When Maharaja of Kashmir signed the 'instrument of accession' because of which Kashmir officially became a part of India he was a desperate man. A king with his territory engulfed by foriegn invasion. He would have signed anything that India wanted. Then, how did this special status for Kashmir thing happened? Let us see, at the time of Independance Kashmir was ruled by a Pandit King and Indian prime minister also happens to be a Kashmiri Pandit. This special status thing (article 370) ensured Indians from other parts of India would not be able to settle down in Kashmir permenantly which means Pandits though minority would continue to remain a dominant community in the valley. The tragedy is what was meant to have protected the community actually went against them and what their great community leader(Nehru) and king did has actually have forced them to live as refugees. Just think why Nehru did not let Patel who integrated all the remaining princely states to handle this one coz this place happens to belong to the people of his CASTE. Yes just like many of our secularists Nehru, could have been a castist. The lesson is we have to eliminate Caste system at the earliest and only then we could unite to take on other challanges.
RE:why Article 370?
by Mohammed imran on Aug 25, 2008 12:15 PM Permalink
Parthasarty Appreciate at least you have some info though its also far from reality ! It is the then National Conference leader sheik Abdulla who opted for a pro India Stand which helped the Indian case of keeping kashmir with india. Nehru being a Paddit did not wanted Kashmir to go into pakistan either ! How ever it was also then agreed that the people of Kashmir would be given a free chance to decide where they eventually wanted to be under peaceful conditions, India had ensured hence there is no peace in kashmir !
Re: Re: why Article 370?
by anand sundararajan on Aug 29, 2008 10:04 AM Permalink
so you say that India helped Kashmir to he hub for all terror activities???
give me a break... its the international forces behind the kashmir militants... and please check out where they get the funding from... and what for... remember India is becoming too strong and growing ... China is not touchable by international forces... the soft and easy target is India...Like India you cannot see any other nation in this whole world. Unless the Muslim bodies in India does not talk to Kashmiris and ensure them that they will be more safe within India than asking for Aazadi. India has equal oppurtunity for Hindus, Muslims, Chirtians, Sikhs, Buddists & Jains. Virtually that's how Indians have come into existence. If India is spending money to ensure good life in Kashmir, then Pakistan & other like minded countries are ensuring that they will give double money to Kashmiris to ensure that they seek seperation so that they can freely do what they want.
RE:why Article 370?
by Ranjan Mishra on Aug 25, 2008 01:10 PM Permalink
Hamare tax paid money se khate ho aur hum se kehete ho baat... shame on u morons..
RE:why Article 370?
by sunil bhat on Jul 10, 2008 09:46 AM Permalink
well mr saibaskar u better know that it was maharaja who insisted on article 370 and moreover kashmir was independent state that time
RE:why Article 370?
by ashok badshah on Jul 10, 2008 11:05 AM Permalink
ONLY ONE THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR THIS a-370,IS THAT ALL NON-MUSLIMS OF INDIA SHOULD MARCH TO KASHMIR WITH BAG AND BAGGAGE,TAKE THE CHARGE OF THE LAND-ENTIRE KASHMIR,SOME DAY IT WILL BE LIKE THAT.PEOPLE MUST BE READY TO HANDLE THE INTERNAL RAILWAY SYSTEM INSIDE KASHMIR. ALL PEOPLE WILL FORGET CONGRESS,PDP OR NCP. IT NEEDS SACRIFICE LOCL DEBATES ARE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISHED ,AND PREPERATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO STARTED RT.KNOW.INDIA HAS 2nd.LARGEST POPULATION THEN SURVIVAL WILL BE FITTEST,ALL MUSLIMS WILL FORGET THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.IT IS PERHAPS SOLUTION FROM JANTA OF THE COUNTRY,ABOVE ANY GOVT,OR ANY CONSTITUTION OR LAW, SAME AS PDP DID.ONLY WE NEED FRONT LINE PUBLIC FORCE TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENT OF THE NATION.PAKISTAN KNOWS THIS,THAT IS WHY IT IS JUST MAKING DOGS CRYING TO DIVERT INDIAN GOVT's ATTENTION.ALL LOKESABHA FAVOURED AFTER THE B-DASH WAS LIBRATED HISTORY WILL TEACH US.LET SEE FURTHE SENSITIVE REQUIREMENT OF SACRIFICE.
RE:RE:why Article 370?
by ashok badshah on Jul 10, 2008 11:10 AM Permalink
we need solutions not critics or comments, to our senses it is nowhere now,onwards.
RE:why Article 370?
by sunil koul on Jul 10, 2008 03:43 PM Permalink
Maharaja was not a pandit He was a Dogra . there is a lot of difference between a Dogra & Pandit
RE:why Article 370?
by JonBonJovi on Jul 12, 2008 09:58 AM Permalink
u nuts in that case Junagadh becomes a part of pakistan as its Dewan signed for pakistan. Patel did police action and then plebscite and since it was dominantly hindu state with muslim king,just opposite of kashmir,it was annexed on pretext of plebscite but when it comes to kahsmir elections can happen but not plebscite wheich nehru agreed to! Its not religion its ego its blatant badmashi simple plain fact go an check UN records for tht matter.ull get the reality!
Yes, we need to eliminate caste discrimination, and one of the ways to do that is to stop seeing caste everywhere, even when there is no reason to do so.
You perhaps are unaware of the contempt Mr. Nehru had for Hinduism.
You also seem to be unaware that Article 370 was not something that was arranged between Mr. Hari Singh and Mr. Nehru, but it was something that was insisted upon by Sheikh Abdullah, and surprise, Mr. Sardar Patel also, for his own reasons, extended support to it.
Please google history of article 370.
I am guessing that you are a follower of Mr. EVR, and so cannot miss any opportunity to comment against those Parpanaars and Paapadis. I request you to overcome that sort of thinking.
