Kundan Kashmiri
Though the movie, ‘The Kashmir Files’ is just a tip of iceberg of genocide, atrocities, killings, painful exodus and ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits, faced before and after turmoil in 1990 and simultaneously narrated woes, killings and tortures to world in general and Indian masses in particular from decades together under various platforms, stage, press, electronic media, through dharna, demonstrations, memorandums and petitions to all forms of Government, President of India, National and International organisations, NGOs, United nations and others, but none heard and healed our wounds and KPs continue to be in exile from last 32, rather our voice was muzzled from time to time. But it can’t be denied that today after long 32 years of our gruesome turbulence and genocide, someone from filmy world has mustered courage to come forward to make a movie in the name of ‘The Kashmir Files’ highlighting ethnic cleansing, killings and exodus of peace-loving innocent people and also made lot of efforts to gain the attention of world audience towards this great tragedy met with a small and civilized community of Kashmiri Pandits in Valley from several long years. We would like to congratulate Vivek Agnihotri and his team for remarkable job by showing some real events of Kashmiri Pandit genocide and atrocities which include Nadimarg massacre and chopping of a community’s daughter in saw mill, exposing real face of Islamic terrorists and terrorism. Vivek Agnihotri surely deserves Kudos and accolades by producing such a great movie based on facts & could be an eye opener for rest of the world in particular who denied our co–existence and right to live, and also ignored and isolated us. This Film has also tried to highlight that politicians , executive, administration were directly or indirectly either in hand to glove or remained silent or helpless to help and save the nationalists, civilized indigenous people of Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit community, who was left at mercy of God. Really will whole world, nation, politicians and Government of India listen us and now not play politics on lives of innocent people like Kashmiri Pandits, a great human race in the world, who believe in love and humanity. Will they realise that victim Kashmiri Pandits struggle is for survival of ancient indigenous minority voices of Kashmiri Pandits, who are driven out of homes and hearths from centuries together and 32 years back also from valley when we never wished to rule, damage and destruct any one. Will really other film directors like Vivek Agnihotri, who have ‘human heart and other humanists of world and nation’ come forward and make much more movies and stories on gruesome atrocities of Kashmiri Pandits which we have facing from centuries together in Kashmir, for which no body have as yet come forward to highlight our vows, wounds, desecration of our temples and damaging of our ancient civilisation.
Will Government at the Centre and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir will really forward and expose all those false narratives and bring all truth before the world including the Nexus and nonsense of previous governments, big politicians & parties, administration and police with such evil and dirty forces who were responsible for death and destruction of victim Kashmiri Pandits before and after turmoil in valley and who continue to suffer on cross roads, landless and homeless. Without any human and basic rights which guarantees them by Indian constitution and international law of human rights also. Will really World, nation and Government in helm of affairs come forward and dig out pathetic stories of hundreds of murders and half dozen of massacres of this victim community and question those people claiming themselves human and God believing majority of Kashmir ask them why they hounded these Hindu minorities of Kashmiri, actual resident of valley, out from homes, challenged their co-existence, snatched their land under gimmick, distress sale and by false laws, looted and burnt their properties and ask them (majority of Kashmir) what was fault of Kashmiri Pandit community to suffer at their hands who were always peace loving, never picked up gun and stone in hand, helped there and then everyone to become prosperous. Can anyone reply to victim community of Kashmiri Pandits who targeted and killed KP community daughters like Late Sarla Bhat working as a Nurse at Medical Institute Soura, who was abducted and gang raped for several days before she was killed. Later her body was recovered at a roadside. Late Girija Tickoo of Trehgam, Kupwara, who worked as a Laboratory Assistant in Government Girls High School, Trehgam was abducted, gang raped for many days and then shred into pieces on a bar of a saw-mill on June 4,1990. Late Prerana Ganjoo who was gang-raped for days together later mercilessly killed along with her husband