I am a Kashmiri Pandit, and I stand with Dr. Sushil Razdan Ji, Dr. Sameer Kaul, and others who believe in reconciliation. They have firsthand experience of the exodus and stayed connected with the area and its people throughout. I don’t believe you were even there during the time of conflict and exodus. I also don’t agree with your claim that the people who were there were responsible for our exodus and our suffering. It came across as if they all picked up guns or were giving orders for killings of people from our community. I keep hearing this a lot, that they are responsible, but no one explains how. I keep hearing that the alleged 1987 election rigging caused resentment, that resentment caused militancy, and that militancy in turn created the circumstances for our exodus. You really want smart people to believe that such an environment of militancy was created by this causal chain, and that too in just two years? Is that even possible? Think about it. Also, do the Battas realize that the alleged vote rigging was done to keep Jamaat-e-Islami out? Remember, the Jamaat of that time was far more extreme than it is today. If Jamaat had won, would that really have benefited Hindus there? I am not condoning vote rigging. I am just pointing out what the perceived interests of KPs may have been at that time. I am also told that Jamaat would not have won many seats initially. Maybe not. But once they had won some seats, they could very well have won a majority the next time. To justify their conclusions, some say maybe that would not have been bad for minorities. After what happened in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood took over, I am not too sure. People forget that the government at the Center was led by V. P. Singh and supported by the BJP. They negotiated with militants, caved in to their demands, and released militants. That put fuel on the fire. I always fail to understand why no one ever holds responsible the people who took those decisions. @Samkaul @Sachin_Razdan @buttkout