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Two different banners for two forms of cooperation between two countries with varying degrees of peacemaking proximity. Perhaps the 1st version is better for starting peaceful cooperation, and the 2nd for the long-term form of peaceful cooperation
found and approved by both states for Kashmir. Please, choose the best, from your point of view, banner for our project below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005, International Peace Organization of Humanitarian Scientists from 65 countries with the mission “Peace from Harmony” https://peacefromharmony.org/ Direction: Public diplomacy of peacemaking. Public diplomacy is a civil diplomacy without political and legal restrictions. Public diplomacy provides a unique toolkit for expanding international social relations of the state. It contains all the diverse activities for interacting with civic society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_diplomacy Cardinal Peace Decision For the Kashmir Conflict and Indo-Pakistan Crisis. "Gandhica - Kashmir" (GANKAR) Project. The GHA 70th Project. Started 06-08-19 Approved on 28-08-19 by a majority of votes, but rejected from implementation until the sides goodwill appearance; Intended for further professional elaboration in the “Joint (Government/NGO) Laboratory of Gandhica-Kashmir” (JOLABGAK) during 2020. Act 1. Goodwill Memorandum of the India and Pakistan Governments. The Goodwill political resume of the two States regarding Kashmir. The Governments agreed on the following joint concerted peacemaking actions in Kashmir starting since September 2019: 1. To declare an unlimited moratorium on any unilateral military operations on the territory of Kashmir and recognize the categorical non-using atomic weapons as the first necessary prerequisite for a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict, which has dragged on for more than 70 years. To prevent military clashes, create a “Joint Military Conciliation Commission” (JMCC) at the General Staffs level. 2. To recognize as necessary as the first constructive peacemaking condition a voluntary twofold increase in 2020 compared to 2019 of the budget expenditures of each state for the development of social infrastructure in the region: for the construction of housing, roads, educational and medical institutions, sports facilities, shopping enterprises and the like to serve the Kashmir population. 3. Create a “Joint (India-Pakistan) Government Commission of Kashmir” (JGCK) to organize the development and implementation of a full-scale and long-term (for 30 years) General State “Reconciliation Program in Kashmir until 2050”: “Kashmir Peace 2050” (KP- 2050). 4. To establish within the framework of KP-2050 three working groups, laboratories, “thinking tanks” with the task of preparing three different projects of the KP-2050 Program within a year to choose the best one or to synthesize the advantages of each in one joint integrated project. Each Government creates its own, national laboratory for this purpose. In addition to national ones, they create a joint Government/Non-Government (NGO) laboratory with the participation of a third, mediating party to form the fundamentally innovative (non-traditional) peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir" (GK), which is proposed by the Global Harmony Association (GHA). India and Pakistan Memorandum of Goodwill was (maybe) signed by the Prime Ministers of the two countries on October 2, 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi birth, the Father of our Nations. (By signing this historical document, they will be worthy of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize as “Peace champions” in Alfred Nobel’s definition.) Act 2. Elaboration "Gandhica - Kashmir" Project in JOLABGAK Systematic application of the principles of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence, presented in the GHA book “Gandhica”, 2019 (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=848), in the GHA peacemaking project for a harmonious solution to the Kashmir conflict of India and Pakistan. Authors: -Dr. Leo Semashko, GHA Founder and Honorary President, initiator, co-author and editor-in-chief of "Gandhica" together with its co-authors, members of the GHA, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: - John Avery, Denmark, (http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=672) - Mairead Maguire, Northern Ireland, (http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=678) - Ernesto Kahan, Israel, Former Vice President of IPPNW (Nobel Peace Prize) (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=338) And peacemakers, humanities :Noor Larik, Umer Zia, Zia-ul-Islam, Waheed Ahmad, Maqsud Nuri, Maitreyee Roy, Michael Ellis, Rudolf Siebert, Guy Crequie, Vera Popovich, Habyarimana Heli, Victor Danilov, Daurenbek Aubakir, Boris Resjabek, Alexander Semashko, Alexander Ladugin, Takis Ioannidis, Vladislav Krasnov, Maria Cristina Azcona, Kae Mori In total: 24 co-authors from 13 countries: Australia, Argentina, Denmark, France, Israel, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, USA, Publication with discussions: In English: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 In Russian: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=812 Contents 1. Preamble. GHA project "Gandhica - Kashmir" trigger. 2. The need for a cardinally new approach (vision, thinking, methodology) for a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict and the Indo-Pakistan crisis. 3. GHA "Gandhica": principally new approach (vision, thinking, methodology, ideology) for the peace resolution of armed conflicts. 4. The Gandhica-based Condominium of India and Pakistan in Kashmir: only peacemaking organizational alternative to war. 5. The Project ultimate goal: “Peace Agreement of the Kashmir Condominium” (PAKC) between India and Pakistan and the “Kashmir Reconciliation Program until 2050.” (KRP-2050) 6. The Joint Government Commission of Kashmir (JGCK) as the first tool to create a project and realize its ultimate goal. 7. The Spheral resources and directions for the development of the Kashmir peace project. 8. Education and enlightenment of the Kashmir population in “Gandhica”: the general strategy for the conflict peaceful resolution. 9. The procedure, stages and regulation (règlement) of discussion and approval for the PAKC. Referenda on the PAKC in India and Pakistan. 10. What will each country gain and lose from Kashmir peace? 11. The sociological poll Questionnaire on the Kashmir conflict. 12. Epilogue for the GHA and the future peace in Kashmir Act 3. Implementation through Gandhica Education during 30 years After discussion and approval of the project by both countries in 2021 (see in the future) Abbreviations: PAKC – “Peace Agreement of the Kashmir Condominium” (for India and Pakistan) KP-2050: “Kashmir Peace 2050”: full-scale and long-term (for 30 years) General State “Reconciliation Program in Kashmir until 2050” (RPK-2050). JGCK - Joint (India-Pakistan) Government Commission of Kashmir JMCC - Joint Military Conciliation Commission GANKAR – “Gandhica – Kashmir”: GHA peacemaking project for Kashmir as part of KP-2050. GHA – Global Harmony Association, International peacemaking NGO since 2005 Gandhica - The fundamental scientific interpretation of Gandhi’s nonviolence in the GHA collective book “Mahatma Gandhi. Nonviolence Starting Point. Spherons’ Genome and Statistics”, 2019 (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=848) NALABKAP - National Laboratories of Kashmir Peace JOLABGAK - Joint Laboratory of Gandhica-Kashmir JEDUC - Joint Educational Commission JEDUF - Joint Educational Foundation for the financing of peaceful education in Kashmir. We shall require a substantially new [nonviolent] manner of thinking if mankind is to survive… The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same [violent] level of thinking we were at when we created them. Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding [nonviolent science and thinking]. Albert Einstein If we want to reach real peace [nonviolence] in this world, we should start educating children. Mahatma Gandhi Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela “The most powerful weapon” and “substantially new [nonviolent] manner of thinking” provides by “Gandhica” in our century. Nations and Governments armed with its education/knowledge will defeat/overcome any conflict, including Kashmir. This is a matter of time only. GHA Global Peace Science [as the Gandhica center] is the dawn of a shining, harmonious vision of peace and prosperity for all the nations! Together with it, the enlightened citizens will emerge, capable of building a harmonious civilization of peace and prosperity. Abdul Kalam, President of India, 2002-2007. The GHA books coauthor. 1. Preamble. The GHA “Gandhica – Kashmir” Project: Trigger
The Gandhica-Kashmir project trigger was a sharp, with mutual insults, controversy between members of the GHA Indian and Pakistan branches, which began on August 6, 2019. All responses from this polemic are published together with the project on its page, some of which contain valuable information, which will be used in the project. Someone from the GHA new Indian members, who was silent and inactive, who ignored the cooperation in Gandhica and neglected the relevant scientific research, through his ignorance (this is most likely) or maliciously by his belligerence/aggressiveness, refused our peacemaking organization in the right to fulfill its statutory peace mission. He wrote: the "Proposed GHA's Kashmir-conciliation project is totally untenable." This statement was argued by the decision of the Indian Parliament on August 5 to exclude article 370 from its Сonstitution, which enshrined the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. (For brevity, which is widely accepted, we will only talk about Kashmir, given several more territories associated with it with different populations and different religions.) In Pakistan, this decision provoked strong protest as a gross violation of human rights, as “Indian Terrorism in Occupied Jammu & Kashmir” andas “denial of Kashmiris right to self-determination”. This protest has found widespread support among the residents of Kashmir, of which more than 400 thousand have signed the corresponding petition to the UN: http://chng.it/7vzhSWzsSZ. If the Constitution of India Article 370 repeal would be a guarantor of peace, cooperation and good neighborliness, recognized with the approval of the Pakistan side and the world community, i.e. would be a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict, then some other peaceful solution was obviously unnecessary. However, the facts indicate the opposite. This decision further aggravated the military conflict in the region, provoked new protests in Pakistan and put the two nuclear powers on the brink of a new war with an unpredictable result. Many world lawyers also note that this decision of India is undemocratic, a step backwards, which is confirmed by more than 400 thousand signatures against this decision (above). Therefore, the abolition of Article 370 is not a peaceful solution, but an escalation of military clashes between the two countries and an intensification of the Indo-Pakistan crisis. The similar acute confrontation between the two countries, ongoing since 1947, escalated into the "Indo-Pakistan crisis" and has not yet found a peaceful solution, despite many attempts, requires a highly active and urgent search for reconciliation in this conflict. Refusing this search is beneficial only to the militarists and can only come from ignorant and warlike people. It is completely unacceptable for a peacemaking organization that professes peace from the harmony and non-violence of Gandhi. 2. The need for a cardinally new approach (vision, thinking, methodology) for a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict and
the Indo-Pakistan crisis
The Kashmir conflict, covering about 4 (or 6) million people (74% of Muslims and 26% of Indians) on this territory in the modern era, began with the formation of two independent states on the territory of the former British colony in 1947 and has continued uninterrupted since then, increasing then weakening for 73 years. The history of the conflict is detailed and professionally presented here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_conflict. Population here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir#Demographics The Kashmir conflict, from the point of view of the GHA “Gandhica” peacemaking thinking and vision, is a deep inter-religious conflict of Islam and Hinduism in the adjacent territory of India and Pakistan, which has outgrown and acquired the status of an interstate militarist confrontation with periodically arising “Indo-Pakistani wars”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_border_skirmishes_(2019);https://info.wikireading.ru/8892; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts; https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts; https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/india-pakistan-war and etc. For more than 70 years, the Kashmir conflict elevated both countries to the pathological rank of national enemies on their common border, the number of victims of which exceeded 300 thousand (according to other sources - up to 1 million) on both sides. All past peacemaking attempts in this conflict were unsuccessful, but they have some constructive details for a future full-fledged peace solution proposed by this GHA project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacebuilding_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir The protracted and deep Kashmir conflict cannot have a quick and simple solution, both military - this is a futile option, and peacemaking - this is the only real perspective, although it is extremely difficult and long, as shown in our project. But if peaceful solution is not to find then peace in Kashmir will never come and the crisis of the two countries will only expand and paralyze both countries. Do they want this? In this conflict, the interests of the part (Kashmir) dominate and govern the interests of the whole (India and Pakistan) that violates all system laws. Their violation is both the cause and the consequence of the prevailing global militarism in this conflict, which is interested in preserving all such conflicts after the Second World War. India and Pakistan can become peaceful and good neighbors only in the case of reconciliation in Kashmir, which excludes the military, militaristic path of their past relations.
3. GHA "Gandhica": principally new approach (vision, thinking, methodology, ideology) for the peace resolution of armed conflicts.
India and Pakistan can find peaceful and mutually beneficial good-neighborliness, instead of mutually flawed enmity, only on the path of fundamentally non-violent peace thinking / consciousness / vision, which is presented in the GHA Gandhica as a result of a deep international scientific understanding of the great legacy of Gandhi non-violence. Gandhica confirms that Einstein’s brilliant in its truth idea that “peace cannot be achieved by war, it is achieved only by understanding”, i.e. peace/nonviolent science and thinking. Gandhica is a concentration of the peace-making “Global Peace Science” and peace-making non-violent thinking. We will not repeat here the content of Gandhica, which is presented in large scale and in detail in a small book/primer of 240 pages with the active participation of large groups of both Indian and Pakistani scientists: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=848. This book is freely available online for anyone interested in a cardinal peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict in the mutual interests of the peoples of the two countries. This book can be reprinted as a textbook/primer in mass circulation for educational institutions (schools, colleges and universities) of the two countries that will usher the era of peacemaking, non-violent Enlightenment and Education in these countries, which is provided for by the special “Gandhica” educational program. Gandhica inherits, develops and concentrates in itself all the past 69 GHA peacemaking projects (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=472) for almost 15 years of its peacemaking. Some of them are dedicated to the search for peaceful solutions in the armed conflicts of Georgia/Russia (http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=337), Israel/Palestine (http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=454, http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=461) and others. All other GHA projects serve to prevent conflicts on the basis of a common non-violent methodology, succinctly expressed in the “Gandhica”. Conclusion. Without Gandhica, a cardinal peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict between the two states is impossible. If these countries reject/ignore Gandhica, they close the peace decision and maintain the eternally militaristic status of Kashmir and these countries in mutual relations with an unpredictable tragic ending for both in the case of using nuclear weapons. Are their leaders, governments, parliaments, other democratic institutions and their civil societies with their NGOs ready to accept and recognize Gandhica as a peacemaking, nonviolent, Gandhian ideological and scientific platform for a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict and full-fledged harmonious good-neighborly cooperation? The solution to this conflict, like all others, lies in the heads of people, in the quality of their thinking, consciousness and vision, in their education. They can be of two opposite qualities: either militaristic, as still, or peacemaking, the only necessary and suitable for peaceful solutions to any conflicts, including Kashmir and the protracted Indo-Pakistani crisis. only Gandhica opens up the prospect of such a strategic and long-term peaceful solution for all sides. 4. The Gandhica-based Condominium of India and Pakistan in Kashmir: only peacemaking organizational alternative to war. In the context of deep historical and religious sources of the Kashmir conflict, the condominium on the sole scientific basis of Gandhica can become the only organizational form of its peaceful solution. This is the formula of peace in Kashmir = condominium + "Gandhica." About the last said above. A condominium, as defined by Wikipedia, is: «In international law, a condominium (plural either condominia, as in Latin, or condominiums) is a political territory (state or border area) in or over which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share equal dominium (in the sense of sovereignty) and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it into "national" zones. Although a condominium has always been recognized as a theoretical possibility, condominia have been rare in practice. A major problem, and the reason so few have existed, is the difficulty of ensuring co-operation between the sovereign powers; once the understanding fails, the status is likely to become untenable.» (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condominium_(international_law). Two points are very important in this definition: 1. The condominium excludes the division of the territory into national zones and 2. It is successful only in the case of a common "understanding", i.e. a common peacemaking vision and a common peacekeeping ideology. In our project, such a general ideological/peacemaking support of understanding is proposed “Gandhica”. If it is rejected, then the common, uniting “understanding will fall” and disappear that will make the condominium impossible. Naturally, both of these pillars of peace in Kashmir are very strong and difficult conditions/obstacles for the states, which have continuously been at war over this territory for over 70 years. But they can be overcome if there is political will and a sound peacemaking mind on both sides that should be reflected in the PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM OF THE GOOD PEACEMAKING WILL OF TWO STATES (Act 1 above). Each country has quite weighty arguments: historical, demographic, spiritual, cultural, economic and political to the territory of Kashmir, which constitute the solid foundations / pillars of their condominium in Kashmir instead of a continuous war in it. 5. The Project ultimate goal: “Peace Agreement of the Kashmir Condominium” (PAKC) between India and Pakistan and the “Kashmir Reconciliation Program until 2050.” (KRP-2050) The ultimate goal of the “Gandhica-Kashmir” project is the “Peace Agreement of the Kashmir Condominium” (PAKC) between India and Pakistan. It includes three main stages: 1. Preparation of the PAKC during a year, 2. Discussion of the PAKC at various state and public levels in India / Pakistan, the referendum on the PAKC in them and the final process of its approval at various government levels. This phase will also require at least one year, possibly two years, 3. Implementation of the Kashmir Peace Treaty during 30 years until 2050 through the “Kashmir Reconciliation Program until 2050”. (KRP-2050). 6. The Joint Government Commission of Kashmir (JGCK) as the first tool to create a project and realize its ultimate goal To control and manage the process of the PAKC passage at all its stages, the governments of the two countries create the “Joint Government Commission of Kashmir” (JGCK), which will signal the official start of the PAKC developing process. The creation of the JGCK by the governments of the two countries will require them to introduce a moratorium on any armed actions and declare a truce in Kashmir at all stages of the PAKC (see Act 1). The first step, the creation of the JGCK, will be an indicator of the high peacemaking consciousness of both governments for their joint recognition of the following necessary requirements: 1. The presence of political will and a peaceful strategy for Kashmir. (Act 1). 2. Refusal from a military solution to the conflict as meaningless for its peaceful end. 3. Willingness to compromise and mutual concessions, without which peace is unattainable. 4. Creation of parallel working groups for the search and selection of the best solutions. 5. A clear understanding of the irreparable harm of war and the exceptional value of peace for each side of the Kashmir conflict. Only on these pillars is it possible to realize the ultimate goal of the project for a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict. Its opponents can only be militarists and the military-industrial complex, the only one that benefits from wars, the deaths of millions of people, from the social and natural destructions.
