KPBuzz: Creating a worldwide buzz about Kashmiri Pandits

A group of Kashmir Pandit youth inaugurated their venture in Hyderabad and Jammu this month. They call their company KPBuzz : Creating a worldwide buzz about Kashmiri Pandits.

The passion was running high on 8th Nov 2008 at KPBuzz launch. The signature product of the company is a Kashmiri Pandit T-Shirt that carries a very intense message on it, shown below. The idea of launching a company like that might sound crazy, since the market for such products if very limited, but the group believes they have nothing to loose. They are willing to learn from their mistakes, however this business is more about the passion and love for their homeland.

KPBuzz team strongly believes in delivering quality products at nominal prices to whoever is interested in buying their merchandise. The first product, the Kashmiri Pandit T-Shirt, is an idea that the members of the group have fancied for nearly 3 years now. They were waiting for the right time to come and realized that after the Amarnath Yatra Issue and the nearing elections in the state, it was even more important to convey to the whole nation and the world that Kashmiri Pandits are no longer going to be the silent victims. The T-Shirt dawns a powerful statement questioning the world about a very important right that the KPs have been denied. The Human Rights!

The message reads as follows:

Kashmiri Pandit

Kashmir is my home, not just a Paradise
5000 years of history, wiped-off by Genocide
In my own Country I refuse to live in Exile
I want back my Identity, My Home,
My Human Rights!

The hope is that the world will awaken to the plight of KPs sooner than later and KPBuzz is definitely going to be one such medium of mass awareness.

If you want to see the product details or get your own Tee; Place An Order Now!

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Congratulations India! First Individual Olympic Gold!

Abhinav Bindra, with an unassuming smile and utter disregard to the pressure around him, has brought to our Nation what many have failed to do. An Olympic Gold.

This is a moment that one needs to revel in. At last one of our boys/girls have managed to strike Gold at Olympics.

Congratulations, Abhinav Bindra and your family.

Congratulations India.

What a proud moment!

...or we will cross the border!

That is the threat the Kashmiri Separatist Leaders (as media puts them, I wonder whether this effort of sugar coating the way the ex-terrorists are being addressed is an attempt to be politically correct or they fear that the minorities will stop watching their channel, or worse yet, because they are being threatened for their lives) are carrying now. They are all of a sudden worried about the economic disruption of Kashmir and the financial deprivation the current bandh is allegedly causing to the Fruit growers of Kashmir. So, what they propose to do is walk through Muzaffrabad, into the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), crossing the Line of Control (LoC) to sell the fruits. LOL!!!

What is that supposed to mean? The first thing that comes to the minds of these bloody militants is that they will take their commerce to Pakistan. Well they are the "Separatist Leaders" and since they make the peasants of Kashmir believe that they can expect a warm welcome and that their fruits are going to feed the inhabitants of the most sacred land of muslims, they are doing the right thing. However, our government that should have been infuriated by this anti-national sentiments being flaunted by these ex-militants and their senseless herds, have actually taken to an appeasement policy. Union Home Minister, Mr. Shivraj Patil announced vociferously and repititvely, that Govt. of India will buy all the fruit from these growers in order to show how much they are cared for and wanted in our country.

I couldn't but laugh on hearing this. What are we? A bloody Eunuchs' Republic of India???

Imagine the growling tummies of Pakis who are yet to know it means to eat a home grown fruit. A produce that is not imported at exhorbitant prices, but bought at the local rates. And luckily for them our thankless citizens of Kashmir the peasants who take the subsidies from Eunuchs' Republic of India, and dream about Pakistan like a ten year old with starry eyed dreams about a heaven that is on the other side of the fence, are willing to oblige over their own graves.

What are we doing, I wonder, as the citizens of this country, that will sooner than later nothing more than the backyard of a Terrorist Republic of Pakistan?

This is where they dump their waste (in the waters of India), experiment with the IEDs (blasts in different cities in different ways), pump the fake currency bills (that we carry in our pockets believing it was our hard earned money), come for gaining celebrity status (in reality shows, movies and music albums) and rubbish us in the game of cricket. I am sure, if you are Paki reading this post, you must be bloating with pride. Don't forget to write a thank you note to Uncle Manmohan. By the way, your Mush has done more for you being a dictator than Dr. Manmohan Singh will do in his lifetime for anyone, including himself (with the exception of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi.) Here is the latest from their intimate relationship.


