Kashmir Student Online: Kashmir Dispute

In pictures: Life along Kashmir border

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">The de facto border dividing Jammu Kashmir between India and Pakistan controlled Kashmir is one of the most militarised boundaries in the world. Tens of thousands of troops face each other across the 740km (460-mile) Line of Control (LoC). </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The line has been a source of conflict for almost the entire period of existence of India and Pakistan.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The border runs over forested hills and inhospitable terrain. Defying logic in some places, the line splits villages in half and bisects mountains. Here a stream passes through the mountains.</span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="text-align: start;">Thousands of families live in areas along the disputed border.</span></span><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: start;">The prolonged and heavy militarisation of the region has wrecked people's lives and ruined the economy, as well as depriving a generation of proper education and normal upbringing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: start;">An overwhelming majority of Kashmiris want their divided region reunited</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(With inputs from Courtesy BBC)</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL0Xt7ZsVT5u6aWksbLI00_BKwp8KTXk9jTdN8wF6eDczW4AA-xGJy9YTbEHFMk5RrYAsz7ouVGjfahiVshTbrggqApWF-TFMz_wulkxGQEAMKmIBvar7Ktu16dCLQaYlfLE_XBPC_dI/s1600/22-FEB-PTI-07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL0Xt7ZsVT5u6aWksbLI00_BKwp8KTXk9jTdN8wF6eDczW4AA-xGJy9YTbEHFMk5RrYAsz7ouVGjfahiVshTbrggqApWF-TFMz_wulkxGQEAMKmIBvar7Ktu16dCLQaYlfLE_XBPC_dI/s1600/22-FEB-PTI-07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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In pictures: Life along Kashmir border

The de facto border dividing Jammu Kashmir between India and Pakistan controlled Kashmir is one of the most militarised boundaries in the wo...

"Unmarked graves In Kashmir".

Unknown Kashmir Dispute 02:36

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1CZtWyallkL9nzj2hM-81m9y7i60Jsd9NntD7I2rbExXnMdiKD5ifulOP4B6-vnenib97zhEL-PBQ98TgOC-ew4yIx8WrAIySEkThFDWXg7BmTOA22f4sLEJ8dtTB-PrZUDCkdUI0bY/s1600/images+%252832%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681482223023893026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1CZtWyallkL9nzj2hM-81m9y7i60Jsd9NntD7I2rbExXnMdiKD5ifulOP4B6-vnenib97zhEL-PBQ98TgOC-ew4yIx8WrAIySEkThFDWXg7BmTOA22f4sLEJ8dtTB-PrZUDCkdUI0bY/s320/images+%252832%2529.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 175px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 288px;" /></a><br />Unmarked Graves in indian administrated kashmir is a big question mark to the government of indian administrated kashmir and Indian armed forces in area.According to government human rights commission "More than 2,000 corpses have been found buried in several unmarked graves in Kashmir".The graves were found in dozens of villages near the Line of Control, the military line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.<br />The people of kashmir and their prominent leaders including human right activists accuse Indian armed forces of murdering innocent civilians in staged gun battles and passing them off as separatist militants to earn rewards and promotions.<br />The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), which estimates around 10,000 people went missing during nearly two decades of separatist revolt, says many missing people may have ended up in these unmarked graves.Beside of this every  common kashmir have a question to his government and international human rights organistions that who are burried in these unmarked graves and who , when and why they were burried in these unnarked graves ?

"Unmarked graves In Kashmir".

Unmarked Graves in indian administrated kashmir is a big question mark to the government of indian administrated kashmir and Indian armed fo...

"IN KASHMIR, DOGS ENJOY MORE RIGHTS THAN HUMANS"