Prof Ganjoo on November 11, 1990. Another community daughter named Girja Dhar belonging to Ali Kadal, Srinagar was gunned down on July 1, 1990. Jawahar Lal Ganjoo and her sister-in-law along with their respective spouses were killed in Bana Mohalla Srinagar on June 17, 1990. Rupawati of Dursu, Pulwama was tortured in her home and after her death the body was flung into a field from third storey of her house. She was killed on June 28, 1990. Usha Kaul and Rajinder Kaul and their husbands were shot-dead in their home at Ali Kadal, Srinagar on October 14, 1990. Pitti Koul, resident of Mandir Bagh, Srinagar, who worked as a teacher, was killed on November 7, 1990. Usha Kumari Koul of Sheyar, Ali Kadal Srinagar was killed on October 14, 1990. Asha Koul of Achhabal was killed in May 1990. Devki of Alachi Bagh, Srinagar became victim of terrorist bullet on March 23, 1990. Late Dolly of Karan Nagar, Srinagar was shot dead on May 7, 1990. Late Sarika, Asha, Jyoti, Neema, Vijay Kumari, Meenakshi and Dulari, Rekha, Pratima Kumari, Girja Kumari, Asha and Geeta Devi, Late Sheela Tickoo of Dalhasanyar, Srinagar were killed on October 31, 1990. Babli, a student and resident of Drusu, Pulwama was gunned down on June 28, 1990. Usha of Srinagar was killed on October 14, 1990. Late Nirmala Raina of Pethibug, Anantnag was killed on March 6, 2000. Late Asha Kaul, a resident of Achabal, Anantnag was abducted from her native village. She was gang raped and tortured in a deserted house and her decomposed body was later recovered at roadside in Karfali Mohalla, Srinagar on August 8, 1991
Can Government come out with names of killers of Late Tika Lal Taploo, one of the stalwarts of the community in a broad daylight in a street soon after coming from home and going to attend the court? Has Government probed who killed late Moti lal Bhan, Bangund, Wanpura, Pulwama in a broad daylight in a bus coming from his village to Srinagar city as well as late Tej Krishen Razdan who was brutally killed and dragged on road in Masuma Bazar, Srinagar and none shifted his hospital to save his life. Who were those locales or outsiders who called Dr Raj Nath from his home at mid-night requested him to treat their mother at home and later killed him a Kilometer away from his home in a bad condition. Can anyone reply to victim community of Kashmiri Pandits who targeted first of their saintly person and Swami in Vachar Nang on December 8, 1988, but nobody probed. Who killed Community stalwart Preme Nath Bhat, Poet and scholar Sarwnand Premi, Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo, Lassa Koul Director Durdarsha, Late A K Raina, Deputy Director Food & Supplies in his office. There are hundreds of pathetic incidents and events which whole world and our nation are not aware of. Will Government at the centre, judiciary and executive and human rights bodies now listen the victim Kashmiri Pandits voice, mitigate their problems and get their demands accepted as under, including urgent talks with Kashmiri Pandits and representatives and listen them who have been not taken seriously so for, time-bound Commission of enquiry for what happened to Kashmiri Pandits in Valley before and after turmoil by NIA/ CBI under the supervision of Supreme court, punishing all those who killed innocent Kashmiri Pandits after due process through judiciary, recognising genocide and act for reversal of genocide and give justice to them who badly suffered, passage of bill on genocide in Parliament, declaring victim community people as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and removing tag of migrants from them as earliest as possible, restoring their rights including political, economic, religious and social, declaring and granting indigenous status to this minority community of Kashmiri Pandits, having background of most than five thousand years in Kashmir, has its own unique culture, religion, ethos, faiths, habits and living pattern and so on, carving out a separate land for displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Valley to rehabilitate and resettle them in valley particularly, in areas touching Jammu region with constitutional and institutional guarantees with all infrastructure for educational institutions, hospitals, business and trade centers and all other facilities including jobs, interest-free loans for business and other compensation and financial help, Supreme Court should also take a Suo-motu cognizance of genocide and give justice to victim community, protecting interests of overage KP youths, olds, and financially poor victim families who have been ignored so for, protecting and promoting temples and Shrines in valley, protecting interests and mitigate the problems faced by PM package employees working in valley and provide accommodation to all including displaced KPs who are residing on rent in Jammu, Delhi and other parts of country. We hope someone listen to us.
(The author is President KPC).