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2008-03-23 India-Pakistan

Pandit Population in Kashmir Valley Shrinks to 4000

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Posted by john frum 2008-03-23 15:26|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 What religion or whatever are Pandits?
Actually what part do they play in things?

Posted by 3dc 2008-03-23 19:26|| 2008-03-23 19:26|| Front Page Top

#2 From Wikipedia, 3dc:
Original Kashmiri Pandit (Hindi: कश्मीरी पण्डित) refers to a person who belongs to a sect of Hindu Pandits who originate from the Kashmir region. They have a recorded history in Kashmir for thousands of years and have also been mentioned in the Mahabharata. Kashmiri Pandits have Aryan features like most high caste Indians. Many experts speculate that the Aryans originated in Kashmir. The Aryan invasion theory has now been proven wrong and Aryans have been proven to be native to India.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-23 19:45|| 2008-03-23 19:45|| Front Page Top

#3 The original Hindu population of Kashmir.

India's first Prime Minister Jawarlahal Nehru, (father of Indira Gandhi) was himself a Kashmiri Pandit.

Hundreds of thousands have been driven out by the Islamists. They are one of the largest internally displaced populations in the world. Thousands live in refuge camps in other parts of India.

The Kashmiri Pandit population in Jammu and Kashmir dropped from 15 percent in 1941 to 0.1 percent in 2006.

Posted by john frum 2008-03-23 19:48|| 2008-03-23 19:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The Indian army occupied abandoned Pandit properties. There is now a concerted campaign for the troops to be moved out. This will allow their Muslim neighbors, many complicit in the ethnic cleansing, to seize their houses and lands.

The ethnic cleansing will be complete. The Kashmir valley will be totally Muslim.

Posted by john frum 2008-03-23 19:50|| 2008-03-23 19:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I gotta quit reading headlines so fast, or else get new glasses.

At first glance, I thought it said panda population - and my first thought was I didn't even know there were pandas in Kashmir, and the story probably would blame America anyway.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-23 19:51|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-03-23 19:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Article 370 of the Indian constitution gives special status to Kashmir.

No law passed by the Indian parliament is valid in Jammu and Kashmir unless it is also passed by the state legislature. This includes taxes.

So they have representation (in the federal Indian parliament) but no taxation.

No non-Kashmiri Indian may purchase land or settle in Jammu and Kashmir. Their Muslim demographic identity is thus assured.

Posted by john frum 2008-03-23 19:56|| 2008-03-23 19:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Many experts speculate that the Aryans originated in Kashmir. The Aryan invasion theory has now been proven wrong and Aryans have been proven to be native to India.

That is strongly disputed by many respected scholars but is a favorite position among Marxist scholars in India, from what I can tell.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-23 20:02|| 2008-03-23 20:02|| Front Page Top

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