7. The spheral resources and directions for the development of the Kashmir peace project.
To prepare and implement the Kashmir peace treaty, four spheral conditions and PIOT resources are needed - people, information, organization and things. At this, initial stage of the PAKC preparation, we confine ourselves to the most general definition of spheral resources on only this period, because for its implementation other scales of these resources will be required, which can be calculated later, after its approval. The first, key resource is people, experts. At the first stage, it is the PAKC developers possessing innovative peacemaking thinking and organizing peace will, providing a stubborn pursuit to an intellectual solution of the entire complex of Kashmir’s peacemaking problems. This is primarily the scientists of the two countries - GHA members, who participated in the "Gandhica” creation and have some experience in its thinking, methodology and peaceful non-violent vision. The second necessary resource is information. Innovative peacemaking information is contained in the GHA “Gandhica” (above). But it can be contained in other various informational details by experts of the diplomatic departments of the two countries who specialize in monitoring the dynamic situation of the Kashmir conflict, in analyzing and summarizing it. The third necessary resource is organization. For the greatest effect of the final result at the first stage, it is advisable to create several small but effective working groups - intellectual peacemaking laboratories (think tanks) of two main directions. The first direction is the “Joint Laboratory of Gandhica-Kashmir” (JOLABGAK). This is an initiative scientific direction of public diplomacy, associated primarily with the GHA as an international peacemaking NGO with the mission of global peace from harmony/non-violence. It was embodied in the “Global Peace Science”, collectively created in the GHA by 174 co-authors from 34 countries in 2016 as a result of many years of scientific efforts (https://peacefromharmony.org/docs/global-peace-science-2016.pdf). Therefore, in the GHA, along with the development of numerous other peacemaking projects embodied in 9 books that are crowned and focused in “Gandhica” by 82 co-authors from 25 countries, colossal and unique experience has been accumulated in the collective development of fundamental scientific peacemaking projects, which is indispensable for the PAKC development. This direction is organizationally embodied in JOLABGAK consisting of 12 experts staff under the scientific supervision of Dr. Leo Semashko, founder (since 2005) and Honorary President (since 2016) of the GHA. Of the 12 employees, half of them are selected by the head of the GHA scientists from India, Pakistan and Russia, of the Gandhica’s co-authors or other NGOs from these countries - 2 from each country. The other 6 employees recommend the governments of India, Pakistan and Russia as intermediary country (see below) from Kashmir experts from the Foreign Ministries of these countries - 2 from each country. JOLABGAK is being created as part of the Russian Foreign Ministry with the legal status of an International Research Unit, which is fully funded by equal shares from the budgets of India and Pakistan for one year. Each employee is assigned a salary of $ 1,000 per month plus monthly $ 1,000 dollars to pay for trips in three countries, maintenance, participation in international peace forums, etc. In addition, $ 212 thousand is allocated to pay for the rental of premises, technical services and support staff. The total annual budget of JOLABGAK will be $ 500 thousand, which is equally provided by the governments of India and Pakistan. Of course, this is an insignificant amount for the two states to provide a unique peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict. This amount cannot be a subject of saving for reasonable peace-loving governments. The exceptional importance of JOLABGAC for the PAKC project is determined by the fact that it alone has the necessary resources to create a truly innovative, top-level modern system research version of the final project for comparison with its options created in another direction. only it provides the search and mastery of a common language of understanding of the ultimate goals, values, strategies and resources to ensure Kashmir peace. Without such a language, the development of a peacemaking project for Kashmir threatens to turn into the construction of the Tower of Babel, which collapsed due to the lack of a common language. Therefore, the first month of JOLABGAK's work will be devoted to the intensive study of Gandhica as the starting intellectual prerequisite for the successful creation of a peace project by experts with different and conflicting thinking patterns. PAKC The second direction is “National Laboratories of Kashmir Peace” (NALABKAP). They are created within the framework and under the auspices of the Foreign Ministries of India and Pakistan from diplomatic and scientific experts on Kashmir with the task of developing national versions of the PAKC during the year. The development of these options will provide the governments of India and Pakistan with the opportunity to compare three different projects - two national and one joint, to identify their advantages and disadvantages, in order to offer the three laboratories to jointly finalize the general PAKC project as a synthesis of their advantages, excluding or minimizing their flaws. The fourth necessary resource is things, material and technical support, and the spatial location of the PAKC development. This resource, like the previous ones, is distributed between the countries participating in the project and the intermediary country in their most optimal spatial arrangement, which is a fundamental issue of functioning primarily for JOLABGAK. For the initiative JOLABGAK to be as free as possible from all unilateral influences of either of the two countries concerned, it should be located in a third country, friendly with the countries concerned and most aimed at a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict. This country is Russia, which is united with India and Pakistan not only by long diplomatic good-neighborly relations and comprehensive cooperation with them, but also by the BRICS community, which recognizes one common peacemaking priority: “Strengthening international peace and security” (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=627). Another important advantage of Russia is that it is the most neutral country in the Kashmir conflict, in which it does not have any special interests, except for the purpose of its peaceful resolution. Therefore, the best place for this laboratory is Russia, St. Petersburg, where all the necessary prerequisites for its successful and effective work are concentrated. The headquarters of this laboratory may be the Representation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg or any decent premise at the State University. Other, professional diplomatic laboratories (NALABKAPs) are created separately in each country, but then they can come together to discuss and agree on their options of the PAKC. 8. Education and enlightenment of the Kashmir population in “Gandhica”: the general strategy for the conflict peaceful resolution The main tool and the “most powerful weapon” (Mandela) of establishing and securing a durable long-term peace in Kashmir, as elsewhere, can only be appropriate mass peacemaking, non-violent and harmonious education through special training programs that have long been developed in the GHA: 1. Gandhi Non-Violence School, 2019: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=790 2. Center (School) of Interfaith Harmonious Education (CIHE), 2013: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=580 3. International Harmony / Peace Academy, 2008: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=316 4. Other training programs for peaceful, harmonious and interfaith education in the GHA and in other organizations. Only the consistent implementation of similar educational programs in all educational institutions of Kashmir during two generations (30-40 years) will provide lasting peace in the consciousness of the region's population. At the same time, this is the most difficult and crucial task in the Kashmir long-term peace program, which requires the creation of a special “Joint Educational Commission” (JEC) and a special “Joint Educational Fund” (JEF) to finance this painstaking but decisive work for Kashmir peace. 9. The procedure, stages and regulation (règlement) of discussion and approval for the PAKC. Referenda on the PAKC in India and Pakistan. The PAKC development of different versions is an important outcome of the first stage, from which begins an even more important, finishing stage of its discussions at various public hearings and in national parliaments, its international expertise in the BRICS and the UN. It is obvious that now it is almost impossible to anticipate the entire procedure, stages and regulation of similar discussions, assessments and statements of the PAKC, so we will postpone this issue until the appropriate time. We will briefly dwell only on the key and final procedure of national referenda on the PAKC. It is clear that without them this fundamental agreement for two countries and peoples cannot be approved and accepted for its long-term joint implementation. It is known that the quality of the answer depends on the question quality in a referendum. If the question of Kashmir is formulated as follows: “What do you support (prefer) the national ownership of the territory of Kashmir by our country (India or Pakistan) or its joint ownership?” the national ownership will be supported by the overwhelming majority (up to 90%). This answer will be tantamount to admitting a war for Kashmir with another country ad infinitum. Thisisamilitaristicversionofthereferendum. The peacemaking version of the referendum should be fundamentally different: “If the only way to end the war in Kashmir and establish a long and lasting peace in it is to share it with our neighbor, what do you prefer (support): joint peaceful ownership (condominium) of Kashmir or permanent war with a neighbor for the sole possession of it?” In this articulation, adequately reflecting the real alternative, it is obvious that the majority of the population will speak out for a peaceful version of the decision against its military version. only such a referendum will ensure peace in Kashmir and exclude war from it. A peace treaty needs a peacemaking, not a militaristic referendum on Kashmir. In any conflict, there are two parties: war and peace. The first version of the referendum is for the party of war. Its latest version is for the party of peace. GHA, by definition, can only be together with the party of peace. We do not hold militarists and are freed from them according to the Charter. 10. What will each country gain and lose from Kashmir peace? The only "loss" to both countries from Kashmir peace is the loss of the Kashmir war and the deliverance from violence and bloodshed in it. For normal people, this is a great historical victory and tremendous progress. This is a loss only for the militarists and the military-industrial complex, standing their well-being and wealth on the blood and death of people. But they do not constitute the people of the two countries. For the peoples of India and Pakistan, Kashmir peace is a colossal historical achievement, freeing them from more than 70 years of military burden, devouring hundreds of thousands of lives and huge resources of already poor countries. Peace is “the greatest force of non-violence, which is more powerful than the most powerful weapon”, as defined by Gandhi. Therefore, the peoples of the two countries regain this “greatest force” for progress in all their spheres. only peace gives them this “soft power” of a breakthrough to the highest level of highly developed countries, the prosperity of their peoples. Isn’t it worth it to make every effort for peace in Kashmir, which removes all obstacles to cooperation between two neighboring nations? It is a rhetorical question, the answer to which is clear to any sane person. 11. The sociological poll Questionnaire on the Kashmir conflict. Global Harmony Association (GHA) https://peacefromharmony.org/ Sociologicalpoll in the framework of the GHA peace project "Gandhica - Kashmir" https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 Questionnaire No | Questions | YES | NO | Don't know | 1. | Is Kashmir a region of violence and armed conflict between India and Pakistan since 1947? | | | | 2. | Does peaceful settlement of this conflict not exist 73 years? | | | | 3. | Is repeal of article 370 of the Indian Constitution a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict? | | | | 4. | Are the armed clashes in Kashmir now stopped? | | | | 5. | Does Kashmir need a two-state peace project? | | | | 6. | Do you know examples of a joint peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict on the part of two states? | | | | 7. | Do you know examples of a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict of any state or NGO? | | | | 8. | Is there a peaceful solution to this conflict at all? | | | | 9. | Do you support the GHA peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir"? | | | | 10. | Is the GHA Peace Project "Gandhica - Kashmir" peaceful? | | | | 11. | Who are you - peacemaker? | | | | 12. | Who are you - militarist? | | | | 13. | Who are you - a friend of the GHA? | | | | 14. | Who are you - an enemy of the GHA? | | | | 15. | Does it make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | | | | 16. | Does the GHA make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | | | | 17. | Does India make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | | | | 18. | Does it make sense for Pakistan to seek peace in Kashmir? | | | | 19. | Does the UN make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | | | | 20. | Does it make sense for the people of Kashmir to seek peace in Kashmir? | | | | 21. | Do you want to associate with the search for peace in Kashmir? | | | | 22. | Do you intend to recommend others to abandon the search for peace in Kashmir? | | | |
Your full name: Country: City/town: Gender: Occupation: Age: Education: Thank you very much for your thoughtful answers, which will help us all more deeply comprehend the Kashmir conflict and understand the possibilities for its peaceful solution. 12. Epilogue for the GHA and the future peace in Kashmir We should mark two kinds of consequences from our peacemaking Kashmir project: for the inner circle - for the GHA members and friends, and also for the far circle - for the future peace in Kashmir and global peace. The GHA project "Gandhica - Kashmir" poses before the GHA members the problem of its fundamental, value assessment. Our past peacemaking projects, with rare exceptions, were unequivocal in this respect and did not cause any denial, no “NO” in voting and their approval. This, the GHA 70th peacemaking project arose in a contradictory conflict situation of a long, more than 70 years violent and military historical confrontation between the two states in Kashmir. This contradictory situation creates a real and theoretical possibility of two structural types of “NO” to the Kashmir peace project: 1. The militaristic “NO” from either of the two opposing parties, meaning a complete denial of ANY peace project/settlement and recognition only of its military, violent decision and 2. Peacemaking "NO" on any side, rejecting only this project, but offering some other peacemaking project: Islamic, Hindu, Baha’i, Christian, Buddhist, etc. The GHA, as a peacemaking organization under the Charter, categorically rejects the militaristic NO and is exempted from the militarists with this NO. With them peacemakers cannot have common themes, they cannot afford to wallow in the militaristic agenda, for example, which weapons are better, “more humane” to kill people: ordinary, or chemical, biological or nuclear, nuclear low or high power, conventional or hypersonic missiles, etc. This is the GHA law, which we strictly adhere to for almost all 15 years of our organization existence and do not intend to abandon it. This is a cornerstone and unshakable question of principle, norm and peacemaking value, not subject to discussion and revision. At the same time, the GHA categorically supports all constructive, peace-making NO, collaborating with the authors of any other peace projects, sharing and integrating them. We, the GHA, demonstrated it in all our peace projects and books, combining dozens of different peace ideas. Who is familiar with the GHA history, he/she will not doubt it. Therefore, GHA members, regardless of their national and religious affiliation, are invited to show their value coloring if they say “NO” to our peace project and clearly label its quality: “NO completely” or “NO to this project, I suggest another peace project”. In this case, it must be called. The boundary between the militarists and peacemakers runs along the demarcation line of these answers. In this regard, we invite all GHA members, all peacemakers who are interested in a peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict and the Indo-Pakistan crisis to edit and supplement this project draft with any of your peace ideas, proposals and amendments. We invite the GHA members, primarily from India and Pakistan, to publicly acknowledge the need for this project and join its co-authors. As for the Kashmir future peace, our peacemaking project, of course, is only one of the possible ones and at this stage, very far from perfect. Its staging and pilot task consisted only in structuring the integral/whole problem-target space of the Kashmir conflict in the first approximation in order to further develop its structural peacemaking modeling. This is an extremely difficult cognitive task. Improving this project and creating a better version of it is possible only with the support of GHA members from India and Pakistan. If this support does not exist, the project will stop at this stage, but sufficient for its development in the future, including the government level, if the situation on it changes significantly in a peace-loving direction. Thisisanexternalcondition. From the point of view of the internal logic of this project development, we must understand that we have only come close to spheral structuring and modeling of the Kashmir conflict and its resolution. It will require future research on spherons (spheral structure) of the Kashmir population. This is a huge work for the future, requiring a lot of time (at least a year) and a lot of funding, without which it is impossible. What interested state or organization / corporation will take it upon itself? Are there any? only in this case the project will reach the highest level of culture of peaceful thinking, at the Gandhica level with the analysis of spherons, which opens up fundamentally new horizons for structural modeling of the problem field of the Kashmir conflict and the space for its peacemaking resolution. This is the main intellectual and scientific-theoretical condition of Kashmir peace in the future. Dr. Leo Semashko GHA Founder and Honorary President https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253 15-08-19
ANNEX to the GHA “Gandhica – Kashmir” Project
Kashmir: What Would Gandhi Say? By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*, Mar 6 2019 We Are on the Brink of a Disaster Republished: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 (Red underlining is mine, Leo Semashko) What would Mahatma Gandhi say about the threat of war between India and Pakistan, which has brought the two nations and the world to the brink of a nuclear catastrophe? Throughout the struggle for Indian independence, Gandhi was faced with the serious problem of avoiding conflict between religious groups once independence had been achieved. He made every effort to bridge the rift between the Hindu and Muslim communities. Gandhi believed that at their core, all religions are based on the concepts of truth, love, compassion, nonviolence and the Golden Rule. When asked whether he was a Hindu, Gandhi answered, “Yes I am. I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew.” Harmony between Religious Groups. When praying at his ashram, Gandhi made a point of including prayers from many religions. one of the most serious problems that he had to face in his efforts to free India from British rule was disunity and distrust, even hate, between the Hindu and Muslim communities. Each community felt that with the British gone, they might face violence and repression from the other. Gandhi made every effort to bridge the differences and to create unity and harmony. When independence of India from Britain was accompanied by terrible violence between Hindus and Muslims, Gandhi fasted almost until death in a plea for reconciliation between the two religious communities. Avoiding Escalation of Conflicts Today we read almost every day of killings that are part of escalating cycles of revenge and counter-revenge. Gandhi’s experiences both in South Africa and in India convinced him that such cycles could only be ended by unilateral acts of kindness and understanding from one of the parties in a conflict. He said, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”. To the insidious argument that “the end justifies the means”, Gandhi answered firmly: “They say that ’means are after all means’. I would say that ’means are after all everything’. As the means, so the end. Indeed, the Creator has given us limited power over means, none over end… The means may be likened to a seed, and the end to a tree; and there is the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree. Means and end are convertible terms in my philosophy of life.” Gandhi’s advocacy of non-violence is closely connected to his attitude towards ends and means. He believed that violent methods for achieving a desired social result would inevitably result in an escalation of violence. The end achieved would always be contaminated by the methods used. He was influenced by Leo Tolstoy with whom he exchanged many letters, and he in turn influenced Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Who Profits from War, and Who Loses? Do our Defense Departments really defend us? Absolutely not! Their very name is a lie. Military-industrial complexes sell themselves by claiming to defend civilians. They justify vast and crippling budgets by this claim, but it is a fraud. Their only goal is money and power. Civilians play the role of hostages. Nations possessing nuclear weapons threaten each other with Mutually Assured Destruction, which has the very appropriate acronym MAD. What does this mean? Does it mean that civilians are being protected? Not at all. Instead they are threatened with complete destruction. Civilians here play the role of hostages in the power games of their leaders. Nuclear Weapons Are Criminal! Every War Is a Crime! War was always madness, always immoral, always the cause of unspeakable suffering, economic waste and widespread destruction, and always a source of poverty, hate, barbarism and endless cycles of revenge and counter-revenge. It has always been a crime for soldiers to kill people, just as it is a crime for murderers in civil society to kill people. No flag has ever been wide enough to cover up atrocities. But today, the development of all-destroying modern weapons has put war completely beyond the bounds of sanity and elementary humanity. The danger of a catastrophic nuclear war casts a dark shadow over the future of our species. It also casts a very black shadow over the future of the global environment. The environmental consequences of a massive exchange of nuclear weapons have been treated in a number of studies by meteorologists and other experts from both East and West. They predict that a use of nuclear weapons would result in fire storms with very high winds and high temperatures, which would burn a large proportion of the wild land fuels in the affected nations. The resulting smoke and dust would block out sunlight for a period of many months, with a disastrous effect on agriculture. Scientists believe that the nuclear weapons possessed by India and Pakistan would be sufficient to cause a nuclear famine. The Future of Kashmir Here is a recent interview by Democracy NOW! in which Professor Zia Mian of Princeton University was asked about the future of Kashmir: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Hy0QMWnEO0E?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark In response to questions, Professor Mian said: “The real issue that we need to talk about is the fact that this level of violence between India and Pakistan has continued for a very, very long time and that it’s not so much the military-on-military violence, but the fact that large numbers of civilians along the Line of Control, that divide Indian Kashmir and Pakistani Kashmir, are caught in this endless barrage of artillery and firing across there, which claims civilian casualties on a regular basis, and also the fact that no one seems interested in thinking about what the future of this conflict and these people trapped in Kashmir between these two states determined to resolve their issues by force — I mean, what’s the future going to be like for these people?” My own suggested solution would be for Kashmir to become an independent state, under the protection of the United Nations, and for the military forces of both Pakistan and India to withdraw completely from Kashmir. This beautiful region, blessed by nature, deserves to be free from the terrible suffering and destruction caused by militarism. ——- *John Scales Avery, Ph.D., who was part of a group that shared the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in organizing the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, is a member of the TRANSCEND Network and Associate Professor Emeritus at the H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is chairman of both the Danish National Pugwash Group and the Danish Peace Academy and received his training in theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry at M.I.T., the University of Chicago and the University of London.He is the author of numerous books and articles both on scientific topics and on broader social questions. His most recent books are Information Theory and Evolution and Civilization’s Crisis in the 21st Century (pdf). ———————- This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 4 Mar 2019. TMS: Kashmir: What Would Gandhi Say? Original: http://www.other-news.info/2019/03/kashmir-what-would-gandhi-say/
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Facts
Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization The Geopolitics of the Kashmir Crisis August 23, 2019
https://mailchi.mp/eb55f6a127af/the-geopolitics-of-the-kashmir-crisis?e=7634b2334b
Kashmir and the US-Russia Power Play in South Asia By Andrew Korybko Russia is reluctant to jeopardize its ultra-profitable arms relationship with India by strategically “balancing” South Asia, which is why the US decided to play this irreplaceable role instead by actively seeking to cut deals in both Afghanistan and Kashmir since Moscow lacks the political will to do so. Read more... Indian Assault on Kashmir in Third Week, Thousands Arrested By Deepal Jayasekera and Keith Jones Cell phone and internet access continue to be denied to many of the region’s 13 million residents; and tens of thousands of Indian Army troops and paramilitaries remain deployed in J&K’s cities, towns and villages to intimidate the population and brutally suppress any and all signs of opposition to New Delhi’s August 5 constitutional coup. Read more... Kashmir and Palestine: Solidarity and Unity in Opposing Global Militarization By Palestinian BDS National Committee Introducing through presidential decree legally dubious changes to the Indian constitution, the right-wing government in Delhi has further undermined the internationally-recognized rights of the people of Kashmir, particularly their right to democratically decide on their future, without their knowledge or consent. Read more... Hair-trigger Nuclear Alert over Kashmir By Eric Margolis Two of the world’s most important powers, India and Pakistan, are locked into an extremely dangerous confrontation over the bitterly disputed Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir. Both are nuclear armed. Read more... India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War By John Riddell On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. Read more...
