BiasedMedia

This write up appeared on 13th Jan 2007 in Greater Kashmir (Leading english daily from Kashmir)

Biased Media

DEAR EDITOR,

Indian and American Media have two things in common i.e. hiding facts from their respective public and throwing a blanket of secrecy on vital issues. In USA it is a crime to talk against the Jews or Israel. It is as if you are saying something against God. Even one cannot make a mention, direct or indirect, about the fate of the Palestinians. American media, be it electronic or print, discuss any topic under the sky earth and investigate any issue except the Arab-Israel conflict. They don’t tell their public that USA destroyed Iraq just to tap out its oil, the naïve USA public feels that US attacked Iraq to unearth WMD (weapons of mass destruction) and to catch the Iraqi dictator Saddam. Jews control all newspapers and TV channels. In India also, writing in favor of Kashmir is considered a big crime. All the TV channels and print media of India are hawkish about Kashmir. They never report the human rights violations committed by the Indian Army in Kashmir. Doordarshan reports Gulmarg winter sports or coming of migratory birds from Siberia with great enthusiasm. But the Beharampora (Pattan) destruction by 1500 Indian troops and killing of a mentally challenged person finds no place in the news.

Iftekhar

Al Khobar,

iwani@indsci.com

Freedom Struggle

This write up appeared on 28th march 2007 in Greater kashmir (leading english daily of Kashmir)

Freedom struggle

DEAR EDITOR,
This in reference to the much-hyped demilitarization of disputed Kashmir. Demilitarization balloon was punctured by Indian Prime Minister when he said that there would be no demilitarization. God knows why PDP and Hurriyat (Mirwaiz faction) were so much optimistic about the demilitarization. Recent Indo-Pak talks also failed as India didn’t show an iota of flexibility. We Kashmiris should not loose heart. We should tightly hold the rope of Islam and keep our determination alive in fighting the illegal occupation of India.
Freedom struggles take time. Freedom does not come on a platter. India itself got its freedom after the fighting for more than hundred years. Chechens are fighting for their freedom. What is important in freedom struggle is the mental toughness of the occupied. No matter how powerful the occupier is, one should not change his ideology and should not budge or compromise. Recently we saw how gallantly Hizbollah fought the mighty Israel and the superpower USA and gave both a bloody nose. They didn’t have the smart bombs
and patriotic missiles. They only had determination, will power and belief in what they were doing.
Same thing is happening in Afghanistan as America destroyed it and reduced it to the stone-age but nowadays we hear that almost 80% of the Afghanistan is again in the control of Taliban. Vietnam made US to retreat disgracefully from their land by their determination. We Kashmiris should not listen to India with half-baked roadmaps and solutions. We should stick to the basics that is India should vacate from our country, release our youth from its jails.

Iftekhar

iwani@indsci.com

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