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Srinagar, October 29
Turning down the possibility of being a Kashmiri without being an Indian, Union Minister for Panchayiti Raj and Sports, Mani Shankar Aiyyar hare today maintained in the same breath that being and Indian without appreciating Kashmiriyat was impossible too.
"Kashmir had to be a part of the composite nation like India," Mani Shankar Aiyyar stated while speaking at a three-day seminar on Approaches to Kashmir Studies organized by Kashmir University's Institute of Kashmir Studies.
Other prominent dignitries who spoke at the seminar were the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Governor S K Sinha besides heads of different departments of Kashmir University.
"We have to accept Kashmiriyat" he said adding "we wish to be one country with diverse cultures and religions". "India cannot split in 30 Yugoslavia if you start doing that with Kashmir. That is not possible", he said while turning down the any idea of separation.
Referring to diverse cultures and religions, he said in a remote village in Tamil Nadu a villager proudly says that he is an Indian though he has never been to Delhi and his culture, language and costume does not match with what people have in north.
He said that Kashmiris had forgotten that what Kashmir is. "It (Kashmir) has to be part of a composite nation", he said while claiming that Kashmiriyat was tradition of living together. He said that for strengthening Kashmiriyat, the centre set up by Kashmir University can play a big role.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in his brief remarks said that Kashmiriyat was to live and let live. "It used to be part of our lives before the start of militancy but now it is only to live. We need to change that".
Governor S K Sinha said that the younger generation was not into learning Kashmiri language though they are interested in English and other languages. "But if there is no Kashmiri language there cannot be Kashmiriyat". He said that Kashmiriyat was not a religion but a culture and "but influenced by three religions Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism". He said there were many schools of thought in Islam but it was Sufi Islam which came to Kashmir.
Director for Centre for Kashmir Studies Meem Hai Zafar outlined the aims and objectives and highlighted the importance of seminar in which several participants had come from Pakistan.
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