Hong Kong, Kashmir: A Tale of Two Occupations By Pepe Escobar Curfew was imposed all across the Kashmir valley. Internet was cut off. All Kashmiri politicians were rounded up and arrested. In fact all Kashmiris – loyalists (to India), nationalists, secessionists, independentists, apolitical – were branded as The Enemy. Welcome to Indian “democracy” under the crypto-fascist Hindutva. Read more...
+ Genocide in Kashmir: https://nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2019/genocide-watch-issues-a-genocide-alert-on-kashmir
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The Kashmir conflict in the GHA: start and continuation of discussion (India has scrapped Article 370 of the Indian Constitution on 5th August 2019 thereby depriving the state of Jammu and Kashmir
of its special status.)
Gandhica/Peace promotion and “dry trees” Dear Subhashji, greetings from Russia, We highly appreciate your wise decision to accept and acknowledge our compromise and invitation to return to the previous status of cooperation in the GHA except for the issue of Kashmir, which is excluded from the GHA agenda by the will of the relevant GHA national departments. We are also grateful for your positive response to the request of Ms. Marie Robert about additional copies of Gandhica and we hope for your similar reaction to all similar requests of the GHA members, primarily from Argentina and Greece. Due to the refusal of Mr. Kirmani to accept our invitation and return to cooperation in the GHA, his responsibility for sending Gandhica abroad is transferred to you as the GHA-India President. Of course, you can fulfill this obligation only if they (customers) guarantee you shipping fee, in this case, from Argentina and Greece (I correct it today for you). The GHA has exhausted the limit of funds for Gandhica and its distribution. Therefore, if these GHA members from these countries want to receive copies of the Gandhica, they must guarantee you payment for their shipment. This is your function as the GHA leader in India, to the execution of which you are free to invite any assistant. In this regard, you should pick up from Mr. Kirmani about 40 copies of Gandhica remaining with him: therefore, I wrote about 190 copies of Gandhica at your disposal. We, the GHA leaders should deal with these technical issues, since we do not have paid assistants for this. In Russia, I personally sent out about 100 copies of Gandhica to more than 50 people, including 7 leaders of the country, starting with President Vladimir Putin with initiations, which are published in Russian here (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=788). You could translate them into English and any language with the help of a Google translator. We hope that you can send 2 copies of Gandhica to the leaders of India and its various political parties and factions in the country's Parliament. The GHA has no moral right to hide from the leaders of India (as well as other countries) the fruits of the GHA's fundamental work with the legacy of Gandhi, well understanding their ambiguous, but beneficial reaction to them. Now this issue is key for the GHA, for the advancement of Gandhica that we should understand well if we do not want to bury by our own hands in the grave of our own child - Gandhica. As for the other members of the GHA, expelled from the GHA at their own request, our invitation applies to them. But we cannot restore them contrary to their desire, which we received only from two: from you and from Pravatji individually. You both have proven to be to the GHA by yourself important contributions into its Gandhica. We knew you both well from them. As the Bible says, "by their fruits, you will know them .... A dry tree does not bear fruit."Unfortunately, others are unknown to us by any fruits in the past: they were not able to do a simplest statistical research of Gandhi’s spherons/varnas on 1 page for Gandhica; they did not read and did not discuss sections of this book; they did not make any presentations of Gandhica in any school, college, university, conference; they did not write a single 1 page review of this unique and unprecedented fundamental book/thinking, which provides a breakthrough of humanity into an Era of Peace/Non-violence/Harmony, excluding war, violence and militarism, etc. Therefore, if these members want to return to the GHA that we will only welcome, we can satisfy their desire only on the condition that they make any of the listed contributions to Gandhica, to its promotion. Over the past years and months, they have shown themselves barren for peace Gandhica. GHA does not need "dry trees" for peace/Gandhica. We explain their silence/inaction only with this. Therefore, our position is quite fair, honest, obvious and democratic. No one can reproach us in fact for the opposite. There are no facts for this. We do not consider other reproaches. In this regard, we invite you two to try to convince these members for their active real (but not simple verbal) contribution to the Gandhica/peace that will restore their membership in the GHA. Sincerely, Dr. Leo Semashko, GHA Honorary President, 27-09-19 Dr. Leo Semashko, GHA Honorary President, Greetings from India. I had a very peaceful meeting with Ms. Marie Robert on September 22 in Gurugram (Haryana) in my place, which was very exciting moment for me to receive Ms. Marie Robert in India & exchange of global peace & social harmony between India & French. It was like Indo French Peace Cooperation. I have given her free 4 copies of English Gandhica and one extra copy as a gift from India as Indo-French Peace Friendships Cooperation. French Gandhica + Delhi communication = Global Gandhica Peace Cooperation. Regarding your Cooperation Return Invitation, presently I am accepting your invitation on the condition of the forgetting Kashmir peace project on the humanitarian ground and to serve the humanity as I was very much attached to Gandhica Project. I am accepting your invitation in GHA peacemaking projects only. Regarding English Gandhica Books, I have received only 150 copies not 190 copies from 300 as you have mentioned in your letter Marie Robert. Secondly, I am not responsible for sending any books to any GHA member in India and any foreign country by post. You have selected only three members only Subhashji, Latifji and Pravatji for Cooperation Return Invitation, as we are promoting Gandhi Peace, Cooperation & Tolerance values in our book Global Gandhica Peace Project (2019). I would appreciate if you invite all other members who have voluntary resigned from GHA can join if they wish to join the Gandhica Peace movement to show our application of Gandhian Peace philosophy to unite again all other members irrespective of any difference on any issues in Global Harmony Association. With greetings of love, peace and the best wishes for all. Dr. Subhash Chandra Associate Professor.(Hon.)Intercultural Open University (IOU),Nl & Project Director, Global Peace & humanity Project, M-09910241586 E-mail: schandra101@gmail.com 25-09-19
Cooperation Return Invitation Dear Subhashji, Latifji and Pravatji, greetings from Russia, Of the 15 former GHA members, including you, who left the GHA, we, the GHA, most regret about the three of you. You have made the most significant contribution to the GHA, especially to Gandhica as its editors, co-authors and publishers. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to continue creative contacts and cooperation within the framework of EXCEPT the forgotten Kashmir peace project, which, in the end, turned out to be of no use to anyone - neither the Indian nor Pakistani parts of the GHA. I sent it to these governments, but they are also silent. Obviously, its fate is the same as other similar GHA peacemaking projects: Georgian, Israel / Palestine, etc. We need to wait 10-20-30 years until the political situation in these countries changes in the search for peace, instead of conflict. Therefore, we suggest you forget this project, as well as other similar projects that occupy a tiny fraction of 1% in the GHA legacy, place it outside the scope of our cooperation and continue it in the same good working spirit. A good sign of the restoration of our cooperation was the fruitful meeting of Ms. Marie Robert and Dr. Chandra on September 22 in Delhi. We do not regret the departure of other members who left the GHA, because it was ballast, from which we were freed without regret. But we regret about you and would be happy to restore the cooperation with you that we offer here. If you object and do not want to restore working peacemaking relations with the GHA in full and in their former status, we can offer you a number of intermediate and partial options for them. 1. We continue to cooperate with you as peacemakers, as friends (non-members of the GHA) on all issues except Kashmir. 2. We work with you on the issues that you choose only. 3. We only work with you in cases that you determine. If you reject these and other similar strategies of our cooperation, then we need to complete the full divorce and division of the GHA property, which is at your disposal, but the right to this property has the GHA but not you. Are you ready to transfer donations from GHA members - $ 80 and GHA books: Gandhica and GPS to GHA members from India, which we will name in the coming weeks? If you refuse this voluntary section / return, then we reserve the right to appeal to court in Delhi. But we hope for your peacemaking prudence and return to mutually beneficial cooperation in the GHA. With respect, hope for understanding and personal response from each of you to all GHA members, Dr. Leo Semashko, GHA Honorary President, 24-09-19
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My brief autobiography to understand the source of my firm anti-militaristic peacemaking position,
“private interest” and motivation, which began with my birth in the war and the death of my father. Dr. Leo Semashko, June 20, 1941 b., 2 days before the Eastern Front of World War II, In the early days of which my father, the Red Army lieutenant, was killed. I am philosopher, sociologist, thinker and peacemaker from social harmony Excluding war. My Credo and uncompromising meaning of life: "The war killed my father, and I killed the war intellectually, everywhere, including Kashmir":
(https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253, https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899) I am the Global Harmony Association (GHA) Founder (2005) and Honorary President (2016) with the mission “Peace from Harmony”,
uniting more than 600 members from 65 countries. I am the initiator, co-author and editor-in-chief of the GHA unique peacemaking achievements for almost 15 years of its work:
70 peace projects, including Kashmir, and 9 fundamental books, including: Harmonious Civilization (2009), The ABC of Harmony (2012), Global Peace Science (2015/6), Gandhica (2019). My comments on the GHA project “Gandhica - Kashmir” responses see below who want, August 27, 2019 Final resume + vacation until September 17 Dear GHA members, friends, We summarize. The GHA created the first and only peacemaking project "Gandhica-Kashmir" in 73 years of the Kashmir conflict with full respect for the equal rights, culture and dignity of both warring countries. This project has been discussed since August 6, 2019 and was approved on August 22 by a majority vote with several “AGAINST (NO) any peace in Kashmir”: 11 from India and 4 from other countries (see the published report below). Three instigators of the “against peace” vote were expelled from the GHA immediately because of their inconsistency with its Charter. The remaining (9 from India and 3 from other countries) were democratically invited to study an additional 7 international materials on Kashmir (they were all ignored, NOBODY even mentioned them, facts and intelligence were turned off, only passions remained in their heads) and make a free voluntary choice (which no dictatorship offers) in three days: either change your "against any peace in Kashmir" or leave the GHA due to inconsistency with its Charter. (Every democratic organization has the right to self-preservation and exemption from those members who violate its Charter and mission. This is not the “dictatorship” that the enemies of peace and GHA are trying to accuse us of, but a natural democratic rule. Therefore, the sarcasm of some GHA members, for example Guy Crequie about the “exceptions” is inappropriate and adds fuel to the confrontation fire on the GHA Kashmir project instead of appeasement.) As a result, according to the responses published with the comments of everyone in the basement on the project page, all 9 + 3 voluntarily and expectedly chose to keep their renunciation from peace in Kashmir and voluntarily leave the GHA under the general slogan of Pravat Dhal: “Let peace prevail everywhere” except Kashmir. on this basis, at their request, all of them are now excluded from the GHA. This is their voluntary choice: exception instead of peace. Of course, this collusion/conspiracy (which is well directed and funded) “against peace in Kashmir”, grossly violating the GHA mission, and its result are heavy damage and trauma for the GHA, but they are not fatal. Because the GHA consists of hundreds of members, including more than 50 members from India. Leaving 11 of them is not catastrophic for us. We are glad that we have freed ourselves from the enemies of peace within us, for whom we are ashamed and cooperation with which is impossible within the framework of our mission “Peace from Harmony”. Responses of a tonality different spectrum from pigeon to terrorist, aggressively threatening the GHA and personally to me, with the false identification of peace in Kashmir with an impingement on the “territorial integrity of India”, about which there is not a single word in the project, but with a common denominator of the categorical rejection of peace in Kashmir, with the preservation of violence, genocide and the possibility of using nuclear weapons in it, are published below with comments. Read, learn who likes it!Among them there is not a single vote in support of peace in Kashmir and the non-use of nuclear weapons. None of them found the courage to support Kashmir peace immediately because of this terrible danger. They really want to put the entire GHA on the side of this violent, militaristic position. only some Pakistanis support peace in Kashmir, but very timidly. Those who are interested in these responses can read them there. We are all tired of their militaristic chewing gum, which we chew for three weeks at the whim of the Indian militarists. It is meaningless, useless and harmful to peace, which it only destroys. These people do not want peace in Kashmir, they hate the GHA and me with its peace project, even if we break into a cake. Waheed Ahmad from Pakistan brilliantly expressed the essence of these militarists with the question: “WHY DO YOU NOT TALK ABOUT PEACE, WHY DO YOU LOVE WAR?” This is excellent question! Not an eyebrow, but in the eye of the militarists! On this, all correspondence on this issue is closed and ignored, of course, except for peace, and vacations are announced until September 17. We with wife are also leaving to rest for this time. I will back on the net only after September 17th. Great things await us in the fall, with honor to complete the Gandhi World Year. We proposed our Gandhica – Kashmir peacemaking project to the conflicting countries governments and all peacemakers as its logical peaceful crown of nonviolence. Tomorrow I will send an updated mailing list, free from all militarists expelled from the GHA at their request. If you do not want to continue the militaristic chewing gum, then, please, do not include any of them in it, at the same time, they must forget the GHA addresses as non grata persons in it. We wish all the GHA members a happy holiday that we deserve for our hot, working and productive with Gandhica summer,
Leo
27-08-19
Hi Leo Obviously, I say YES to a renewed and necessary Kashmir project generously created by you and revised by Ernesto Kahan. Happy Holidays and good rest... Apologies if I didn’t respond this before as you wanted, but wasn’t clear for me that you were presenting another revision. A hug, María Cristina Azcona Argentina 27-08-19
Hi, This is tremendous effort for peace from Leo. Let's work for peace. Huge appreciation from Pakistan. Umer Zia 27-08-19
Dear Dr. Leo I can understand well your motivation for peace although I'm not born in any wars. I think it your wishing for peace to solve a conflict in non-violence or giving a hint for better future that you dared working for peace in Kashmir. Please forgive me my little knowledge for Kashmir in my busy days. Kashmir is divided in three of India, Pakistan and China. The area is belong in India, isn't it?Although most of inhabitant are Muslim, it's basically internal issue of India.India is wise country with M. Gandhi.Hindu and Muslim are separated to live in peace.I can understand Pakistanian worried about the Muslim in the area of India...If something I can tell about the issue, Pakistan can offer to receive Muslims in Pakistan, as a friendship with India. Dear Dr. Leo, please mind our thanks to your effort for peace & harmony! No one wants standing in the hot spot of conflict, but you can't be outsider as a peace maker! Love & Best regards, Kae Morii Japan 27-08-19 Plebiscite is answer to all the problems in Kashmir. Wonderful solution. Thank You Morii Kae Umer Zia Pakistan 27-08-19
Dear Lucas and GHA peacemakers, My strategy for the “Gandhica” English books of GHA is to give the books to important Foundations, Libraries and Universities. Also to guide them to perform researches, contests and cooperation for students about PEACE using our books. I agree with you that our Planet Earth, is in Fire. Amazon, Siberia, and Africa the main faces of fire. None cares. Coral Reefs have been reduced 40%. None cares. Oceans and Seas have more plastic that fishes. None cares. Climate has been changes being too dangerous. None cares. Arctic ices are reduced too much. None cares. Slavery of human is present. None cares. Poverty and unemployment globally is too high. None cares. Wars are in force globally. None cares. The only we care is to blame Leo!!!! We exist as organization thanks to Leo. We keep in hand books of GHA thanks to Leo. Truth is very bitter for some of us. I meet a serious case these days. With peace via nonviolence and harmony. Takis D Ioannides GHA VP Greece 28-08-19
