Yes the narration is objectionable and subtle in its bias towards Pakistan. It conveniently hides what started all this mess. It although sheds tears on what a man was supposedly forced to say but doesn't even mention of what the millions of kashmiri pandits were forced to do.
However I don't support the idea of deleting such threads from here. Instead such news should be posted here, scrutinized and its rots should be torn apart for the world to see. Atleast the ones browsing net who stumble here would know what the truth is.
Deleting such threads is counteractive to the best practices of our fraternity here at DFI.
Deceptive propaganda is not fought by looking the other way, but by meticuously and thoroughly debunking the myths that it sponsors.
Regards,
Virendra
You are correct!
@ A chauhan
The Ram Ram incident as the author points out is sourced from Shah Faesal, the IAS topper. He could be lying about it ofcourse, but I guess it means confirming with Shah Faesal if he actually said this story and if its really true.
And there have been cases of HR violations although these tend to be exagerated ofcourse. Any place where we quell insurgencies there is bound for this to happen. It happened in NE, it happened in Punjab and it should not be a surprise to know that it happened in Kashmir as well. If you have an article that says there has been no HR violations in Kashmir, then that would be biased.
At the same time, he talks about the militants and the lucrative business of their terrorism. He mentions that Shah Faesal's father had been killed by militants not by the Indian Army. He desribes how the stone pelting incidents are more fun and games by rowdy youth groups rather than some real "resistance" agains the Indian state.
To see conspiracy theories that the author supports the Pakistani pov in an article which is generally IMO a positive article from the Indian pov and shows that Indian Kashmiris are integrating with India would be an incorrect conclusion.
Being an IAS topper does not mean that he can't lie, rather it multiplies the possibilities of false anti-India or anti-IA propaganda by him.
It is possible that IA could have done some HR violations, yet they are not the reason behind the insurgency in J&K, but this article selectively points out the Indian part while being silent on the Pakistani part, which is highly objectionable.
To see conspiracy theories that the author supports the Pakistani pov in an article which is generally IMO a positive article from the Indian pov and shows that Indian Kashmiris are integrating with India would be an incorrect conclusion.
Ok! a positive article with a hidden silent anti-India campaign, i wont be surprised if the same author writes another essay after a week, on the same issue completely blaming India for insurgencies in J&K. I assert taking this article as a positive article will also be an incorrect conclusion !!.
Kashmiris integrating with India is a good development! but the author should have pointed out the correct reasons behind their integration with India, and not the forgiveness of Kashmiris.
@Virendra
I am not sure how that shows duplicity...
...I guess it really depends on what perspective you have when you read the article but I can atleast tell you that Pakistanis won't be happy with what this article has to say and basically have called it "Indian propaganda" to white wash the situation in Kashmir.
J&K is not a part of Pakistan and i doubt any Pakistani will criticize this essay, as it is fulfills their wish to blame Indian govt. and Army for insurgencies, although very slowly but it's happening in this essay, after all they are doing propaganda from 1948 with the same expectations.
