Vrinz Response

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Dear Respected Members,

The following is a letter I wrote in response to a mainstream

Newspaper editorial that was heavily biased and outright misleading

in regards to the Kashmir issue. I was only allowed a 250 word

response to a 3,000 word article. It not only got printed locally but

was chosen by the editor to be posted on their website. Though I

could have written 10,000 words on the topic, I am satisfied with it

and hope it can encourage other friends of India to be vigilant and

confident in waking up the world to the tragedy of the lost Vedic

Valley of Heaven called Kashmir.

VRIN Parker

 

PS I have posted it here for all to read but it can also be accessed

on the Newspaper's website at

http://www.registerguard.com/news/20020119/ed.letters.op.0119.html

Its the 3rd letter down and the Newspaper editor titled the letter...

 

India's claims legitimate

 

Reports of repression of Muslims by India's governing Baratiya Janata

Party are baseless. The BJP's attempt at a uniform judicial code

would have protected Muslims from fanatic application of Islamic law -

husbands' right to kill wives, etc. However, pressure from the

Clinton administration halted these efforts. Thus, Indian Muslims

live outside the national civil code and get free trips to Mecca.

 

Few news stories mention Pakistan- and Chinese-occupied Kashmir.

Ironically, Kashmir, with free elections, is wracked by terrorism.

Often mentioned is India's defiance of United Nations resolutions.

Yet the world ignores two other resolutions calling for removal of

all Pakistani troops and a plebiscite in Kashmir. Anyway, a

plebiscite would be invalid without first repatriating the 1 million

Kashmiri Hindus and their descendents.

 

In a Jan. 10 editorial, The Register-Guard says that some claim

the "k" in Pakistan represents Kashmir. Yet Kashmir is an Indian

word. If the "k" gives Pakistan claims, the rest of the letters in

the Indian word must prove India's claims. Of course, millennia of

Kashmiri Hindu culture, Kashmiri Indian emperors, Kashmir's status as

abode of Hindu gods and saints are legitimate claims. Yet these

issues are irrelevant to the Western media.

 

It was misleading for The Register-Guard to say Pakistani President

Pervez Musharraf flew to Nepal via Beijing due to India's closed

airspace. He was already in China for weapons acquisition.

Overflights into Indian airspace were unnecessary for the trip.

Hinduism is a culture, therefore an Indian government based on Hindu

values is as legitimate as a U.S. government based on American

values. It's not Hindu nationalism, but Hindu civilization applying

Hindu solutions to modern problems.

 

VRIN PARKER

Eugene