Dear Leo, Thanks a lot for all you efforts to achieve peace in the world. Your CV is outstanding. Have a nice, well merit, vacations. Ernesto Kahan Israel 28-08-19 Dear Leo, Your high scientific level, the high morality of your personality, and your extraordinary lifelong work have exerted a multifaceted and fruitful influence on the lives of all of us. Not only as a scientist, but mainly as a leader. No one can judge you negatively. With peace via non violence and harmony Takis D Ioannides GHA VP Greece 28-08-19
Dear Leo and all members-peacemakers of GHA,
yesterday I handed over the book “Gandhica”to the Foundation ESTIA ofNew Smyrna, (I am member of this Foundation), which is the center of Culture of Greeks of Minor Asia, created by the survivors who were rescued from the massacres of the Turks in 1922, and managed to come to city of Athens. The Foundation of ESTIA New Smyrna was built by Aristotle onassis, who also came from city of Smyrna to Athens on 1922. The President of ESTIA New Smyrna Mr John Padapatos andthe councildecided to create a special position in their greatLibrary dedicated to GLOBALPEACE SCIENCE, where four books of GHA will be put in order to honor their authors and creators of Global Peace Science. a)“The ABC of Harmony” b)“GLOBAL PEACE SCIENCE” c)“Greek timeless Peace, Love of God, Health, Harmony, Bliss, Universal Science” (Greek version, authors Dr Dr Apostolos J Paschos, Dr Takis D. Ioannides) d)GANDHICAMAHATMA GANDHI NON VIOLENCE STARTING POINT, SHPERONS GENETICS AND STATISTICS. As soon as I have news about it, I shall send you photos . I also handed over a book to our member and co-writer of the GANDHICA book,poet and torchbearer of the Olympic Flame years ago, Dionyssios Georgakopoulos. On September I shall hand over the rest books. With Peace via non violence and Harmony Takis D Ioannides GHA VP
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28-08-19 ---------------------------- Dear Guy, thank you for raising this important topic! To think the work for the Gandhi-book is done, is delusional thinking! With great concern, I notice that there seems to be no plan of action neither for, how to use the existing English copies to achieve a proper international publication nor for the upcomingGandhi year in place! If the 150 years of Gandhi-Jubilee has passed a once in a lifetime chance for the acknowledgment of the Gandhi-book has passed with it. The chances are good that humanity might no longer exist at the 200 years-jubilee. The heart of our earth is burning to the ground and the chances that humanity still exists was calculated by the leading scientists at around 12%before the Amazonas was burning, and before the Syberian permafrost soil started to unfreeze. I have added two links one of a physicist on climate and one by Chomsky on the current ecocide and its contexts and data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDK7932SIGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwTQsvhq3ew&t=3194s I meditate daily and do further research. Through my last three years of research, I could name at least five leading scientists from different fields showing that humanity is likely to end if we don't take action.The last two weeks I feel unbearably sad that there seems so little interest in the survival.Especially when so many are parents, which through their inaction literally lay a death sentence onto their own children. Every little thing matters. I hope you get your books! Best Regards Lucas Pawlik Austria 28-08-19
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Kashmir, nuclear war threat and the GHA 9 member’s position Dear GHA members, defenders of peace, not war! We, the GHA peacemakers, must be firm, principled and unshakable in our non-violent civil struggle for peace and against militarism, its any support and any justification. Otherwise, we are worthless and equal to zero in the global American militarist dictatorship, which eliminated all obstacles of the international law to an endless arms race, including nuclear, and therefore to the shameful destruction of humanity and the planet. In this militaristic dictate, the Kashmir armed conflict, lasting 73 years and devoid of any prospect of a peaceful settlement, is one of its fundamental pillars. How dangerous this conflict is for global peace and how close it has brought the two nuclear powers to a nuclear war, the triggers of which are cocked on both sides, show 6 articles of the Global Research “Kashmir Crisis” + Genocide in Kashmir, presented below and here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 These materials convince with indisputable facts that the situation in Kashmir "in India - Pakistan is terribly dangerous" for the world as a whole, as the GHA Nobel laureates John Avery and Ernesto Kahan stated. They completely reject the false assessment: “The situation is not at all dangerous ... Kashmir is very peaceful” by the militarists Sanjay and Bhushan, who rejected the GHA’s peaceful Kashmir project and were expelled from the GHA. But there are still 9 people left in the GHA (Rosa Dalmiglio, Rene Wadlow, Maria Azcona, Pravat Dhal, Surendra Pathak, Subhash Chandra, Markandey Rey, Latif Kirmani and Ravi Bhatia) who agreed with the militarists Sanjay/Bhushan and voted AGAINST the GHA Kashmir peace project by supporting war, genocide and the use of nuclear weapons in Kashmir. They are trying to silence this "terrible situation", to drown and bury it in the interests of global militarism. However, militarism, as well as awl, cannot be concealed in a bag; the facts cited expose it. We, peacemakers, can forgive everything except militarism and the denial of peace anywhere, including Kashmir. We, the GHA invite you for the third, last time, having studied the proposed articles and facts, to make your voluntary choice: OR change your “NO” to the GHA Kashmir peace project, OR voluntarily leave the GHA during 3 days, until August 26 inclusively. None of your past merits can atone for your militaristic position on Kashmir today. NONE! We know that you have not read our project, ignored his discussion, but we hope that you will read the proposed articles and see for yourself the acute relevance of our project. But if you do not hear the voice of persuasion/facts, then we will be forced to take an administrative decision in accordance with our Charter and expel you from the GHA if you remain silent. Our invitation to make a choice is not psychological pressure, but the moral demand of the peacemakers and their conscience. This is the pressure of truth, which according to Gandhi “is God” and its facts and beliefs. Shame on the GHA will be tolerance for militarists within the GHA. As Ernesto Kahan said, "everyone in the GHA will support the non-use of nuclear weapons." If you do not support it, then you are NOT the GHA. This reminded you well of Guy Crequie from France below. We cannot and will not fall into militaristic shame because of you. Therefore, we will be freed from you-militarists in any case, either by voluntarily changing your position, or by expelling you from the GHA. There can be no compromises with militarists. Do not want to be in the GHA and support its peaceful Kashmir project - go to the militarist team Sanjay/Bhushan and Co. We are out of the way. Nobody in the GHA will cooperate with your "NO" world and the GHA peace project, first of all, I, as its responsible founder and Honorary President. If until August 26 you do not change your NO, then I close all contacts with you and exclude you from all mailing lists. With your "NO" - you are non grata persons in the GHA. Our association with any militarists in any form is IMPOSSIBLE! We hope that you understand us well and make you decision that is adequate to your convictions, and we will wait until August 26th only. Thanks for the responses. Dr. Leo Semashko,
GHA Founder and Honorary President,
24-03-19 GHA Updated Organization of Communications Dear GHA members, friends, peace defenders, In connection with the release of the GHA from militarists, enemies of peace and supporters of the nuclear weapons using in Kashmir, we must complete the organizational reform in the GHA. In this regard, we propose the following actions. 1. Those GHA members who said “NO” to the GHA peacemaking project in Kashmir (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899) and did not leave the GHA (there are 9 left), due Dr. Ernesto Kahan addition of “non-using nuclear weapons in Kashmir”, which, as he correctly noted, “will be supported by all GHA members”, could publicly change their attitude to this project and choose “YES” or “Abstained” instead of “NO”.Because "NO" now means "YES" to the using nuclear weapons, which is intolerant of the GHA and incompatible with membership in the GHA. 2. The first criterion for membership in the GHA now, especially for GHA members from India and Pakistan, is recognition (YES) for the GHA peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir" in its updated wording with the addition of Dr. Ernesto Kahan, with which any objection in GHA is incompatible. 3. Messrs. Bhushan, Sanjay, Chandrashekar, as instigators of a militaristic and nationalist campaign in the GHA against its peacemaking Kashmir project, who have proved themselves enemies of peace and GHA, fiercely defending the armed conflict in Kashmir, genocide (https://nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2019/genocide-watch-issues-a-genocide-alert-on-kashmir) and the use of nuclear weapons are now excluded from the GHA. Some of their supporters voluntarily retreated from GHA that we only welcome. But this team of militarists continues to exert fierce psychological pressure on the GHA members, intimidating them with all kinds of administrative, police and criminal threats. Therefore, we should: 1. Ignore any of their statements on our network (do not respond to them in any way), 2. Exclude emails of them and their supporters, who are requesting resignation of the GHA, from our mailing list. I did this in its update, by which I now send you this letter. Please use onLY THIS MAILING LIST in our communications. I also excluded all GHA network addresses from it, because it takes a long time to clear them of unwanted emails and for all opponents of the Kashmir peace project to appear. In addition, my wife and I are going on vacation from September 1 to September 16 (I will not be online). My assistant is ill. Therefore, we will be able to update the GHA network addresses only after September 16, possibly until September 20. In this regard, let's restrict ourselves to this time only with an updated mail list in this email. Thank you for your peacekeeping understanding and peacekeeping support. Best wishes for peace from harmony,
Dr. Leo Semashko,
23-08-19 Pakistan as India have the atomic weapon: any climbing between these 2 countries concerning the Cashmere has an international incidence because the destroying power of these weapons does not have a border! The acceptable WISDOM OF PEACE by all and all = request to subscribe to the remarks of Professor KAHAN, that Léo recalls and asks us to subscribe to it. GHA must be intractable for peace and the refusal of any weapon of mass destruction and for nuclear disarmament in the line of the last international treaties. Ok with the definition of GHA specified by Léo. Cordially. GuyCREQUIE France 23-08-19 Komment. Those who refuse to sign "non-use of nuclear weapons" (all 9 + 3 refused to sign it) are a militarist, not a peacekeeper, that has no place in the GHA.
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Responses on August 24-27: The projection of unstated motivations on the decisions of another person presents some dangers. Thus my decision that the current atmosphere is not conducive to bridge-building efforts in Kashmir does not mean that such efforts may not be useful in the future. I wrote a number of essays for a journal called "New Hope" published in Srinagar, Kashmir in 2000, and 2001 when I thought that such bridge-building efforts by people identified with religious faiths were possible. Suchefforts may again be possible in the future, but I think that from exchanges here and from other contacts that I have in India and Pakistan thatwe have to let the situation calm down. Thus, I accept the decision to be removed from Global Harmony. As it is, the bulk of my activities are focused in the Association of World Citizens and my efforts as an NGO representative to the UN in Geneva; My best wishes to those who remain. Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens France 24-08-19
Comment The only world citizen in their so-called "Association." I am surprised at your choice of a “peacemaker” - a world citizen in favor of association with the militaristic denial of the GHA peace project in Kashmir - not a single word about it and peace general. I do not regret, because there was almost no benefit from Rene for the GHA. You, with your “wait for it to calm down,” actually sided with the militaristic side of the preservation and continuation of the armed conflict, which has not subsided for 73 years and will never subside without a peace project, which you refused to support. So who are you really here if not a militarist on the side of militant nationalists? Now you can’t get away from this qualification and none of your supposedly “peaceful actions of the only citizen of the world” will save you. Even 6 articles with facts that you obviously did not bother to read did not save you from it. What place did you think when you wrote a few days ago that the GHA peace project, i.e. peace “is useless for Kashmir and needs to wait (another 73 years? Or a nuclear war in it?)”, I don’t know, I only know one thing that you thought not with your head, but with another place, I don’t know which one. Such associations are inspired by your "diplomacy to wait in peace." But we still hope for your peacemaking insight with all your hostility / envy / arrogance towards the GHA and to me personally, which have come across in all your responses. We made sure once again in our sociological experiment that the militarist-nationalists and their associates did not convince the Kashmir peace of the need for any facts of violence, lawlessness, genocide, and the impending nuclear war, given in 6 articles of Global Research. Why did representatives of other religions in India (Catholics, Baha'is, etc.) move away from this conflict and its peaceful solution? Why are they silent? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Dr. Leo, I think you are not aware of the international politics. You are boozed or influenced by Pakistani diplomacy. Pakistan is going to be loosing its global identity in near future. I always appreciate your peace and Harmony efforts, GHA had did various projects. But, you are pressing us which we felt that it is not un democratic. We did a lot for this unique organization. I am now leaving this lovely association with heavy heart. You are free to do anything with your Pakistani friends in which is some of them are really peaceloving and my friend. I hope they will remain. World in not with Pakistani Military supported political leaders. Even your own country is not with them. If you would start a project on the "how Pakistan supported terrorism in the world and how Pakistani military crushing their own citizen in various parts of the state." We may again join you. Because, GHA mean Leo and Leo means GHA. I know that you are also not with them. Thanking you, Regards Surendra Pathak India 25-08-19 Comment. I am ostracized and fiercely condemned by Surendra and all 11 Indians only because I am offering peace, a peace project for Kashmir that no one has offered it in 73 years! Because of the Kashmir peace, I became the greatest criminal and villain for them! This is monstrous! The Indians in Kashmir appreciate only war and nothing more! What kind of “peacemakers” are they after? None of the 11 Indians spoke of the need for peace in Kashmir. Of the Pakistanis, many said that: Noor Larik, Waheed Ahmad, Maqsud Nuri, and others. Naturally, the GHA and I can only be on their side as the peace side, which wants peace and demands it. What's so surprising and criminal? Why is this simple but fundamental desire for peace in Kashmir becoming a crime in 11 Indians? WHY??? I just can not understand it? This is identical to the fact that a person’s desire to breathe is assessed as a crime. Where does this monstrous aberration from 11 Indians come from? Of their religion of Hinduism? From their ruling political party? Out of their primeval ignorance of entrenched hostility and hatred? Of their incited militarism? Who will answer this question? Why does Surenda not want to talk about peace with Waheed Ahmad, who offers him this topic? WHY???????????????????? No one talks about the 6 articles I have recommended. Surenda read them? In the correspondence about peace in Kashmir, only Pakistanis speak, but not Indians, they speak only about war. Why? Who is the militarist? What other than militarism is this monstrous perversion, condemnation and vilification of peace, the peace proposal, the proposal of peace negotiations caused?
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Why don't you talk about Peace, why you Love War? Dear Pathak Sb., Please don't think Like Indian think like a Human Being. We all are equal as a Human. Why don't you talk about Peace,why you Love War? Our Pakistani People are not happy when Pakistani PM release Indian Air force officer In Feb 2019. He just want peace, we never used anything about Kulbushan Yadavi the Indian Spy in this forum. So try to be a Human first then Muslim, Hindu, Indian and Pakistani. With best regards. Waheed Ahmad (!!!!) Advocate High Court Human Rights Consultant Pakistan 25-08-19 Comment. Excellent question!!!!! Not in the eyebrow, but in the eye!
