By deploying the IAF, Modi has ensured that Kashmir is conclusively internationalised: Arundhati Roy

[WebGuru]

By deploying the IAF, Narendra Modi has ensured that Kashmir is conclusively internationalised.

NEW DELHI —With his reckless “pre-emptive” airstrike on Balakot in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inadvertently undone what previous Indian governments almost miraculously, succeeded in doing for decades. Since 1947 the Indian Government has bristled at any suggestion that the conflict in Kashmir could be resolved by international arbitration, insisting that it is an “internal matter.”

By goading Pakistan into a counter-strike, and so making India and Pakistan the only two nuclear powers in history to have bombed each other, Modi has internationalised the Kashmir dispute. He has demonstrated to the world that Kashmir is potentially the most dangerous place on earth, the flash-point for nuclear war. Every person, country, and organisation that worries about the prospect of nuclear war has the right to intervene and do everything in its power to prevent it.


Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry...kashmir-and-india_in_5c78a574e4b0de0c3fbf6b50

 

[Lexical]

Full of propaganda from Arundhati. Baseless criticism. Modi ji has not been perfect here, but Kashmir issue did not get international exposure after this strike by IAF. Pulwama terrorist attack was enough if there ever was a need.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Pulwama happened before this. I hope Ms Roy remembers this.

 

[WebGuru]

I guess she was right now even Washington Post is reporting things like this:

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...rinagar-as-Kashmiris-reject-Indian-occupation

Most polling stations in Srinagar appeared deserted, with more police, paramilitary soldiers and election staff than voters. Srinagar was one of 95 constituencies which voted Thursday.

A majority of residents heeded the separatists’ call for a boycott, with only about 8% voter turnout in Srinagar, the urban heart of the anti-India revolt.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9eea3a0b1a55

 

[Romali_rotti]

Now waiting on Indian reinforcement back up from Najem Sethi

 

[Mian]

Roy was right Modi internationalized the matter with this dumb moves

 

[xbronze]

Roy was right Modi internationalized the matter with this dumb moves

What does 'internationalized' even mean?

That nations all over the world are falling all over themselves to condemn India?

That nations have formed a military alliance to invade India and hand J&K on a platter to Pakistan?

That the UN is taking up an emergency resolution asking India to re-instate article 370?


From the New York times:

New York Times: Pakistan Runs Out of Options as India Tightens Grip on Kashmir

...when India stripped the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir of its autonomy this week, Pakistan’s reaction appeared to be limited to high-level hand-wringing.

...Its economy is teetering on the brink of collapse, and its international allies have either stayed silent over Kashmir or defected in support of India.

...one of the most effective strategies Pakistan has traditionally employed — using an array of militant groups as proxies to keep neighbors in check — has become a liability, amid the threat of international sanctions.

...Even Afghan Taliban leaders, who have long been sheltered in Pakistan, seem to have turned their backs on their ally of late.

...Muslim nations have usually supported Pakistan’s claims on Kashmir. But with their own economic and political troubles at home, many have tilted toward India, looking to secure lucrative deals with the ascending economic power.

The biggest blow came from the influential United Arab Emirates, which stated that Kashmir was an internal matter for India, withdrawing any support to raise the issue internationally.

...Mr. Khan had returned from a visit to the White House where he met with Mr. Trump, who promised to intervene on Kashmir. But India’s swift action days later to strip Kashmir of its autonomy plunged Pakistan back into isolation.

“The U.S. has again let us down, and those who were starry-eyed about the American trip have got a wake-up call,” Senator Mushahid Hussain said in a speech this week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html

 

[slipcatch]

Pity those Indians who believe that Kashmir freedom fighters will be labelled as terrorists.

Or rest of the world will come to their defense.

 

[FearlessRoar]

The Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India for a speech about Kashmir she gave 13 years ago after a top official approved the move, local media reported on Wednesday.

A social activist from Kashmir filed a police complaint in 2010 following speeches by Roy and three others at a conference organised by a rights group, the reports said.

Roy, a fierce critic of India's policy in Kashmir, is accused of saying at the conference that the disputed Himalayan territory was not an integral part of India.

Under Indian laws, the state government's permission is needed for the prosecution of certain crimes, including hate speech, sedition, and promoting enmity.

Vinai Kumar Saxena, the federally-appointed lieutenant governor (LG), has allowed Delhi Police to prosecute Roy and Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain under laws relating to promoting enmity, making assertions prejudicial to national integration, and causing public mischief, the reports said.

Another professor and a hardline Kashmiri separatist leader named in the complaint have since died.

The reports did not say why Saxena approved the prosecution after 13 years.

His office did not respond to calls and emails from Reuters requesting comment.

Roy, 61, won the Booker Prize for fiction in 1997. She is also an outspoken political and rights activist and regularly writes in Indian and foreign publications.

There was no reaction from her to the developments and she could not be reached for comment.

Although the case was registered before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power in 2014, the sanction has once again stoked concerns about freedom of speech under Modi's government.

Opposition leaders and writers came out in support of Roy.

It is obvious that the LG have no place in their regime for tolerance or forbearance or for that matter the essentials of democracy, P. Chidambaram, a senior leader of the main opposition Congress party who was India's home minister in 2010, posted on X.


Source: Reuters

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

This guy was charged with assault and rioting after the 2002 Gujarat massacre. Now he is a Lieutenant Governor of Dehli trying to bring one of India's most iconic writers to trial.

The new and improved Bharat.

 

[Saanji]

The surgical strike helped modi and bjp bag a strong majority else it would have been a hung parliament.

I really wish arundhati Roy to stop speaking completely. She is actually anti-india not just anti-modi. But Whenever she speaks .. the ultra right wing hindutva rises in political stock market.

 

[cricketjoshila]

This guy was charged with assault and rioting after the 2002 Gujarat massacre. Now he is a Lieutenant Governor of Dehli trying to bring one of India's most iconic writers to trial.

The new and improved Bharat.

Anyone in India who thinks that Kashmir isn't an integral part of India should be prosecuted for treason.

The country's sovereignty and integrity is non negotiable.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Arundati Roy is a paid chinese stooge.