Hassan Zainagiree has written an excellent piece on Arundhatti Roy in Greater Kashmir (http://greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=5_9_2008&ItemID=4&cat=11). We must all join Zainagiree in saluting Roy for her courage to unveil the "democratic face of the neo-colonialists who use democracy not as empowering people project but as a tool to hold unwilling masses and thus butcher the very essence of democracy- the will of the majority".
She has highlighted the pitiable plight of Kashmiris in her speeches and writing. I got an opportunity to interact with her when i was a student at Aligarh Muslim Univerty (AMU). She had been invited to the varsity to deliver a speech on Professor Iqbal Khan (Prof. Iqbal Khan Memorial Lecture). During her speech she condemned the grave human rights violation committed by Indian troops in Kashmir.
She is one of the few learned, moderate and rational voices in India. I love to call her the INDIAN CHOMSKY.
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salaam.
good job keep it up.i just had a fleeting look and its nice.picture is fine,but u can modify it to make it excluive for your blog.
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Good to see that people from Indian teritory have started acknoledging the plight of valleyiates. Though it took as per ur entitlement, "Indian Chomsky" to see that. However,it doesn't matter till people accept that everything is not that fine in Kashmir, as government is preteding.
You have done a comendible job by starting ur own blog.
Good work and good luck for future
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