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Waheed Sahib, We will discuss this separately not this forum. (WHY? This forum is for PEACE! Afraid peace?) I already requested to leave this wonderful organization therefore, it is not justifiable to discuss here. With all great respect, Surendra Pathak India 25-08-19
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Dear all, I am monitoring Mr. Leo autocratic statements and dictatorial instructions to GHA members, which no sensible person can allow for a long time. Earlier also I had said no to him and today I would like to convey that my name should not be associated with GHA from immediate effect. I would not like to have association with nonsense and stupid pressure like asking yes or no as he is instructing. I invite other also to come forward to say no to his abusive instructing. I had meeting with Dr. Subhash Chandra today and I fully indorse his view and opinion. I encourage all the members especially from India and our likeminded supporters of peace to disown GHA and leave this organisation for its betterment. I would not like to receive any message about GHA and Leo seems to be not in peace of mind. Forgive him and leave him alone. Regards, yours sincerely Markandey Rai Senior Advisor, UN-Habitat India 25-08-19 Comment. We see a demonstration of yet another law of hatred and enmity. The more a person was a loafer in the GHA, the more he was stupid, useless and empty place in the GHA, the more he envy and hatred of the GHA, the more he rejects active peacemaking and GHA fundamental peace science inaccessible to his mind. These are Messrs. Rai and the instigators of Sanjay, Bhushan, Chandrashekar and Co. Rai literally did nothing (finger by finger) for the GHA for almost 2 years of membership in it. He was the GHA harmful ballast, from which we are now freed. The "culture of peace" of this "peacemaker" from the UN and the degree of aggression against peace is at the level of a terrorist, fundamentalist and Nazi overseer. And the "round zero" in the head. ------------------------- Dear Dr Leo Semashko: Founder (2005) and Honorary President (2016), & Founder of GHA in India Dr. Surendra Pathak and Global Peace Leaders. Ambassadors of peace Maria, Rene, Rosa,Ashokchakravarthy, Dr Subhash Sharma, Dr. Markandey Rai , T.S.Chandrashekar, Sanjay Tewari, Ravi Bhatia, Bhushan Dewan, Latif Kirmani, Kartar Singh & All colleagues. Greetings from GHA India. Dear Dr Leo & Friends, I endorse the viewpoint of Rene Wadlow “The projection of unstated motivations on the decisions of another person presents some dangers. Thus my decision that the current atmosphere is not conducive to bridge-building efforts in Kashmir does not mean that such efforts may not be useful in the future”. From my point of view launching the Gandhica –Kashmir Project 2019 is not appropriate in present time of world crisis for the humanity as well as for the future of GHA Organization. It will be better if we first focus on the Peace & Harmony through promoting Book “Gandhica” to celebrate Gandhian’s Year 2019. Unfortunately, you are imposing new condition to accept the Gandhica –Kashmir Project by force, which is not at all good idea in the present critical situation of the world. We cannot endanger the territorial integrity of our great Nation India at any cost. I cannot support & approve the Gandhica –Kashmir Project, as this project is not serving the Gandhian’s philosophy of (Ahimsa) Non-violence & Religious Harmony. As, you have put new first criterion for membership in the GHA, especially for the GHA members from India and Pakistan, is recognition (YES) from NO for the GHA project "Gandhica - Kashmir". We Indian cannot say YES to this project, as our Nation’s integrity is more important than the GHA Membership. This new condition is not appropriate in GHA democratic process. It seems that GHA now has adopted the process of dictatorship by forcing the GHA Members to change from‘NO‘ to ‘YES’, I cannot accept this new condition. Therefore, I am resigning from GHA organisations and from the Post of President GHA India voluntarily. We cannot force our honored GHA members to change our mindset for your own interest or pleasing others, we must honour the views of our members whether we agree or not and respect our members with dignity to promote Peace from Harmony through dialogue, cooperation & respect not by forcing to change their decision or threatening the members of International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019 and other members. Wishing you all Peace from Harmony & Success - Goodness, Happiness & Abundance (GHA) in Future. Many thanks to all my GHA Peace Members who have given me support & cooperation in discharging my duties as President during my period from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Subhash Chandra India 25-08-19 Comment. In this situation, I most hoped for the courage and intelligence of Dr Subhash, but I was mistaken. As we see, they were not enough before the powerful psychological pressure face, under which this letter was written. In it, one half is the dictated lies and slander, and the other is its own contradictions and alogisms. Lies and slander: “you are imposing new condition to accept the Gandhica –Kashmir Project by force; We cannot endanger the territorial integrity of our great Nation India; not by forcing to change their decision.” We have heard this lie / slander many times from the instigators, under the force of pressure of which the author repeats it in his letter. About what kind of “force” can you talk, when you are offered the free, voluntary choice provided for in the democratic Charter? What “dictatorship” is the invitation to think and change the erroneous denial of the world in Kashmir to its recognition? And here is the "territorial integrity of India", which no one encroaches on? Etc. All this is just a lie and slander nothing more. Contradictions and alogisms: “I endorse the viewpoint of Rene Wadlow (i.e. postpone the project for the future and recognize it, tell it YES, instead of NO); the Gandhica –Kashmir Project 2019 is not appropriate in present time of world crisis (as it “does not correspond to the crisis” when it is one of its incarnations - the world has not been able to solve it for 73 years!); this project is not serving the Gandhian’s philosophy of (Ahimsa) Non-violence (only it serves the non-violence of Gandhi that the author wrote well in his article in Gandhica)”; etc. Therefore, we hope that the author, over time, will change his attitude towards the peace project and the GHA. We will be happy to return him under this condition. ------------------------------------------------------------- RespectedDrSubhashChandra, We are all with you. We will continue our efforts in Gandhian way. We will not accept such conditional membership. We all Indian members say good-bye to GHA. I discussed the issue with our India team. The way, Dr. Leo Persuading and Pressuring others is violated the fundamentals of freedom. He is using this Association just like his private property. Is this the real face behind the harmony for peace mask? Thanking you. Surendra Pathak India 25-08-19 Comment. A repetition of old lies and slander against me. What can be “violence of freedom” when the right, time and information are provided for free and voluntary choice? What can be the "private property" of the GHA, which I have been serving unselfishly for almost 15 years by faith, truth and all my means? This is the meaning and path of my life, which I emphasize in my autobiography above. You yourself admired this, and now under the pressure of “like-minded people” you are lying. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Amis, Why isn't our call with wisdom and the reason which we launched with Doctor Ernesto KAHAN heard? How let us can accept itself to have written and have published a work on GANDHI expression of the multiculturalism then to divide us by withdrawals of networks GHA or exclusions? I must present this work on September 27th in a media library, to seek the edition of this book in France this without to have received this book for which I subscribed! Currently the world is the subject of multiple tensions serious deforestation in Amazonia, the Iranian file on the nuclear power, the situation with the cashmere, the commercial war that TRUMP started against China, terrorism always present in sub-Saharan Africa, in Iraq, Syria, etc difficulty SEN Europe with Brexit and the rise of the populisms…. The Palestinian conflict Israeli - unsolved… the divergences on the Ukrainian file, etc… My friends I launch an appeal for the reason will = concentrons on the common goals and not on the files which raise debates and divergences but let us not forget the reason of our present in GHA = the refusal of the war and the weapons of mass destruction of which nuclear power, a innovating approach GPS for peace that we built together! Rosa has just addressed all the efforts of peace to me in which she takes part, Lana also does it. Did Rene, address his contributions to UNO to us to Geneva? Etc… With honor and emotion I am in a hurry to receive GANDHI BOOK with recognition for your contribution. Believe dear friends in my sincerity! the pope Paul VI in 1971 with the platform of UNO had called with a Civilization of the love = this message remains current. Ordinary man, I know that I have little echo with respect to you = I offer this love song modestly to you https://youtu.be/3mLiFo5LcvE. Parlami d' Amore Mariu. Cordially. GuyCREQUIE France 25-08-19 Comment. Guy’s principal and key question: why did NOBODY sign and remember Ernesto’s wise proposal to “not use nuclear weapons” in the Kashmir conflict?Why do Indian "peacemakers" ignore it as foolish children of fire? Maybe they are not peacemakers, but militarists under the guise of peacemakers? How to understand and evaluate the rejection of “non-use of nuclear weapons”? ------------------------------------------------------ Dear Dr. Subhash Chandra and All: I don’t understand all this chaos.There are so many great members in the GHA. Although I had not sufficient time to participate as a board member that I declined many years ago. Some members may wish to become rich, others become famous, through GHA. That is the desire of mankind at different stages/ages of life, according to Confucius, the master teacher 250 BCE. I stayed in the dialogue of GHA as I have made so many valuable friends through GHA, which is a contribution due to the initiation of Leo. Does a board of GHA still exist? A democratic organization can vote in an election for a new leader and/or have a term of a number years. Best harmonious wishes to all, Lana Yang, USA 25-08-19 Comment. Yes, this is chaos, but doesn’t it seem to you to be “controlled chaos” paid by the USA? The US budget allocates tens of billions of dollars to the State Department, Pentagon, CIA, etc. to subversive work in all objectionable (“disloyal”) countries and objectionable organizations. GHA among them. I have no direct evidence of this, but numerous facts, including this "planned militaristic chaos" in the GHA, controlled, in my suspicion, by its instigators - secret paid agents, prove this assumption. I would not be surprised if in the future the background of these facts is revealed and revealed. And you? --------------------------------------------------------------- DearAllPeaceAspirants, Greetings! I read one letter of GHA now. This is a threatening one, written like a circus master. A leader must be a musician, but not ring master. It shows tyrant ruling. It will not build peace, ratherpieces in Globe. We are searching peace hither and thither. But, it isreally within ourselves. We have never searched it. We have done dialogues, but never inner dialogue. Let us start an inner journey. This is spiritual inquiry. It will provide peace. Science without spirituality is meaningless. We have created a hub of intellectual fragmentation, not union. Human civilizations have created a good number of Nobel winners, but a rare noble sages. This letter itself isa violent one. It could not build nonviolence. Day to day, there are large number of encyclopedias, Wikipedia generating and after some days it loses its value. Because it is not permanent ideas. We have to search the eternal peace, the everlasting one i.e. in spiritual journey. To understand Mother India is not a matter of peace of meal/cup of tea. Sages of India had done penance for thousands of years for getting peace. Let be left the hatred within and without, but love within and without. This love is the essence of Christ's philosophy. Would we create an idea, where circumference is nowhere, but center is everywhere. We do not need interdisciplinary or trans-disciplinary study, but Integral one. I do not want to stay more time with such an association which loses the minimum human behaviour. Any threatening is ultimately violence. Good bye!!! Regards Pravatji, India M.U., Bodhgaya 25-08-19 Comment. You speak as a Nazi propagandist Goebbels. You did not understand anything from Gandhi and Aurobindo. You are a traitor to ancient Indian peacemaking and non-violent wisdom, ignoring and encouraging 73-year-old genocide, hatred, enmity and violence in Kashmir, killing Gandhi for wanting and seeking peace in Kashmir. Now you are capable and ready to kill everyone and all of humanity in your stupid war in Kashmir, which you want to make nuclear, having prepared all the conditions for it. I am ashamed of you, your hypocrisy, when you talk about peace within, but within you bear hatred, war and genocide in Kashmir, a nuclear war for humanity. You are powerless to say “YES” to peace in Kashmir, masking yourself with fake pompous rhetoric about the “inner peace” that you are completely deprived of. You are powerless to say “NO” to the use of nuclear weapons in Kashmir. You do not have the mind and honor to say these simple and wise words of the great ancient Indian wisdom, which you are not worthy of, to which you have not grown and which you betrayed. If this wisdom would within you, you would not have been at war for 73 years in Kashmir. It is absent in your mind, in your spirit, in which only violence and the thirst for militaristic possession of Kashmir now live. Therefore, you have been fighting there for 73 years and will still be fighting for 730 years, if humanity allows you to continue your crime against humanity. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All I am agree with views of Dr. Subhash and Dr. Surendra Pathak regarding on going happenings in GHA. I am resigning from GHA organisations. Thanks. Latif Kirmani India 26-08-19 Comment. We are very sorry. You seemed to us the most sensible of this militarist campaign. But, obviously, their psychological pressure and your own prejudices turned out to be stronger than the voices of reason, truth and Gandhian nonviolence in Kashmir, which your "like-minded people" have been doing without a shame of conscience for 73 years. You do not see its peaceful end and are not able to see, unfortunately the GHA, for which you did so much good by publishing its three books .... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best message I ever read. "Hatred and conflict are often rooted in differences between people of different races and religions. We all need to respect people of different races as well as people of different faiths and religions. We need to unite by recognizing our common desire and need for a harmonious society -- a society in which we and our children and families and friends and communities can all live our lives in peace and harmony. Regardless of our race or religion, we all want and need such social harmony." "Without respect for people of different races or ethnicities or religions, how can we have a peaceful and harmonious society or world? And without a harmonious society, how can there be the necessary economic development and atmosphere conducive to spiritual happiness and self-realization?" With best regards. Waheed Ahmad (!!!!) Advocate High Court Human Rights Consultant Pakistan 26-08-19 Comment. Great quotes! Obviously, they belong to Gandhi or a rare thinker of a similar rank, who realized that the source of peace, love, non-violence, respect, brotherhood and happiness is rooted in social Harmony. Gandhi perfectly understood this with his brilliant intuition, defining “non-violence (peace, harmony) as the greatest force of mankind” and its “first law”. Our 11 home-grown GHA militarists lack intelligence, goodwill, truth and courage to understand and implement this in Kashmir, to demand this from the government ... Thank you very much for the wise reminder of the sources of life and peace. None of the Indian militarists recalled this. They prefer to wage an endless war in Kashmir on their misfortune ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dr Leo, Dr Subhash, Dr Markandey, Dr Pathak, Dr Merchant and other friends I agree with the sentiments and clear expressions regarding the interference of GHA in the internal affairs of India in Kashmir. I also resign from my membership of GHA. With good wishes to all friends Dr Ravi Bhatia Environmentalist Retired Professor Delhi University India 26-08-19 Comment. The militarists’ favorite thing in their inner spirit is to turn the home war in Kashmir into their sacred untouchable cow for their fun, preserving the source of enrichment and something else, for some 73 years it is not clear. War is the "sphere of sovereign national interests" of all militarists, the source of their survival, without which they die as unnecessary .... Peace, non-violence - the most powerful weapon against war, hatred, violence, which Gandhi brilliantly understood, but that "Gandhian scientists and professors from the University of Delhi" cannot understand at all. God save us from such professors.... Another loafer will be less in the GHA .... one can only rejoice from ballast exemption! --------------------------------------------------------- Dear All There is a kind of psychopathic dysfunctional insanity affecting the whole planet. The media has created this and people are involved and react in extreme manners. The energetic frenzy creates chaos, and the basic vibrational process which is humanity is affecting the totality of the biosphere. This is because we are more than just material beings. We are also emotional, feeling and spiritual beings. Our human essence is of vitality and it is that vitality that is able to heal ourselves. We can use this energetic process to heal ourselves and yet we are being dumbed down in ways, which are only partially seen or even surmised. The absolute disasters are affecting our world at the moment seem to be a cry from the very heart and soul of humanity. Why have we lost our deep connection with the nature of life itself? Why are we so digitally enmeshed in a world that only reacts but never sees the real cause of the derangement that we see all around us? Why are our leaders from so many countries psychopathic and power crazy and narcissistic? Why is this infection spreading around the world, so we become selfiish and ego driven, and people do not even know how to look at the other person or even reach out to others, because we are so concerned with ourselves and the vision of ourselves and the reflection of ourselves . Because of our self-reflective glory of digital eminence, we forget who we are and where we come from. It seems that the religions that we once put so much faith in, are losing their grip on us. And all they do is create conflict, and hurt, and revenge, and sickness and mortality. So, what is this strange, shadowy cave that we all live in, and how can we be reborn and rebirthed into a new world which shows some kind of expression of love and connectedness. -/-Because let’s face it, we all have the same DNA and we are all connected through that DNA, and that DNA tells no lies. We have human DNA and are irrevocably connected with each other. India and Kashmir - China and Hong Kong - every country has its own cultural identity To homogenise cultures is to sow the seeds of discord and revolution We need to sow the seeds of freedom , human rights , social justice and common humanity in every country . According to. Democracy Index – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index India is level 42.of 146 countries at score7.23. and is a flawed democracy as is USA and Japan whereas. Pakistan is level 112 of 146 countries at a score of 4.17 is a hybrid regime —below Palestine and Turkey Nigeria and Haiti which is almost an authoritarian regime. There is an enormous difference between the ruling of Pakistan and India. And yet India has invaded Kashmir and compromised human rights in Kashmir and is instigating a war with an unstable Pakistani regime. In order to create peace process human rights, social justice and spiritual freedom need to be respected. We have to remember that these kind of occurrences all over the world are due toeconomic considerations and also related to terrorist incursions into India from Pakistan. India especially wants to use Kashmir as a tourist hub and increase INDIAN migration into Kashmir. This is what happened with Tibet and the invasion by China. China is trying to consolidate its power in Hong Kong just as India wants to in Kashmir. In addition immigration is creating a global Mish mash of peoples ill-suited to the cultural prerequisites of the host country. The aim of the United Nations is disempowerment of peoples and the enhancement of corporate control through artificial Intelligence by the corporate aristocracy. In a way India is the pawn in the game of big business and the military industrial complex. Dr Michael Ellis PresidentGlobal Peace Centre http://www..org Founder New Paradigm Journal in 2006 http://www.newparadigmjournal.com/ GHA Ambassador of Peace and Disarmament from Harmony in Australia Personal page: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=760 26-08-19 Comment. Peace-loving and philosophical Australia is stubbornly looking for sources of militaristic Indian pathology in Kashmir in "psychopathic dysfunctional insanity affecting the whole planet." It accurately diagnoses this pathology: "In a way India is the pawn in the game of big business and the military industrial complex."There is no more accurate diagnosis. Kashmir, like dozens of other armed conflicts, are the necessary pillars for the survival and prosperity of the global military-industrial complex in the US global militaristic order. If it wanted, all these conflicts would be resolved in 5 years. But it does not want and cannot want this for its own destruction. Therefore, these conflicts live and flourish for the militarists’ glory during 70 years or more everywhere ... They are beneficial to it. It needs them. It parasitizes on the militaristic national narrow-mindedness of several nations and ethnic groups in separate places like Kashmir ....
