ask more pertinent question that is What is the common feature or factor of these terrorists? To which community they belong to? Whether they had descended from heaven, or came from Syria (18/n)
If we are done with oppression olympics can we ask more pertinent question that is What is the common feature or factor of these terrorists? To which community they belong to? Whether they had descended from heaven, or came from Syria (18/n)
Arabia, Iran, Iraq or from Ireland or from any other part of world?
In most cases the perpetrator was someone who already knew the victim from long, who might have had food cooked by them few years back, who might used to play cricket with them, who might be coming down (19/n)
In most cases the perpetrator was someone who already knew the victim from long, who might have had food cooked by them few years back, who might used to play cricket with them, who might be coming down (19/n)
to their house to watch television to the house. In a war when an enemy kills one dies only once and don’t really expect anything else from them. But when ones own neighbor, friend, student does that a man or woman dies a thousand deaths. Thats a betrayal of humanity (20/n)
Another form of death comes when there is an attempt to wash off and brush off something so horrific and rather denial and victim blaming is done. It is nothing else than brazen shamelessness and cannibalism at the part of such rotten and sick minds when indulge in it. (21/n)
While it should have been a moment of introspection and self correction for some but rather than doing that they resorted to these cheap tactics and nothing speaks of their character, intent and moral compass than this. (22/n)
It is also pertinent to see here that, the RTI mention words “people” and not “civilians” that means the death toll of others also include security, police and govt. personnel which are obviously targeted for their professional identity and not for their religious identity (23/n)
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