General Ghayoor sould be put on trial to prove that the ones who died were radicals? I would regard Gen. Ghayoor as radical and coward, no different from his ex Boss Musharaf Din who is having ice cream with Arab asylum seekers on Edgware road in London. We know from history that the British General who ordered the murder of innocents went scot free .

Rex Minor

Siachen is nowhere near the Pakistan border but deep inside Kashmir bordering Ladakh. Take a look at any map. Siachen is even further East than Gilgit-Baltistan which Pakistan occupied in 1947-48. It was not possible for Pakistan to take Siachen as part of that assault because it was inaccessible and inhospitable. Therefore it was never Pakistani territory at any time in history.

Visas to mountaineers: Mountaineers wishing to climb Mt. Everest from the Nepali or the Tibetan side will have to apply for a visa either to Nepal or China, as the case may be. That’s because the *access routes* lie in either country. Issuing of visas can’t be a proof that Mt Everest belongs to one or the other country. In retrospect, it would seem that Pakistan issuing visas to mountaineers was part of the propaganda to establish Pakistani ownership of a no-man’s land.

Both sides had been trying to take Siachen for a long time. Nature was the bigger enemy because of the extreme conditions and that is what kept it a no-man’s land until 1984. It so happened that India won that race. It’s a stretch to say that India occupied Pakistani territory.

For a mind focused on grievances, it’s of course impossible to take a balanced view.

Regards,
Ganesh Prasad

In your all weather friend China, they eat snakes, lizards and what not. Somehow when they do it, your sycophant instinct prevents you from pointing at that. With world’s population exploding and resources thinning, humans might be forced to eat anything that moves. But you guys have decided to eat grass in order to make a nuclear war head for each citizen of your country. So go on ahead.

> That was a nice report. Thanks for sharing. Noted BBC report on the PRESENT situation in India: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7557107.stm

Seems the Indian official is ahead of his time: http://bbc.in/fMquUO

> we represent historical islamic primacy in south asia and the rejection of modern-india.

Why so modest? Islamic primacy in South Asia is not just historical, because 2011 isn’t ancient history either: http://bit.ly/frxHfG

Modern India isn’t the only modern thing being rejected, apparently.

Tell you what. I realise it must be really hard to keep up this schizophrenic act of issuing liberal statements in favour of protection of minorities on the one hand, and upholding Islamic primacy on the other. We won’t mind if you let go one of them. I believe it would be easier to drop the liberal facade.

Regards,
Ganesh Prasad

You not only reject modern India, but also the modern world. And you have what your inner heart desires – radical Islam running through the veins of more and more people. You do not represent Islamic primacy anywhere. We have an equal number of Muslims in our country as well. We do not hate people for being Muslims and that too primate ones at that.

You can surrender if you want. But that was not my point. I was talking about giving up reliance on Jihad based terrorism as a means to try controlling the region. It did not work. Instead of focusing on building the nation, your military tried to destroy its neighbor by using proxy wars. All the energy was spent on supporting Jihad to such an extent that there is nothing left but Mumtaz Qadris and Ajmal Kasabs. It is a result of poor choice in 1989. Since there is nothing else left in your wonderful country other than a military, I am trying to see if there is any hope for a new choice that gives up the old beliefs. This is because this old belief has brought your country to where it is and brought a war right at your border. Militants are blowing people up. This was something your military and countrymen planned for India. But your thick skull did not get the message. You have taken off tangentially as usual.

I wouldn’t say that a 3 year old extraneous news item about a dumb proposal of a sacked official in the poorest Indian state, quite reflects the PRESENT situation in India. But nice try anyways