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Dear Amis, By 1995 in my work “Religions and company Which prospect for humanity” Prefaced by Emile POULAT, one of the cofounder in 1954 of the group of sociology of the religions within CNRS (National Scientific Research Center), and Director of studies within the School of the advanced studies in social sciences, J ` devoted my chapter VII to your country, its history, its spiritualities, its contribution with humanity Within country of more than one billion D ` inhabitants, which has multiple contributions in the research of new technologies, which the cinema is carrying creativity, which conceals multiple poets, whose ashrams caused study and inspiration….And your group within GHA is the testimony of your contribution! The process of culture of peace is difficult and complex, one can involuntarily upset, to be mistaken, be awkward;we all are and perfectible, and the true dialog cannot be injunctions, assertions peremptory, but it starts and it is most difficult by the training to interiorize the reality of the other different one in a state of empathy being ready to communicate with him or it. One can have differences in appreciation, even real divergences, but those must be exceeded by the argumentation, and especially, even in dissension on such or such fact or report, the other interlocutor should not be perceived humiliated, attacked, or put in residence of. … Let us safeguard our unit starting from work the GANDHI BOOK whom we propose with humanity together! Personally, I know my limits of ordinary man that my blindness of youth caused; I am not Anglophone; but this difference in my discredit by no means prevents me from existing humanly and by my expression. I contributed to this book, I donated for his publication;I envisage to try to make it publish in France, a presentation is envisaged on September 27th! However, whereas I was to receive 4 specimens = I did not receive any of it! At least: that I receive one from them and in the immediate future, that one addresses the cover to me recto back on line at my address mail! Will be this logical that I would be sanctioned, this, because of debates on the Cashmere within GHA? Please: our values produced in this work and preceding work within GHA cannot be followed of meanness’s or reprisals against such or such because of ideological options! What will think of us: the citizens and citizens the people, which after having discovered the hope caused by this book will discover of it discredit by our divisions, threats and renouncements. We let them discourage many hopes; this, if we cultivate between us chaos and disillusion! I do not want to be one of those which is this responsible in front of the history. Thank you for your attention, we all belong and to universal humanity in its developed form of the Homo sapiens! I have more the great respect for all and all. Cordially. Guy CREQUIE Poet, writer and singer French 26-08-19 Comment. Yes, it is sad that several “GHA militarists” cast doubt on the peacemaking values and scientific achievements that we have created over many years in our Gandhica. But the reason for these doubts lies not in the values and achievements of Gandhica, but, most likely, in the planned internal sabotage of several militarists, introduced into the GHA ranks. Using their deep-rooted nationalistic prejudices about Kashmir and cleverly manipulating them under the slogans of “internal sovereign affair”, “territorial integrity of India” and the like, they incited the near-sighted GHA members to militaristic passions of refusing peace in Kashmir up to the use of nuclear weapons in it, against which None of them objected. Of course, this casts doubt on Gandhica’s conclusions, values and achievements. But they cannot shake them. The militaristic passions in the GHA are the result of a systematic, secret, cunningly organized global struggle of world militarism with peacemaking forces. You, as a philosopher, have come close to understanding these underlying causes. But we should not and will not surrender to world militarism .... ------------------------------------------------------------ Jai Jagat! If Mahatma Gandhi would have survived in planned murder; we could have integrated Pakistan too. Mind it! Chandan Mishra India 27-08-19 Comment. This is how far the desire of the Indian militarists extends - to capture Pakistan, and not just Kashmir! And this is contrary to Gandhi’s desire to separate Pakistan and pay him 550 million rupees, for which he was killed by a Jaina fanatic as a “traitor to India.” Where is the great Indian "peacefulness" of Jainism here? --------------------------------------------- Dear Amis, Usually I express myself little in GHA = this, because I am an ordinary man! I do not have knowledge scientist of some, I do not have a command of the English language without a translator, but at present, I make it to try to save our unit and works! Léo is a giant of the thought, it has strong convictions and principles for peace = one cannot reproach him! In this globalized world or alas few leaders policy have a vision with a future whereas the historical circumstances would require it I have a vision. But the pedagogy of the human relations is also a difficult exercise, this, because she asks as much: scientific knowledge and histories that empathy, opening of the heart and the spirit! With our scientific approach we are visionaries, and we succeeded in doing it in the multiculturalism = what recommended GANDHI! Between 1978 and 1987, I was a specialist in the dialog between the Religions. To circumscribe my subject when it supported my candidature for the international prize of UNESCO of the tolerance and of non-violence in 2016 that I did not have and who was allotted to the center of tolerance of the federation of Russia, François HOUTART which was a time a sociologist of the religions mentioned my knowledge of Islam. Yes India and Pakistan have a divergence, worse, a conflict which lasts concerning the Cashmere and however, they are 2 countries which appears among the poles with a future of humanity! I spoke of India yesterday which incontestably will hold a main function from here the end of the XXI E century. But Pakistan from its geographical location, its technology, its enthusiasm can be within Islam one of the regulating poles then, contribute that is it for peace! Then let us imagine with a approach as ours that the representatives of these 2 countries leave us = help, encourage them to continue this difficult dialog filled with difficulties, demanding, long but necessary! Let us remember the going beyond by the creativity suggested by Professor GALTUNG! Or then, do we agree to give up deploying all our collective human intelligence? In the quoted work in 1995 I devoted 2 chapters to Islam! For that I had a dialog stopped by his unexpected death following a bad influenza of Professor BADDRE LAHNECHE Musulman Professor emeritus of University, senior registrar in nuclear medicine in the anti-cancer center of Lyon and which contributed to the construction of the large mosque in Lyon!J ` had epistolary dialogs in writing with Dalil Boubaker, and especially my meeting with Islam was supported by the contributions of Mohamed ARKOUN who was the large islamologist in Paris Sorbonne. In this work, I also devoted a chapter to the Judaism and the horrors and crimes perpetuated by the anti-semitism revolts me, and I treated other spiritualities in particular in Asia and Africa! Dear friends, my heart towards you all and all, the universal love that I have for all the human ones is without value? Dedicated with the failure? Of our responsibility in front of the history with the GANDHI BOOK = we become aware have a treasure to divide. Let us save GHA and the destiny of humanity! Guy CREQUIE Poet, writer and singer French 27-08-19 Comment. Thank you very much for your support and appreciation. I have always admired your desire for the harmony of religions and peoples, for peace between them. But what if some small groups (11 people from the GHA more than 50 Indian GHA members) insist on Kashmir’s categorical refusal of peace and to the war with Pakistan until the complete capture of Kashmir, and with it Pakistan. The GHA cannot make an exception for these 11 Indian militarists in order to keep them in the GHA, contrary to its Charter and our firm commitment to peace. Or should we, nevertheless, in your opinion, sacrifice the Kashmir peace for the sake of the fake unity of the GHA with 11 militarists? I am a supporter of a different opinion. Peace cannot be a victim and a bargaining chip in any transactions. If 11 do not want to work and collaborate for peace in Kashmir, why should we sacrifice it and give it to the militarists? I am convinced that we will find MANY OTHER INDIANS who are peace-loving, want peace in Kashmir and will be happy to work with us to achieve it. Your beliefs inspire us to this search! Finish! --------------------------------------------------------------- Final answer and organizational findings What do Messrs. Tewari and Bhushan tell us about Kashmir, ignoring all the facts of the Kashmir conflict and the Indo-Pakistan Wars over 73 years and about 1 million of their victims? 1. "The situation is NOT AT ALL dangerous ... Kashmir is very peaceful." Where are the facts? They are absent that means that this is pure propaganda and fake. There are thousands of reverse facts of violence and armed clashes in Kashmir that are abundant on the Internet, Wikipedia and YouTube, including one of the last 10 minutes of American videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Hy0QMWnEO0E?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark + Genocide in Kaskmir: https://nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2019/genocide-watch-issues-a-genocide-alert-on-kashmir The GHA members from Pakistan also mentioned many facts of violence and clashes in Kashmir, but now they are deaf and stubbornly silent for unknown reasons, obviously they also do not want peace in Kashmir. At least we did not hear from them, as well as from the Indians, not a single word of its support. 2. “No country has ever condemned this act of abrogation of Article 370.” The GHA also never condemns this act. We, like all honest analysts, only emphasize that this act does not bring peace to the situation of military confrontation between the two states in Kashmir. It does not soften, but exacerbates the conflict in it. Both sides are concentrating troops in it and are preparing for the next, fourth (or fifth?) Indo-Pakistan war. This is a fact that only nationalist propaganda rejects. This fact is acknowledged by ALL honest people and courageous peacemakers (I'm not talking about opportunistic and ignorant peacemakers). This is recognized by all Nobel laureates. The abolition of article 370 does not bring peace to Kashmir, it only incites hostility in it. Although, at our proposal, “Goodwill of two states,” it could become a factor in good neighborliness and cooperation, but only within the framework of the GHA Kashmir peace project. 3. “No one from GHA India is in support, and all have categorically said NO.” This is a new propaganda lie, a stretch and a fraud. GHA-India unites more than 50 members, of which only the most militant 11 members from the ruling party rejected the GHA Peacemaking Kashmir project.Why are the other 40 members silent like Madame Maitreyee Roy, who has been saying NO to the Kashmir peace for two weeks under your militaristic press?Because they courageously resist to your total psychological pressure. Their silence, in this case, is the expression of their “YES” to the GHA Kashmir peace project, which is provided for by the GHA Charter (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=249). Therefore, we have every reason to recognize the GHA project “Gandhica-Kashmir” as approved by “MAJORITY OF VOTES with several NOs.” We changed this rule in this vote only to find out how many Indian GHA members are ready to implement this project. Those who wished to do this under the psychological pressure of the ruling political party did not dare. Therefore, this project is “REJECTED from implementation”. No one in India and Pakistan wants peace in Kashmir and participate in its dangerous peace project. The war party killed Gandhi 72 years ago for his attempts to establish peace in Kashmir, now it is trying to kill the GHA for it, but this will not work because peace and its volunteers are immortal. 4. “We have other constructive works, Sir. Don't deviate please.” This is a lie and the hypocrisy of the peace enemies under the veil of peacemakers that requires not only theoretically and factually debunking their militaristic position, but also drawing organizational conclusions. When a loafer talks about work, who for two years of membership in the GHA did not bring him anything useful, he was frightened of an elementary statistical study, promised golden mountains, and then became silent in inaction for a year and proved himself to be an peace enemy, this can only be called hypocrisy and deceitful farce incompatible with GHA membership. Similar is another newcomer (about a year) to the GHA, Mr. Bhushan, who presented us with sophisticated attempts to suppress any peaceful ideas for Kashmir, rejecting the GHA peace project in a totally and uncompromising manner. He also did NOTHING positive for the GHA, for its statistical research and for the development of his "Gandhi Nonviolence School", although he promised mountains. For 6 months, he could not even assemble the Indian part of the GHA Gandhi Committee for the only time. He does not like Gandhi; he tries more to forget him than to save him. Both gentlemen are instigators of war with the GHA peaceful Kashmir project. They do not like Gandhi, did not discuss Gandhica, therefore they did not do anything for him in the Jubilee Year. Their benefit for the GHA is zero, but there is a lot of harm, the most important of which is the DENYING OF ANY PEACE IN KASHMIR and the psychological coercion of other GHA members to renounce peace. They are the clear enemies of peace that they have proved with their active and sophisticated propaganda against it, starting since August 6 reflected on the page of the GHA Kashmir project, please, see it. The enemies of peace are the GHA enemies. In their statements there is NOT A WORD ABOUT THE NEED FOR PEACE IN KASHMIR. only its total denial. Now, when the GHA’s peaceful Kashmir project includes the latest addition of Dr. Ernesto Kahan “non-use of nuclear weapons”, the denial of our project becomes a call for the use of these weapons. None of these two supported the “non-use of nuclear weapons”. Encouraging its use is absolutely unacceptable for the GHA peacekeepers. Organizational summary. The listed facts are more than enough to exclude Mr. Tewari and Mr. Dewan from the GHA in accordance with the GHA Charter, exclude them from the GHA mail lists and close their personal pages on the GHA’s ‘Peace from Harmony’ website, in which has no place for militarists, by all means hindering the "constructive work of the GHA". We invite all the staunch supporters of these Messrs. to voluntarily leave the GHA, as well as those who replace Kashmir peace with the “territorial integrity of India” as Mr. Tholana followed by Mr. Bhushan, and anything else just to reject peace. The GHA was created and exists for peacemakers, not for militarists, not for the enemies of peace and non-violence of Gandhi, and not for supporters of the use of nuclear weapons anywhere. We, the GHA, we will ignore any rejection and no longer respond to any denial of the GHA peacemaking project "Gandhica-Kashmir", but will welcome all constructive proposals to it as well as its new co-authors. This closes its discussion. Dr. Leo Semashko, GHA Founder and Honorary President 22-08-19
Dear Leo and GHA members, Please find a copy of recent article published urging both countries to draw some lessons from post war II Germany. For both India and Pakistan proposals by Mr, Kahan make eminent sense. It is time to cool nationalist tempers and think of peace. There should be no place for rabid warmongers in this forum from either country. I continue to be an advocate of anti-militancy, anti-warfare and peace with honor. Best regards Prof. Dr. Maqsud Nuri Visiting Vaculty DSS Dept, QAU Islamabad 22-08-19
Dear GHA India and Global Team
I am resigning from GHA and all its Organisations: Disconnect with your Groups from sending any mails to me individually or as a group You have become part of Pakistani ISI Designs of Jihadi separatism and against multi multiculturalism. Thanks and Regards, T.S.Chandrashekar South Korea 22-08-19 My Respected/Dear Members of GHA India, Greetings!! You must have been reading all of these emails where Leo is trying to misadventure into Kashmir. Well, at first I had the impression that he is doing all of this unknowingly, but now we have reasons to apprehend that he has some latent agenda. As per Cdr Bhushan, any issue which endangers the territorial integrityof our great Nation is to be countered, with full force. Many have disassociated from the GHA, and many are thinking on the same lines, or rather distasting themselves. I request all of our GHA India Members to submit their resignation from this forum. Mind it, this is now turning into an Anti India group and any report to the GOI may land us in trouble too. Kindly reciprocate, and please do let us have your contact/whatsapp numbers too, please. Peace Sanjay Tewari India 22-08-19 Mr. Tholana, You falsely replaced the question of peace in Kashmir with the question of “territorial integrity of India,” to which no one in the GHA and in its PEACEFUL Kashmir project has encroached on. How can one lie directly in the eye, calling white black? We do not want to believe, but here you have shown yourself to be a poet not of peace and harmony, but of war, lies and militarism. If this is your essence, then we will not regret your betrayal of peace and your exit from the GHA. The GHA unites only peacemakers and is exempted from all who say “NO” to peace. Dr. Leo Semashko GHA Founder and Honorary President 22-08-19
Dear All While extending my wholehearted solidarity with my Indian counterpart GHA members and in support of our concept. The territorial integrity of India is non-negotiable. Any suggestion for trying to destroy the territorial integrity of India is totally not acceptable. Hence, I tender my resignation to the GHA. Poetically Yours Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana India 22-08-19 Dear Leo: Sorry, the contingency of my own peace-oriented projects prevented me from responding sooner to your laudably persistent requests. Having reviewed the situation, I am persuaded to join those who approve the Gandhica-Kashmir GHA peace project. John Avery is so right in reminding us of Gandhi's fundamental principal that "violent methods for achieving a desired social result would inevitably result in an escalation of violence." This means that a triumph of arms in Kashmir, be that by India or Pakistan, will not solve the problem. I also like the 2nd point of your peace proposal: 2. To recognize as necessary as the first constructive peacemaking condition a voluntary twofold increase in 2020 compared to 2019 of the budget expenditures of each state for the development of social infrastructure in the region: for the construction of housing, roads, educational and medical institutions, sports facilities, shopping enterprises and the like to serve the Kashmir population. After all, destitute and idle population can be easier manipulated into engaging or accepting violence than those who have something to lose. Perhaps, the 2nd point could be strengthened by greater emphasis on educational programs. Abdul Kalam, a former President of India, was exactly right when he said that only "the enlightened citizens (are)capable of building a harmonious civilization of peace and prosperity". Last but not the least, we should not treat the Kashmir conflict as a purely local problem, far removed from the mighty and more prosperous countries. The fact that both Pakistan and India are nuclear-armed makes their conflict of primary importance not just for their neighbors, but puts at risk the existence and well-being of Mother Earth. In the absence of a nuclear arms control agreement, any local use of nuclear arms might trigger a catastrophic chain reaction. The fact that we live in the age of Internet and do communicate globally is not re-assuring because in war-time condition, Mass Media are likely to escalate their current fake, false and misleading info wars to the degree of total confusion of even normally enlightened citizens. With the avalanche of information via Internet, the Cyber agreement among the super-powers is urgently needed, so argued James Cardin in The Nation magazine, and I think GHA can and should support this idea even before a nuclear arms-control agreement. Personally, I like John Avery's suggestion for "Kashmir to become an independent state, under the protection of the United Nations, and for the military forces of both Pakistan and India to bewithdrawn". However, we, the outsiders, should be careful in not imposing us. I also like John's saying "The end achieved would always be contaminated by the methods used. He (Gandhi) was influenced by Leo Tolstoy with whom he exchanged many letters, and he in turn influenced Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela". This leads me to suggest another Russian name, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose essay, "REPENTANCE AND SELF-LIMITATION IN THE LIFE OF NATIONS Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1973) * http://my.ilstu.edu/~jguegu/ALEKSANDRSOLZHENITSYN.pdf. I recommend for people of both India and Pakistan. Finally, you might want to take a look at Mahatma Gandhi and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Two Giants Who Blessed the 20th Century. Will Vladimir Putin, Other World Leaders Listen? By George Krasnov: https://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=884 PEACE and HARMONY to ALL. Sincerely, W George Krasnow President, RAGA, USA 21-08-19
Dear Waheed, Dear All, A good friend of mine is now a recognized professor in Heidelberg. He fled as a small child from his parent's farm in Kashmir, which was burned down. He could never return. Two brothers died. My friend is fine now, but at the same time he never fully recovered from what happened.Every time I see him for a long time this story comes up. He has an Indian passport, but his country was stolen, his family's farm destroyed, and the world just stood by and watched. We on the other hand just have finished a small publication with all our efforts which has a high potential to enable us to function better as a society for world harmony. We have to build a solid foundation for our society so that we can play and fulfill our role in society, burning out Leo and our most committed members, often older people who work often despite being sick or in bad health. Global Harmony Association(GHA) our mission is stated in our name. We want to make an urgent necessary on the state of the world to incite the actions necessary for the survival of humanity! We must strengthen our organization to do so. We have great thinkers, activists, noble laureates and leaders in this group. This enormous potential is wasted if our organization itself is just barely sustainable. All the Best Lucas Pawlik Ausrtia 21-08-19
We are not an arbitrary forum ok. But we are Peace and Harmony Forum. We should play our rule for Peaceful Kashmir. With best regards. Waheed Ahmad Advocate High Court Human Rights Consultant Pakistan 21-08-19
Dear All
The situation is NOT AT ALL dangerous(terribly) as quoted by Leo, who is trying to instigate and fire this issue. Kashmir is very peaceful, with India being affected by cross border terrorism and infiltration for the past decades. We are now in a situation that after abrogation of Article 370 (and that is well within the framework of the Constitution of India, as backed by President Putin, as also by 14:1 in favour of India at the UNSC), there is great peace in Kashmir, and we are committed for the entire development of this region. I suppose Leo is raising this issue again and again, for reasons best known to him. The GHA India, under the august leadership of Dr Subhash Chandra has already condemned this project, in totality. No one from GHA India is in support, and all have categorically said NO. Pakistan is trying all, i.e. going to the UNSC, then planning to go to the ICJ, etc., apart from. Spilling rhetoric all over. No country has ever condemned this act of abrogation of Article 370. Shouldn't we stop this, Leo? We have other constructive works, Sir. Don't deviate please. We are not an arbitrary forum. Best Sanjay Tewari 21-08-19
Dear Leo I think the same as Dr Kahan, a peaceful opinion, a peaceful thinking for both countries. Love to the work of all authors to this great book Gandhica. Blessings to all. Susana Roberts Argentina 21-08-19
Dear Ernesto,
Thank you very much for your emphasis on the fundamentally FIRST condition of the Kashmir peace - the mutual "commitment to cease fire and the non-use of atomic weapons." The First Act of “Goodwill of Two States” of our project by the first paragraph states: “To declare an unlimited moratorium on any unilateral military operations on the territory of Kashmir ...” It is easy and logical to supplement with the requirement “non-use of atomic weapons”. Do you agree with this addition, which I am ready to include immediately? If you want, you could offer your wording of the four paragraphs of “Goodwill of Two States” with the first refusal to use nuclear weapons. You could rewrite the whole “this text” if you do not like it. You know, we are always OPEN to all constructive peace proposals throughout the entire period of the GHA existence. Thank you for your peace responsibility and valuable suggestions. I wish your daughters a speedy recovery! Leo 21-08-19 Dear Leo, I am very sincerely excited with your support and solidarity, in relation to the health of my daughters. I want to clarify that I do not abstain, but simply want a much simpler message without details, calling for the peaceful resolution of the conflict between India and Pakistan. Two countries with atomic weapons. We call at a first step, for the commitment to cease fire and the non-use of atomic weapons. I am sure that everybody in GHA will agree with this. Under the actual text, I not approve it, neither reject the intention for a call for the peaceful resolution of the conflict between India and Pakistan. In the case, you will continue with that text. I prefer not to appear. Love, Ernesto 21-08-19 Dear Ernesto, Many thanks for your deep understanding that "present situation in India - Pakistan is terrible dangerous", where we see 73 years’ war with treat of NUCLEAR WAR of two NUCLEAR states now? Now, more than ever, Kashmir needs peace that is rejected by both states. We, peacemakers and world citizens are obliged to support any peace in Kashmir. Our common responsibility before humanity today is to say a clear solid YES to the GHA Gandhica-Kashmir peace project in order to prevent a global nuclear catastrophe and softly force both sides to seek peace at the negotiating table and discussing ANY peace project for Kashmir. Could you, as the real Nobel Peace Laureate, say your clear YESto exclude this “terrible dangerous situation”. Thanks for your understanding and your peace responsibility. Best wishes for peace from harmony in Kashmir, Leo 21-08-19 Thanks a lot my dear friend Kae Morii for your lovely support for the heath of my daughters. NO WAR, NO NUKES!!!!. The present situation in India - Pakistan is terrible dangerous. All the world, must achieve a ceasefire and a bilateral compromise of NOT TO USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS. Ernesto Kahan Israel 21-08-19 Dr Leo, I m in hospital but my vote is No clear No. You have no right to discuss. Any such internal matter about India. My vote on Gandhica. No clear No. With regards, Brig Kartar Singh President IESL India 20-08-19
Dear Pravatji,
Thanks for your finally clear answer "NO", although I am very sorry about that. My and other supporters of this project opinion are clearly set out in our feedbacks, which you obviously have not read. But I’ll introduce your change in the previous (06-08-19: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899) position, “Let Peace prevail everywhere, including Kashmir,” (now you by your NO are depriving Kashmir of peace) into the final report, when we will get a clear response YES or NO or ABSTAINED from Mm Maitreyee Roy. Best wishes for peace from Spherons' harmony in Kashmir, Leo 20-08-19 Dear All Peace Aspirants, Good evening! I was absent for some days due to personal problems. I am sorry to say that my name is posted in favour of “Gandhica – Kashmir” project. This is not my view. I have given consent for Gandhi & Buddha Project, but not for such an unfeasible project. I thinkresearch has certain limitations. Every problem may not be studied. I can not support it. Regards Pravatji, India 20-08-19 Dear Leo, My vote for the Kashmir project is “abstained” that resolves my contradiction between Gandhica’s highest scientific assessment, intended to save humanity (8 billion people) and its utmost limitation (4 million residents of Kashmir) with the complete futility of its application in Kashmir that is proposed by this narrow GHA project, which I object. Therefore, I “abstain” and urge everyone to forget the Kashmir problem and focus on the problem of the global advancement of Gandhica into the world public consciousness and international institutions. This is the GHA's main task, not Kashmir. P.S. Leo, thank you for your wisdom! Best regards Lucas Pawlik Austria 20-08-19 My dear friend John, Nobel Peace Laureate, Thank you very much for your warm letter and highly relevant theoretical response. We greatly regret your health and your blindness, but we admire your Gandhian courage in serving the interests of humankind and its global peace in the ingenious intellectual struggle against "absolute evil", in your assessment, nuclear weapons and their global patron - the world militaristic order. Your brilliant article about Kashmir by Gandhi, as the full support of the GHA project “Gandhica-Kashmir”, was published as its ANNEX on its page here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 and in the attachment. We disagree with you only in one, in a political way of solving the Kashmir problem. You offer Kashmir the full sovereignty of an independent state under the UN tutelage and we offer a condominium, joint voluntary and harmonious governance of India and Pakistan, so that it becomes an instrument for their reconciliation/harmony, instead of the "apple of discord". Which is better - time and the will of two countries (peoples and governments) will show, depending on its quality: good or militaristic. Our project showed its split almost equally between these poles .... Today, as 73 years for these countries more like to fight and kill each other than stubbornly, like Gandhi, to seek peace and harmony among themselves, unfortunately ..... We were happy to include you in the supporters and co-authors of our Kashmir project. Your other ingenious works, first of all your unprecedented fundamental book about the past and modern fascism, are published on your personal page here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=672 Please accept our strongest wishes for your health and unbending courage in the most difficult time of life. We admire your example, which will forever remain in the GHA memory!
