Victims of Kashmir – The Hindu Pandits
By Francois Gautier
(CHAKRA Blogs) I have fought for the Kashmir Pandits ever since I covered Kashmir in the nineties and saw them flee helpless and terrified. In 2005, I received the Natchiketa Award of Excellence in Journalism at the hand of the PM in Lok Sabha and with the prize money, I started a Foundation FACT (Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism) and my first exhibition was on the plight of the KP. You can see information and pictures on it here.
HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was so touched by it, that He took it all over the world with Him. We showed it to the Polish Parliament, the Israeli parliament, the Scottish Parliament, in the Commonwealth Club in London and even to the US Congress in Washington, which led to a Resolution on the plight of the Kashmir Pandits.
But I have to tell you something, Hindus are still a huge majority in India, but it’s like a lion who thinks he is a mouse and does not know its strength. It’s pretty pathetic that out of 400.000 Hindus, (there were a million of them in the Valley of Kashmir in 1900), not a single one put up a fight and fired a shot in defense, when their brothers were killed, their wires raped, their children burnt in the Valley of Kashmir. Hindus pride themselves in their peace loving way. I really appreciate it myself, India a land of peace, where all the persecuted minorities of the world have found refuge, including lately the Tibetans. But isn’t it cowardice sometimes? The Gita tells us in the words of Lord Krishna that when your way of life is threatened, when Untruth is about to overcome Truth, when your borders are threatened, your wives raped, you children killed, it is rightful and dharmic to fight, by force if necessary.
Sri Aurobindo came to remind everybody that it was all right to throw out the British manu militari, to the point that his brother Barin, manufactured bombs in the basement of Sri Aurobindo’s house, but his voice was not heard. Today, Buddhism, Gandhism and Leftist intellectual thought have weakened India and She seems sometimes ready to let go of huge chunks of Her territory, whether the Valley of Kashmir, Assam to the Bangladeshis, Arunachal to the Chinese, without a fight. Wake-up O children of Bharat! Kashmir is a very ancient and sacred place not only for Hindus, but also for Buddhists.
Brilliant article and so true, back in the years before British and Mughal rule, Kashmiri Pandits aka Brahmins used to teach Kstriya (Rajput warrior caste) how to fight, this is all through Hindu history for example Drona the Brahmin taught the Pandav warriors how to fight. But Brahmins rarely took up arms themselves as their ultimate community aim is to reach god hence they would only impart knowledge. The British and Mughals bastardised the caste system and made the castes against each other rather than help each other, though many famous Brahmins such as Bhai Mati Das and Sati Das faught against Mughals when needed, we need more of these to stand up now and Brahmins . In Hindu history there were no better fighters than Brahmins but because they were intellectual they rarely faught, even Godse a Brahmin killed Gandhi when he could no longer stand to bear the injustice against Hindus when Gandhi gave Pakistan money which it used to fight a war against India after independance.
Really an eye-opener for people like us. Article has everything to inspire a man of character. I am really proud of people like you who have been continuously and unfailingly reminding us our great heritage.
Really an eye-opener for people like us. Article has everything to inspire a man of character. I am really proud of people like you who have been continuously and unfailingly reminding us our great heritage.
We need a bunch of people to awaken the hindus so that they put their wholehearted effort in such a pious task. without such devoted people we would not be able to wage a justifiable fight against hintu hater. a group of intellectual whose mind are enamoured with wester civilisational values wish to weaken hinduism from its land of origin.
It really surprises me how Hindus after years of foreign rule did nothing to strengthen India after partition. It shocking that we elected govts one after another , who did nothing to safe guard the hindus, instead went for vote bank politics. Francois Gautier (I salute you Sir) is more concerned about our plight than the hindus themselves. When will we ever wake up? We are easy prey for invaders.
La ila il Allah
Muhammad rosoul Allah
@Sharif Ansari… That has been corrected to:
La ilaha Allah
Zakir Naik Rasulullah
We have some internal problems. We are filling our gaps, and we will teach them a lesson.