Author: Dr. Ajay Chrungoo
Publication: Kashmir Sentinel
Date: October 1-31, 2003
Introduction:
Panun Kashmir was born as a comprehensive
response to the challenges faced by the nation in Kashmir. An in-depth
understanding of the reason which lead to the forced displacement of Kashmiri
Hindus formed the substratum of its political perspective. This understanding
did not trivilise the religious cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus by considering
it as a mere aberration in the local political expression.
Panun Kashmir realized the linkage
of the religious cleansing in Jammu and Kashmir to the civilisational and
political challenges to the nation-building process in the state.
The organisation has been acutely
conscious of the grave implications of the process which sought to insulate
the national discourse on secularism and human rights from the happenings
in Kashmir.
Panun Kashmir developed a firm opinion
that the causes of displacement of Kashmir Hindus underlined issues which
were of fundamental importance to the nation. The efforts, particularly
from within aimed at ensuring that the internal displacement of Kashmiri
Hindus becomes a non-event constitutes one of the crucial elements of the
subversive war to balkanise India and cripple the Nation state.
Political Approach:
While formulating its political
approach Panun Kashmir took into account following realities:
* Kashmir has contributed substantially
to the fund of Indian civilization in almost all fields. Kashmiri Hindus
pioneered the movement for Sanskritisation of Himalayas, which ultimately
paved the way for the evolution and consolidation of Northern Frontier
of India. Kashmiri Hindus therefore Constitute the Indian Civilisation
Frontline in Kashmir.
Religious cleansing of Kashmiri
Hindus is one more concerted attempt to snap the civilisation link of Kashmir
with India. Its wider implication is to prepare the platform for dismantling
the Northern Frontier of India by destroying its cultural content.
* Kashmiri Hindus also constituted
the Political Frontline for the geopolitics which aims to undermine Indian
position in Kashmir. This social group acted as a symbol of Indian nationalism
a vital component of the pluralistic identity of Kashmir and the powerful
impetus for democratization of Kashmir polity.
Kashmiri Hindus contested all the
variants of Muslim communalism and separatism in the Valley. Their destabilisation
was always visualised by the anti-Indian forces in Kashmir as a crucial
step towards breaking down of the indigenous political resistance to the
separatist