With love, your friend,
Leo,
20-08-19 My dear friend Leo, Thank you so much for your letter! I hope that you are well, and that you are enjoying the summer. I continue writing, despite serious health problems, blindness in one eye, and near blindness in the other. I cannot read ordinary books, but I am able to write with the help of the strong light and magnification of the computer screen. My most recent book, "Fascism, Then and Now", can be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link: http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fascism-then-and-now-John-Scales-Avery.pdf Other books and articles that I have written about global problems are available on the following educational website: http://eacpe.org/about-john-scales-avery/ About Kashmir, I strongly applaud the efforts of all my dear friends in GHA to bring peace to the region following Gandhian principles. Here is a link to an article that I wrote some time ago about applying the ethics of Mahatma Gandhi to Kashmir: http://www.other-news.info/2019/03/kashmir-what-would-gandhi-say/ Thank you again for your letter and for all your efforts in the cause of peace. Your friend, John (John Scales Avery), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Copenhagen, Denmark, Personal page: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=672 20-08-19
Дорогой Борис! Большое спасибо за вашу сильную поддержку (она опубликована на сайте) мира в Кашмире, которого там нет 73 года и стороны упорно, 73 года, не хотят его искать, им больше нравится убивать друг друга и жить в темноте зла, как гласит Ваша блестящая цитата из Евангелия, чем искать мир. Но суд, свет и мир придут когда-нибудь в это темное царство зла, это неизбежно. Однако, им нужна поддержка всех светлых, мирных и добрых людей мира. Мы ждем ее с вашими ясными и твердыми ДА нашему миротворческому проекту для Кашмира! Всего доброго, Лев 20-08-19
Дорогой Лео! Дорогие друзья и коллеги!Не стоит огорчаться. Вы делаете великое благородное дело, и оно обязательно даст результаты и в мировой политике, и в собирании миротворческих сил планеты. Стоит помнить то, что сказано в Евангелии от Иоанна 3:19 -"Суд же состоит в том, что свет пришёл в мир; но люди более возлюбили тьму, нежели свет, потому что дела их были злы". Жадность и политические амбиции обеих враждующих сторон очевидны. До страданий народа им дела нет. Но мы должны, несмотря ни на что, продолжать нашу работу. Успехов, здоровья и радости! Ваш, Борис Режабек, Россия, 20-08-19 My dearest friend Ernesto be strong to support your daughters. As long as we live, there always will be a hope of possibility. About the maybe unilateral proposal, please permit me to say that, my country Greece was occupied 400 years by Turkeys. It's freedom was also a maybe unilateral proposal. But ten patriots got the idea to free Greece. They dared to do achieve it. Thanks to them, I live and breathe free today. We together, the eight of us, built GHA with vision, dream and will for a better world. Young will follow us in the future for sure. I think we must continue propose solutions. Because HOPE keeps us alive. With love, Takis D Ioannides Greece 19-08-19 Dear Dr Leo, I repeat my "YES" for the GHA "Gandhica - Kashmir" project. Habyarimana Heli Rwanda 19-08-19
Dear all, I am sorry I send you with delay my personal point of view on Kashmir’s peace proposal. I have already expressed the difficulties I am facing at this time. Also the 3 days where too sort for such a serious project and decision to be taken. Leo's specific proposal through the GHA is an in-depth and substantiated study, based on our belief for the global peace. I vote YES. Global Harmony Association (GHA) https://peacefromharmony.org/ Sociologicalpoll in the framework of the GHA peace project "Gandhica - Kashmir" https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 Questionnaire No | Questions | YES | NO | Don't know | 1. | Is Kashmir a region of violence and armed conflict between India and Pakistan since 1947? | YES | | | 2. | Does peaceful settlement of this conflict not exist 73 years? | YES | | | 3. | Is repeal of article 370 of the Indian Constitution a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict? | | NO | | 4. | Are the armed clashes in Kashmir now stopped? | | NO | | 5. | Does Kashmir need a two-state peace project? | YES | | | 6. | Do you know examples of a joint peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict on the part of two states? | | NO | | 7. | Do you know examples of a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict of any state or NGO? | | NO | | 8. | Is there a peaceful solution to this conflict at all? | | NO | | 9. | Do you support the GHA peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir"? | YES | | | 10. | Is the GHA Peace Project "Gandhica - Kashmir" peaceful? | YES | | | 11. | Who are you - peacemaker? | YES | | | 12. | Who are you - militarist? | | NO | | 13. | Who are you - a friend of the GHA? | YES | | | 14. | Who are you - an enemy of the GHA? | | NO | | 15. | Does it make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 16. | Does the GHA make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 17. | Does India make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 18. | Does it make sense for Pakistan to seek peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 19. | Does the UN make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 20. | Does it make sense for the people of Kashmir to seek peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 21. | Do you want to associate with the search for peace in Kashmir? | YES | | | 22. | Do you intend to recommend others to abandon the search for peace in Kashmir? | | NO | |
Your full name: PANAGIOTIS D IOANNIDES Country: GREECE City/town: NEW SMYRNA/ ATHENS Gender: MALE Occupation: RETIRED Age: 64 The case of Kashmir, like many others, e.g.Cyprus is occupied 45 years illegally by Turkey (no one country or International Organization cares about), demonstrates abundantly the inability of people, educated and uneducated worldwide, to understand people's equality, peaceful coexistence and love. Our first priority this period is the promotion of Gandhica Non Violence book. I haven’t received the books from India Editor as of yet. Withy peace via nonviolence and harmony Panagiotis D Ioannides Greece, 19-08-19
“Gandhica-Kashmir” project approved,
but rejected from implementation Dear GHA members, friends, The discussion and approval of the GHA Gandhica-Kashmir peacemaking project ended as an attempt to apply our unique scientific interpretation of the Gandhi great legacy of non-violence to the protracted (over 73 years) armed conflict in Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Their overall result can be briefly expressed as follows. Although the majority of the GHA members approved it with 17 “YES” votes against 13 “NO” votes, however, due to the fact that members of interested countries rejected it and denied its worthy support and desire to realize it, depriving it of the real social soil in the GHA, THIS PROJECT REJECTED FROM IMPLEMENTATION. There is no one to do it! This conclusion is confirmed by the following facts. During the discussion within 12 days (August 6-18) we received 74 responses from 30 GHA members of 11 countries, which are summarized in the table: GHA Voting Result of the “Gandhica – Kashmir” Peacemaking Project from August 6 to 18, 2019: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899
Summary Table (with correction on 22-08-19 and result on 27-08-19) VOICES “YES” | VOICES “NO” | Umer Zia | Pakistan | Sanjay Tewari | India | Noor M Larik | Pakistan | Surendra Pathak | India | Zia-ul-Islam | Pakistan | Subhash Chandra | India | Waheed Ahmad | Pakistan | Bhushan Dewan | India | Maitreyee Bardhan Roy | India | Ashok Tholana | India | Leo Semashko | Russia | Markandey Ray | India | Vera Popovich | Russia | Latif Kirmani | India | Victor Danilov | Russia | Ravi Bhatia | India | Boris Resjabek | Russia | Theodore Mascarenhas | India | Alexander Semashko | Russia | T.S.Chandrashekar | South Korea | AlexanderLadugin | Russia | Rosa Dalmiglio | Italy | Michael Ellis | Australia | Rene Wadlow | France | Daurenbek Aubakir | Kazakhstan | Maria Cristina Azcona | Argentina | Habyarimana Heli | Rwanda | Pravat Kumar Dhal | India | Guy Crequie | France | Kartar Singh | India | Rudolf Siebert | USA | | | John Avery | Denmark | | | Takis Ioannides | Greece | | | Ernesto Kahan | Israel | | | George Krasnow | USA | | | TOTAL: 20 «PRO» | Of 11 countries | TOTAL: 15 «CONTRA»* | Of 5 countries | * As of 27-08-19, some of them changed their attitude towards the project, while others requested resignations from the GHA and were expelled from its members. | |
The entire spectrum of opinions (with the exception of a few slurred remarks) is published chronologically on the project page. Unfortunately, there are no responses among them regarding the project content or its motivation by any peacemaking values and principles. The whole discussion revolved around the political expediency and usefulness of this project from the point of view of the national interests of India and Pakistan. This key motivation was defined by directly opposing assessments of the Article 370 abolition from the India Constitution by the GHA Pakistani members, who evaluated it extremely negatively (Umer Zia and others) and by the GHA Indian members, who rated it extremely commendable, positive and impeccable (Sanjay Tewari et al.). Unfortunately, nothing other than mutual harshness, threats and unsubstantiated propaganda statements in their political nationalist tendentiousness, the discussion did not give and did not enrich the project peacemaking content. The priority in this discussion was national politics instead of a common peace. It leads to the paradoxical thought that the two peoples and governments prefer to continue fighting with each other for more 73 years than to seek an acceptable peace among themselves in Kashmir. Of course, this is the choice and the right of the peoples and governments of India and Pakistan, into which others have no right to invade, as a sacred right of sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs. Unfortunately, our Indian colleagues especially trumped and even threatened by this. Another sad conclusion is that only two GHA members (from Australia and Kazakhstan) used the key argument in the proof of our peacemaking project - the Sociological Questionnaire of 22 elementary questions. What level of peacemaking intelligence and peaceful interest confirms this fact of our discussion is clear without comment. This is a very low level, reflecting the low value of peace and peacemaking projects in the militaristic world order, which does not initiate, finance or discuss them anywhere. Unfortunately, it remains even in the GHA that our discussion confirmed. But it is not useless. The discussion and voting of the project became a good sociological experiment in the GHA, which determined the measure, quality and level of peacemaking in it in extremely difficult international situations of a militaristic world order and its hegemony. The GHA refusal from this project is not absolute and eternal. The project was created, approved by the GHA by a majority votes. It will wait for better times when there are peacemaking governmental or non-governmental organizations in the interested countries that can take the GHA peace project "Gandhica-Kashmir" and use it in any way and form. With this, we carried out the GHA peacemaking mission without raping the today’s national interests of these countries and their groups in the GHA. On this we put an end to this project. Now we are returning to the GHA initial topical agenda related to the promotion of our unique peace book "Gandhica" in the remaining months of the GHA jubilee "World Gandhi Year". This agenda will be discussed in the following days. Best wishes for peace from harmony / non-violence in Kashmir and worldwide,
Dr. Leo Semashko,
GHA Founder and Honorary President,
18-08-19 Dear Leo, Forgive me that my email was no clear enough. I don t understand why we waste precious time on the Kashmir project now. I feel it is irresponsible for us of us to not continue our work on the promotion of the Gandhi-Book. It shows that we have not sorted our priorities and ignores that to increase the stability of or organization now must be our priority now to achieve anything we suggest in Gandhi-book. As I mentioned before, undertaking a new project, especially one that is obviously successfully disuniting, is in my view an act of self-sabotage undermining the work they have already achieved. I urge everyone to united now, to put in their efforts for using the historic moment of the Gandhi-Year of Non-violence to help us to firmly establish our organization, make it economically viable. We have not even achieved a greater publication and promotion for the book to be implemented in institutes, organizations, and courses! Let us start caring for this newborn child in the room now! I refuse to participate in any distractions. It is wonder out of our generosity that the first small publication has been achieved. This is more than voted on, we have giving our work, money and life for this.So let us respect this work by promoting it and make us able to achieve better work together! Godspeed! Lucas Pawlik Austria, 18-08-19 Спасибо, Лео! Милитаристов - на свалку истории! Успехов и здоровья, Борис Режабек, Россия 17-08-19 ДА. С уважением, Александр Ладугин Россия 17-08-19
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Глобальный Союз Гармонии (ГСГ) https://peacefromharmony.org/ Социологический опрос в рамках миротворческого проекта ГСГ «Гандика – Кашмир» https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=812 Анкета No | Вопросы | ДА | НЕТ | НЕ ЗНАЮ | 1. | Кашмир – это регион насилия и вооруженного конфликта Индии и Пакистана с 1947 г.? | v |
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Полное имя:Дауренбек Азенулы АУБАКИР Страна:Казахстан Город:Нур-Султан Гендер:мужчина Род занятий:Преподаватель, учёный Возраст:69 лет Образование: Высшее, выпускник МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова Большое спасибо за ваши продуманные ответы, которые помогут всем нам более глубоко разобраться в Кашмирском конфликте и понять возможности его мирного решения. 16-08-19 Здравствуйте, Лев Михайлович и Коллеги! Проект примирения в Джамму и Кашмире поддерживаю. Но, Вы, Лев Михайлович, зря дали Акт 1 и 2 одним пакетом, потому что к их содержанию в отдельности может быть разное отношение. К тому же в этих документах задействованы разные ключевые игроки: в первом - правительства Индии и Пакистана, а в другом - с подключением ГСГ. Меморандум желательно, чтобы проявив политическую волю к примирению подписали правительства Индии и Пакистана и Администрация Кашмира. Второй документ без первого окажется обычной декларацией ГСГ, если не будет выражена политическая воля основных участников и не будет подписан Меморандум. С уважением, Виктор Данилов Россия 16-08-19 Безусловно "ДА". Всем - успехов и радости! БорисРежабек Россия 16-08-19 Dear Dr Leo Founder (2005) and Honorary President (2016) &All Peace Leaders, GHA – Global Harmony Association, India Greetings from India Dear Friends , “Gandhica –Kashmir” Project There is lot of discussion & confusion is happening on this new project. I am also confused about this project how it came in the GHA International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019? As we are celebrating 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi “Gandhica” book was published to promote Gandhian philosophy of Non-Violence in this year through Peace Meetings & conferences by. International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019 https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=853 Indian Spiritual Interfaith Nonviolence/Harmony Forum (SINHF) India: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=863 The Spiritual Interfaith Non-Violence Forum dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi “Gandhica” book was published to promote Gandhian philosophy of Non-Violenceand Peace from harmony and Indian Spiritual Interfaith , “Gandhica –Kashmir” Project isa nice project but t time is not right to launch this project during this time on International Peace Day 21st September .celebration and 2nd Oct.2019 International Non-Violence Day. I am surprised to know about the entry of Gandhica –Kashmir Project as there was no mention of any such ‘Gandhica –Kashmir Project’ proposal in International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019. 1.I fully Agree with views of Cdr Prof Bhushan Dewan,Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana, SurendraPathak & others GHA friends. We are all teachers researchers & Peace activists not the politicians, this project Gandhica –Kashmir” Project is not fitting in our International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019 agenda. 2.There is no connection of Gandhi & Kashmir, Gandhi always believed in Peace through Nonviolence , Truthand Social Harmony & Unity. His photograph is put on the main cover of- in the circle of all religions i.e. Unity & harmony of all religions... 3.TheSpiritual Interfaith Non-Violence Forum dedicated to the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,to be establishedin all the countries on October 2 - the UN International Non-Violence Day, to be established as suggested by youon Gandhi's birthday with the urgent goal of “establishing a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”, equally important for all countries, including India and Russia, which have long followed this path. 4.I think this is not the proper time & moment to introduce “Gandhica –Kashmir” Project. This project will reduce the Credibility of the organization like GHA and also effects on the image of GHA Members of the GHA Organization. 