Megh Kalyanasundaram
Nov 2 · 1 min read

Anyone who is making an argument against the religiously motivated ethnic cleansing of Indian Kashmiri Hindu Pandits would do well to reflect on the following:

  1. Is human rights violation against Hindus counted only if they are actually killed? Are death statistics the only measure of human rights violation?
  2. Where, in the human rights spectrum, does blaring slogans like ‘Ralive, Tsaliv ya Galive’ (either convert to Islam, leave the land, or die) from mosques fit in? https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/exodus-of-kashmiri-pandits-january-19-jammu-and-kashmir-304487-2016-01-19. Has the Kashmiri Muslim been asked to convert, leave or die?
  3. Shall we compare how many mosques in Kashmir were destroyed (if at all) by Hindus — between 1989 and 2019 — with the number of temples destroyed in the same period in Kashmir? https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/208-temples-damaged-in-kashmir-in-last-two-decades-kashmir-govt/story-s5dlIY9G8cM373tMK1S9GN.html

Often times, not showing an inclination to recognise ethnic cleansing and genocide is the first step in supporting/endorsing it. https://hindugenocide.com/islamic-jihad/seventh-exodus-of-kashmiri-hindus-4l-hindus-estranged-overnight/