By the way if you are an Indian reading this post, it is time to wake up and grab hold of the reality. This is not what we work our goddamn asses off for, fueling the economy of a country run by senseless egotists and spineless politicians who have no grip on reality be it in their personal lives or public.

We can't allow anyone to take our Govt. to ransom for such petty issues. What the likes of these Yasin Malliks and Mirwaiz Umar Farooqs are doing. They are not who decide the future of this country or Kashmir. Please wake up now and help others in your vicinity to wake up too. Time is running out...

Read more on Kashmiri Pandits' and on their plight at:
http://www.rootsinkashmir.org/
http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/

Play for India at Olympics

There is an interesting game on Facebook that I am playing. You need to predict Beijing 2008 Olympic winners and win points for your country. The country with the maximum points wins. The more people from your country, the more the chances of that country winning. I am playing for India.

Join me! See: myPicks Beijing 2008: India Fans Page

A Dialogue: J&K Burning? India Burning! Hindus Burning.

me: What does it take to belong to a Nation?

Me: Apparently, for Hindus it will take their extinction.

me: Why???

Me: For a simple reason, Muslims who used to be a minority once but have been labeled so for forever, need more attention and more pampering by the Government of India (aka Congress and any other political party that wants to rule India.)

me: Why?

Me: Muslims will vote for anybody who lets them live like uncivilized, uneducated, uncultured and unencumbered society that only fears a God, who only knows how to punish people. These Muslims (and my heart breaks to say because so many of them have been my friends) are the same old Hindus that converted when the Moughals came to rule the country, hoping that they will get all they wanted. And what they want they don't even know it today.

me: Why?

Me: These were bunch of people, and biologically speaking the genes that they were constituted of, with opportunistic streak. These were the human beings who never knew what they wanted at the first place so they converted to another religion and realized that the new religion couldn't tell them either, so they started disturbing the peace of others because they didn't know what to do with a life in which the only sacred thing to do was kill in the name of religion and it was indeed rewarding to know that you get 72 fairies to do once you reach heaven.

me: Why?

Me: It takes a lot of self-respect and responsibility to become the citizen of a Nation and they never had it in them. No matter which part of world they lived in, they simply could't belong to it. So what do they do? They start cribbing about pastures on the other side of the fence, since they are always greener.

me: Why?

Me: I don't know.

It started with Kashmir. Kashmir burnt and then went cold. So they burnt Bombay, which burnt and went cold. Then they burnt Godhra, which burnt and then went cold. So they realize to keep a fire burning you need to have endless fuel. So they start burning the whole country. Starting fires at multiple places one by one. And what will happen once the great Nation has burnt to Ashes, nothing. It will be another Nation.

me: Why?

Me: They don't know what to do with a life that is so full of fear of their Allah that the only thing they are allowed to do in their religion without any fear is praying to God 5 times a day and forcing non-Muslims to practice Islam. They live in this country, they eat the food grown here, they wear the clothes manufactured here, they enjoy the infrastructure and freedom of a prospering Nation and still try to burn it, because it is haram, to sit peacfully.

me: Why?

Me: Why, what?

me: Why the Fuck don't we do something about it?

Me: Simply because we are a nation of dumb citizens, dumb politicians and opportunistic "Minorities". I mean is it a joke or what? 50% of anything is reserved for people who can't manage to deserve anything in their lives and don't even call themselves Hindus with pride.

Me: Dr. Manmohan Singh, who gripes about no one respecting him in the parliament house, can't walk a few steps without hold Sonia Gandhi's palloo. And has the balls to tell the Nation that he will sign the Nuclear Deal no matter what and gets away with it.

Me: L K Advani, dreams about PM's office and forgets that it takes conscious effort in terms of maintaining a consitency in one's outlook about the world before one can convince a Nation of 1 billion what is right and wrong for them.