Unknown Kashmir Dispute 20:44

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAGxMI9KBMuOQcJJnI6uJvFgb0UIlySRwtmBHEyJvlMIB92wX0ubbuiQX7Bnl10f1xhTImQ1xydQIAz98tf-JOd-Qda6kRIRLrP0OP0WQG4XCNnqQrWmObsn-Ut0ngqjqU77SWwtiSqM/s1600/images2.jpeg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679162227152695506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAGxMI9KBMuOQcJJnI6uJvFgb0UIlySRwtmBHEyJvlMIB92wX0ubbuiQX7Bnl10f1xhTImQ1xydQIAz98tf-JOd-Qda6kRIRLrP0OP0WQG4XCNnqQrWmObsn-Ut0ngqjqU77SWwtiSqM/s320/images2.jpeg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 198px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 254px;" /></a><br />Srinagar, Nov 24: Two separate laws in vogue in Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Municipal Corporation Act 2000 regarding Regulation of Animal Birth (Dogs), throw up a disturbing fact about rights of humans and dogs in the conflict zone.<br />Ironically, in conflict-ridden Kashmir the right of a dog to life is safeguarded legally more than a human being.<br />For example, according to the AFSPA, any commissioned officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or any other person of equivalent rank in the armed forces to maintain public order can fire upon and use force, even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law, including prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons.<br />On the contrary, the Municipal Act regarding Regulation of Animal Birth prohibits any of the Corporations employee or officer from killing a dog, even if it is wreaking havoc against civilian population, unless a high-power committee sanctions its death after a thorough probe. The committee of the Municipal Corporation to decide upon the fate of an ‘outlaw’ dog in Kashmir comprises its Commissioner, Health Officer, a representative of the Animal Welfare Department, Municipal Veterinary Doctor, a representative of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and representatives from the J&K Public Health Department.<br />It is this high powered committee that can decide on catching, transportation, sheltering, sterilization and vaccination of dogs.

"IN KASHMIR, DOGS ENJOY MORE RIGHTS THAN HUMANS"

Srinagar, Nov 24: Two separate laws in vogue in Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Municipal Corporation Act 2000 rega...

27th Oct "BLACK DAY FOR KASHMIRIS"

Unknown Kashmir Dispute 03:40

27th Oct "BLACK DAY FOR KASHMIRIS"

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and all across the world will observe Thursday, the27th October, as Black Day to convey to In...

Kashmiri Pandit family returns home after 21 yrs

Unknown Kashmir Dispute 13:25

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><h3 style="margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Prefers to stay at native village, rejects Govt accommodation</span></h3><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_m8Fo05hu_xue4N28mh9u9fRA5HGj92mxX6AkcRCyMkU5J1X_AAKDU1zzFMkPbLhndBb2j4cCtlXlyi3CMdfNmleMKdgZrAKOzIJzZT_bQiWvonq6q7magMBmEVlRk3SqmiZGCxCGxxU/s1600/kp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_m8Fo05hu_xue4N28mh9u9fRA5HGj92mxX6AkcRCyMkU5J1X_AAKDU1zzFMkPbLhndBb2j4cCtlXlyi3CMdfNmleMKdgZrAKOzIJzZT_bQiWvonq6q7magMBmEVlRk3SqmiZGCxCGxxU/s200/kp.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Nuthnoosa (Kandi), Oct 25: A Kashmir Pandit family which returned to this small hamlet after 21 years recently wants all the Pandits living in different parts of the country to return to their homeland, which they left in 1990.          </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> Talking to Greater Kashmir Satish Raina said, “I want the Pandits living outside Valley to return immediately to their homeland. There is no threat as such. I am a living example. They should come to their homes, and villages, not to the camps or colonies set up by the Government. We don’t need security. Our neighbors and friends are the biggest security for us.” </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Residents of Nutnoosa, Saduganga, Kandi and other hamlets had gathered near a newly constructed house, provided by one of Satish’s Muslim neighbor free of cost to them till they construct their new house.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Village youth were seen sharing their experiences with Namit Raina, who is an engineering student and Mohit Raina, a BBA student, while elderly men were reminiscing the good old days with Somanth Raina, Satish’s father.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Satish Raina is the first Kashmiri Pandit who along with his family returned voluntarily    to his native village after getting himself transferred to Higher Secondary School in his  own village. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> “My parents and grand parents have lived and died in this village. We were missing our homeland so we decided to return,” said Somnath Raina an octogenarian.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> “By living outside the valley we were slowly and gradually becoming aliens to Kashmiri language and culture. There are no social, moral and cultural values outside. I wanted my children should learn all these values and their language. My children though were not born here but still they had great love and affection for their village. After they complete their studies they will return permanently,” said Raina.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Claiming that he got himself transferred in the area to shape up the future of the youth of his village, he said, “I got myself transferred and posted in my village’s higher secondary school to help my fellow teachers so that we are able to provide quality education to the village students and to motivate their parents to pay special attention towards the education of their wards. It is unfortunate that education in villages is same as it was 20 years ago and parents are not taking interest into the studies of their children.”</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> He said he did not avail the special employment-cum-rehabilitation package and  left the government flat allotted to him at Kupwara. “I preferred staying with my Muslim neighbors in my own village as we feel more secure and comfortable living with them than getting cooped in a security zone with gun-totting cops around,” he added.</span></span>

Kashmiri Pandit family returns home after 21 yrs

Prefers to stay at native village, rejects Govt accommodation Nuthnoosa (Kandi), Oct 25: A Kashmir Pandit family which returned to this smal...