O KASHMIR, it pays to be with Prosperous India

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O KASHMIR, it pays to be with Prosperous India

• A Paradise wrongly in search of Identity
• - By Sharad Mistry

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• The name Kashmir
• is derived from two words
• ka (the water)
• and shimeera (to desiccate),
• so the word Kashmir implies land desiccated from
  water

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• 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

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Historical

• Vedic Civilization extended much over northern
  India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Since ancient times, Kashmir has been part of the
  Himalayan region of Bharatvarsha
• Finds mentions also in Mahabharata
• Kashmir is also the birthplace of Shaivism, Shiv
  Sutra revealed by Lord Shiva to sage
  Vasuguptacharya, and Panini, the famous Sanskrit
  grammarian
• Till 11th century, Kashmir was important part of
  the powerful Hindu monarchs whose kingdoms
  spanned till Central Asia
• Important centre also in the Buddhist era

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Historical (2)Invasion, Conversion, Ousting out
owners

• 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 Indias 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

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Political

• Disasters of history are the result of
  government's folly and perverse persistence in
  pursuing the policies contrary to national
  interests.
• - Barbara W. Tuchman
• American historian and author of 'The March of
  Folly'

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Political

• 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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Political - 2

• India has been forced to fight four avoidable
  wars on wrongs committed 60 years ago by
  politicians of both India and Pakistan
• 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
• Pakistan supported slogan mongers, secessionists
  have wrongly hyped Kashmiriat
• 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
• This will help Kashmir develop faster with more
  number of industries in the State

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Economic Reasons

• 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
• Pakistans governed largely by dicatators,
  religious-zealots is fiscally imprudent,
  mismanaged,considered poor
• Indias GDP pie in 2008 is over 1 trillion (650
  billion in 2004)
• Pakistans economy is barely 1/10th of India
• With its 172.8 million population, Pakistans GDP
  was estimated at around 140 bn in 2007

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Economic Reasons 2

• Indias GDP growth close to 10, Pakistans 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
• Urban wages in India go up to even Rs 5,000-6,000
  per day in Pakistan, urban wages in 2007 were
  said to be around Rs 300-400!
• Afghan refugees over three million still
  burden Pakistans economy
• Kashmirs 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 Kashmirs 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
• Large number of Kashmiris are originally Hindus
  who were forcefully converted into becoming
  Muslims
• Large-hearted, poly-theistic India offers more
  freedom and benefits also to Muslims who have
  prospered faster in India than in Pakistan
• Centuries old Indias Sanatana Hinduism is the
  most tolerant, conducive progressive of all
  other faiths
• Indias poly-theism has also helped cross section
  of religious followers to freely follow their
  religion

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Religious Freedom - 2

• Islams mono-theistic, violence-preaching
  political ideology has overshadowed good,
  God-fearing and loving aspects about Islam
• The 1400-years old Islam religion is the worlds
  most severe, intolerant of all faiths
• Islams 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
• Worlds largest Muslim population is in India

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Kashmiris

• Understand and chose whats best in your interest
  
• for a progressive and prosperous future

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Namaste

• Namaste and join us fast for a peaceful and
  prosperous world

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