Me: Sonia Gandhi revels in her powerful position and secure future of her children, so what does she care who the fuck rules the country and what becomes of Kahmiri or Kashmiri Hindus, or Hindus in general.

Me: And our junta simply cares about who is the King of Bollywood? I mean that's all that matters when your neighbourhood is on fire, your streets are flooded with mayhem and there is no future for you or your children.

me: And I the gullible continues to say Jai Hind.

Me: I wonder for how long though, before they ban it since it may hurt the sentiments of certain minorities...

Kashmiri Pandit Youth - Roots In Kashmir

It was the first time I dared to stand in front of State Head's office and express my disgust towards the corrupt political system that has grown from strength to strength in last so many decades.

Kashmir, my homeland, an integral part of Indian that could never be, has been burning for us Kashmiri Pandits, for last two decades. All of those who fled were better of in their professional lives but lost all the sense of belonging with the place they originate from.

Corrupt politics and irresponsible citizens are both responsible for the status quo in Kashmir. RIK, an initiative by Kashmir Pandits, especially the youth, has been growing in its effort and influence since its inception in year 2006. I proclaimed allegiance to it almost instantly when I heard of it but joined the efforts a few months later, in December 2006, by holding a silent protest at Indira Park, Hyderabad, the officially designate place for any protests by citizens.

On 20th of June, 2008, we came together to express our solidarity with Wandhama Massacre victims who have not received justice even after ten years. Here are some of the snapshots from the local newspapers that cared to give us some print real-estate.

Junior is here for real!

Transgender man gets pregnant

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Thomas Beatie, a transgender man of Oregon, gets pregnant by artificial insemination. He has decided to carry his child as he has said, "Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire." (Photo: xinhuanet.com)


What more could you ask for, in the name of miracle or stupidity? We are heading for disaster in terms of maintaining equilibrium.

I simply don't know how to react to this news. And pray to God that this be just another one of those image morphing tricks and nothing more...

Amen!

Islamic Investment Opportunity - No Kidding!

Well the word Islam or Islamic never ceases to cause a sway of interests in the ordinary mortals like me. And just when you try to ignore propagandist remarks leading to separatist views for the denizens of this world, there comes a blow, right in your nose. I was scrambling through the market news, looking for a trace of the silver lining to this unfathomable dark cloud shrouding the Indian market, when I came across this link:

Can you beat it? Now there are guidelines on how you can invest in a Share Market if you are a practicing Muslim. Anything in the name of Islam! This is where I feel the whole Islamic view of condemning all that is haram begins to sound like a farcical thought. The link above is from the site MoneyControl.com. For all the readers that practice Islam, here is the link to the site http://iio.moneycontrol.com/

And there is nothing wrong in investing in the Share Market if you really now how to make a quick buck out of it. The share market functions on pure probabilities and speculations and doesn't offer any concessions to any religious sentiments observed by the investors. It could prove to be equally brutal or rewarding to a Hindu, Christian, Buddhist or a Muslim investor so there is no point in creating boundaries between human beings by setting up guidelines (that are baseless and futile) for a certain sect of people.

Take these for instance, borrowed from the site linked above,

Exclude companies if Total Debt divided by Trailing 12-Month Average Market Capitalization is greater than or equal to 33%. Exclude companies if the sum of Cash and Interest Bearing Securities divided by Trailing 12-Month Average Market Capitalization is greater than or equal to 33%. Exclude companies if Accounts Receivables divided by Total Assets is greater than or equal to 45%.

Is this is a joke really? Whether you practice Islam or not, why would you want to invest in a company that has Total Debt divided by Trailing 12-Month Average Market Capitalization greater than or equal to 33% anyway.

It gets more interesting when we read through the Principles ofShari'ah investment. Here they are http://iio.moneycontrol.com/principles.php .

For an educated mind this is the biggest farces ever created in the name of religion. To all of you who believe that Shari'ah investment is in anyway more Islamic than regular investment then what you need is a splash of cold water on your face, because you are not only confused about the share market, you don't even understand your belief system well.

A lesson to learn: A smart ass attempt on marketing ignoring the socio-cultural sensitivities can lead to a great disruption and segregation in society and this is an example of that.