5.we propose to duplicate with a new composition of invited participants on October 2 - the UN International Non-Violence Day, established by the UN on Gandhi's birthday with the urgent goal of “establishing a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”, equally important for all countries, including India and Russia, which have long followed this path. I fully agree with Mr. Lucas Pawlik suggestion,firstly Could we focus on following up on our Gandhi-Book Project? Aren't we at a critical stage in the evolution of the Association for Global Harmony? The publication of the book is a beginning for a campaign for our peace to be recognized, so we can show our offers are valid solutions in books, conferences, civil and initiatives! Perhaps found our own institution? Harmony & Unity Project” Dear Dr.Leo, As we are organizing "World Peace & Humanity Conference-2019 Organized by INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR MASS AWARENESS (ISMA-TIMES) &Global Harmony Association (GHA), India To celebrate International Peace Day on 21st Sept.2019 & 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Theme: “Transforming Education for Peace, Humanity & Sustainability (TEPHS)” (UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies across the world) On Saturday, 28th September, at 3.00 pm to 5.30 pm Venue: Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110 001 I am suggesting that if “Gandhica –Kashmir” Project can be postponed for the time being and if we canfocus on “Gandhi-Book Project “as suggested by Mr. Lucas Pawlik we cando the justice with Mahatma Gandhiand canachieveour goals of International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019. Indian Spiritual Interfaith Nonviolence/Harmony Forum (SINHF) India: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=863 Dear Sir, As we are movingfrom the age of violence, wars & terrorism tothe Enlightenment Age for the Gandhian Nonviolence Era promoted byyou & all your team members. Iam also suggestingto initiatenew project “Gandhica – Spiritual Integration for Peace & Unity Project” for creating harmonious relations in GHA &for saving the humanity Instead of “Gandhica–Kashmir” Project. One Humanity ~ one Peace~ one World ~One Harmony ~One Unity = World Peace International Jubilee Gandhi Committee (GC), 2019 Indian Spiritual Interfaith Nonviolence/Harmony Forum (SINHF) India: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=863 I am sending Report of World Peace & Humanity Conference-2018 for your kind information Greetings of Peace & harmony to all. Dr. Subhash Chandra, President & Chairman Board GHA – Global Harmony Association, India 16-08-19 ДА, проект поддерживаю. Вера Попович Россия 16-08-19 Dear Dr Leo 1. I am a peace activist as you claim not any other 2. I told you Sir Politely please delete me from the mailing list 3. You are interfering in internal affairs of a nation without understanding History culture and thoughts You are synchronized by ISI Pakistan Secret Agency Design, Jihadi thought without understanding cross border terror and multi culture and multi ethnicity of India either Ladakh or North East of India 4. Nobody is giving any threats as Responsible citizen of a Nation when our Internal Security is compromised we have to inform that is what we have done as Defense Experts Professors and Civil Activist from India are their in the Group 5. What does you know about My Party? I wonder? Jihadis Taliban Al Qaeda ISIS has roots in Pakistan and they are active throught the world? You compare to Nazis I wonder about your knowledge? As Indian Soliders fought everywhere under Raj to defeat Nazis? 6. Not America or NATO who is supporting us but also United Nations to Russia so understand please go through Moscow Times Itar Tassfor more info 7. Your Questions I dont want to read or respond as I already told I am not interested in this Group why I am getting Mails? 8. India is a place of peace you come to India go Jammu Kashmir and Ladak and see how it is then you speak? Dalai Lama to Mother Theresa to all peace lovers India welcomes as we believe Vasudiva Kutumbaka World is one Family. Even now we dont have any issue with you but your mind is trapped in ISI Ideology So by your words actions instead of becoming a peace activist you are becoming a threat to peace? Dont fall in trap of Pakistan Design see Afghanistan? Yemen? World Trade Center Bombing to Attack on Parliament of India to Mumbai attack is happening because of Jihadi thought of Pakistan? To impose their Religion and Sharia Dialogue of Civilizations is necessary not Pakistan Dictation what you are trying to impose DONT WANT TO SEE YOUR REPLY AS Individual I respect and feel sorry for you Thanks and Regards T.S.Chandrashekar M.AM.PhiL/(PhD SNU South Korea) 16-08-19 Dear Leo, Dear friends, Could we focus on following up on our Gandhi-Book Project? Aren't we at a critical stage in the evolution of the Association for Global Harmony? The publication of the book is a beginning for a campaign for our peace to be recognized, so we can show our offers are valid solutions in books, conferences, civil and initiatives! Perhaps found our own institution? Please let us focus on promoting the work have just done! Let's put all our efforts in to ensure that our proposal for world peace gets recognized, and our work get's implemented! The book and the Gandhi Year is like the first year of a child, from which we and society can profit enormously, but only if we give it our undivided attention. This is typical for the first year after birth! As fathers and mothers of this book, I ask us to behave responsibly, and with all our might concrete on the success and growth of our newborn baby! All the Best Lucas Pawlik Austria 16-08-19 Dear All IF WE ARE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL FREEDOM, WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST POLITICAL HEGEMONY. Our so-called political leaders are made up of sociopaths, psychopaths and narcissists who have no concern for the well-being of the citizens they are supposed to represent The end fame is money and power for the elite and brainwashing and theocratic domination of theslave citizens Please stand and uphold the voices of the powerless that they may become powerful Highly educated sycophants representatives ofpolitical spectrums are just alternative voices of the elite controlling cabal! QUOTE — Political power becomes the truism. It is political power of one nation against the other and then there is also political power in terms of the hidden agenda of all nations of the world to create a system which controls the masses. They already know that the planet has a limitation to the number of humans it can have, and they wish to control these humans and to even cut the population down so that they can be systematically be controlled in a homogenous collective order. Some people refer to it as Agenda 21. In this context, the United Nations is not a united body of nations but a political body who however idealistic with their 2030 goals for peace and harmony are divided in terms of agendaspolitical aspirations and religious proclivities and hiddenwithin is the prevailing dogmas of the day --concepts of finance, money, banking and control. The control they want is so utterly severe and straightjacketing that it means thatbasic human freedom is being denied because globally now everything we have is being curated and surveyed and kept as data. ———————————————— I feel, and this is my opinion, that humanity is undergoing the most concentrated attack, and I use the word attack, on ourfreedom in recorded history. Why is this the case, and why do I say this? We live in a time of unprecedented technical growth; most people have lost their deep connection with spirituality and faith. Religion has become a dogma and in certain countries particularly the Middle East, has become a theocratic institution. On top of this we are connected by some of the most miraculous technology ever which is electromagnetic technology which enables us to communicate with each other effortlesslyin an instant. We have our iPhones, our Skype, our instant video calls and we also have displayed to us remarkable events occurring all around the world through instant mass media. How do human beings process information? They process information through their perception and through their communication, primarily through dialogue or through words and through pictures. Unfortunately, the information we’re getting is completely skewed, and so we do not know what is going on. This is because the population is not only being dumbed down by various factors, but it is also being changed by a whole lot of situational crises We have never ending wars and the increase in the number of nuclear weapons on the planet, the modification of artificial intelligence for wars and the build-up of a military industrial complex throughout the world. The ecological footprint of humanity is taking over the ecological footprint of biodiversity which threatens the reciprocal maintenance of the matrix of nature on the planet Climate change is tremendously deleterious to health causing loss of resources and mass migrations Vast amounts ofindustrial chemicals in the air and radiation effecting Japan and the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima disaster and the side effects of iatrogenic illness all have deleterious effects on health and happiness Electromagnetic smog has a tremendously deleterious effect on foetuses, pregnant women and school children. These events themselves are very concerning, but when we see a world whichwhich relies on scientific fact as our reason for being, we realise we live in a very deluded world. Why is this world so deluded? This is because the premises on which it is devised is based on the concepts of economic rationalism. Economic rationalism or capitalism depends on the fact that we have infinite resources and that the infinite resources are the baseline or equity for the capital we create. In this process, things have changed to an extent that most of the material wealth mined from the resources is in the possession of a small elite minority. These are the people who because they have the money, have also the power andthe control and they want to maintain it at all costs. As George Orwell said in his book 1984, power is the key, at the expense of everything else. Political power becomes the truism. It is political power of one nation against the other and then there is also political power in terms of the hidden agenda of all nations of the world to create a system which controls the masses. They already know that the planet has a limitation to the number of humans it can have, and they wish to control these humans and to even cut the population down so that they can be systematically be controlled in a homogenous collective order. Some people refer to it as Agenda 21. In this context, the United Nations is not a united body of nations but a political body who however idealistic with their 2030 goals for peace and harmony are divided in terms of agendaspolitical aspirations and religious proclivities and hiddenwithin is the prevailing dogmas of the day --concepts of finance, money, banking and control. The control they want is so utterly severe and straightjacketing that it means thatbasic human freedom is being denied because globally now everything we have is being curated and surveyed and kept as data. Everything we have is being denuded of essential truth and we are forced to think of things which are important for corporate survival So called education is found in compartmentalized universities based on training for information technology, artificial intelligence, finance, banking and business. We have this new technocratic era, whereby we are beginning to become subservient to artificial intelligence and crisp`r editing of DNA. They are trying to denude us of our beingness and create a new trans human form which can conform to the very necessities that the Cabal wish to create. We are post-modern fluid entities fluctuant and constantly remoulded on a flux of change. We are no longer who we think we are. We no longer have the faith, and we seem to not have the ability to connect to the higher order of consciousness and intelligence inherent in the universe and the cosmos. In fact, although wehave this ability, we are we being disengaged from anything which is not positivistic, materialistic and reductive science to the extent that in Silicon Valley the first church of artificial intelligence has been created by Anthony Levandowski an IT expert in self driving technology. We are being literally taken for a drive because I believe one of the greatest needs of this technocratic power-crazy mercurial elite is to say that human beings are pure human animals and can be treated this way as collateral damage in their search for power and material wealth The fact is that human beings are beings and we have a consciousness and spiritual facility which far outweighs and would disempower any power-crazy nuclear wielding materialistic psychopath. And remember these power-crazy people are not capable of understanding where we are coming from and are easily able to be overthrown by our consciousness and conscious awareness. We need information to understand what we are up against and then what once was the powerless becomes powerful. We have to get away from the old ways of thinking and doing and create a new world based on the requirements and the needs of the people on this planet, devoid of our straightjacketing dogmatic systems which are part of traditional forms of thinking including science, philosophy, education and religion. These credentials that humanity has, must be changed, so that we see ourselves in different eyes and different ways and put into significance the higher order of consciousness and enlightenment that we all possess. Kind Regards Michael Ellis Australia Personal page: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=760 16-08-19 Dr. Leo, I respect you always. But For me India is first. We are not the political persons. We are academic persons. We are doing research work since beginning. It seems that some diplomatic politics is using our association. If you have determined to do this, I would like to leave this lovely and peace group with heavy heart. Extremely sorry. Please reconsider your proposal. Thank you. With regards Dr. Surendra Pathak India 16-08-19 Dear Leo, I would like to leave this group. So far I have not been able to contribute to this group. I am also not happy with making a statement on Kashmir. It is an internal problem of India and we do not want others to interfere. Other countries like Russia, China, Pakistan etc. also have their internal problems and I would not like to interfere there also. So please strike me out from this group. Thank you very much God bless you Theodore Mascarenhas India 16-08-19 Greetings, It is regrettable that you have not even reported the outcome tally of YES, NO, ABSTAINED, which is the democratic norm. It gives away pre-determined intentions. Apparently it shows "i don't care for your views, if they are counter to mine". Further, below is the following outcome tally of views of GHA(subject to correction) on the untenable 1st draft a few days back:- A) Yes- 2 B) NO - 7 or 8 C) Abstained-Remaining Despite the above-mentioned tally, another 12-page version ( with a new stratagem of FINAL VOTE") is trying to be pushed through despite espousing values of democracy, transparency and organizational consensus, non-browbeating. I don't know what is the motivation for such an approach. Thx Commander Bhushan Dewan India 16-08-19
Dear Zia and all Pakistani friends, Many thanks for your supportive response. Yes, I am now more and more convinced of who wants violence, to my deep regret. But this is the truth, proved by the facts and aggressive, thoughtless, unproven responses by supporters of the war party, backed by various threats to the GHA, and mine personally. But I have long heard similar threats, they do not scare me. I am worried about the GHA, the mood in it. If its members are silent and inactive, weakly express their position “YES”, then the party of war can prevail in it. If you and your Pakistani colleagues want the Peace Party to win in the GHA, then you must be strongly and collectively supported it. Your only YES, as like Dr. Larik, will not change the situation. Firstly, a public, collective, civic peacemaking support is needed for our Gandhica-Kashmir project from the other 10 GHA members from Pakistan. Their silence and inaction works for the victory of the party of war and violence, and not the party of peace and harmony. Or are they in solidarity with the militarists if they are silent? (Silence, as they say, is a sign of consent. But in this situation with WHO? With militarists or with peacemakers?) Therefore, we are waiting for your all (from 12 members) public supportive responses. Without them, our project will die as being left without the support of BOTH interested parties: both Indian and Pakistani GHA members. Do you understand this? The weakness of peacemakers lies in their separation, the strength of peacemakers lies only in their unity, compatibility, mutual support, without which they and peace die. Do you understand this? Secondly, your responses, unlike militaristic responses, must be weighty, strong intellectually and facts. Why do not you use facts of violence in Kashmir in your responses, confine self to simple “YES” only. This is good, but it is too weak. If you say that in Kashmir all human rights are violated, why not give a single fresh fact from life and your press? WHAT prevents you from making your answers strong and powerful, rather than light and empty? Could you use eyewitness accounts, conflict statistics, newspaper articles, TV reports, etc. in your responses? Or are you missing such facts and materials? Your silence on this only confirms this suspicion of your opponents, who say that peace, consent and full respect for human rights prevail in Kashmir, which are violated only by Pakistani Islamic extremists, with whom it is necessary to wage war until they are completely destroyed as terrorists. Do you like this position? Do you agree with it? But you confirm it with your silence and your weak “YES”. Please reinforce them if you have the facts, intelligence and responsibility for this and peace. Or are you missing them? Sorry, but such doubt is caused by your silence and inaction. Thirdly, I gave the peacemakers a powerful tool - a Questionnaire of 22 questions. It was filled by Dr. Ellis from Australia only. How strong it made his response !!! Of course, he is also not perfect and suffers from a certain one-sidedness. But we are all people, we are all mistaken in something. But with this Questionnairy he firmly demonstrated his peacemaking affiliation. What prevents you from doing this and thereby reinforcing your feedbacks? Are you too lazy to answer 22 elementary questions? But if so, then you will never achieve peace. We hope that you will each find peace and time (5 minutes) for peace to fill out this form and send it in your STRONG PUBLIC PEACE RESPONSE FOR ALL GHA MEMBERS. Note that all of our opponents ignore this Questionnaire, which weakens themselves (it exposes them). Neglect of the Questionnaire demonstrates their militarism. Please, use this advantage of peacemakers! Could I convince you of the need for a cohesive, common, all 12 members of your department and strong public feedback replies, together with the QUESTIONNAIRE (attached) will show your real responses in the next two days. Thank you for your understanding. Best wishes for peace in Kashmir from harmony/nonviolence, Leo Russia 16-08-19 Dear Leo, This is a reply only to you after reading email replies from indian side. Now you have aclear picture about those who needs peace and who actuallywant violence. Indian authoritiesviolating the basic human rights in Kashmir which you already have completeinformation. And now indians also threateningyou.. as in the replyyou can see the Bhartya JantaPartylogo in their email signatures. Which is a political and hindu extremistpoliticalpartyin india and in currentlyin power. Peace and wish you luck. Umer Zia Pakistan 16-08-19 Questionnairy 1.Kashmir a region of violence and armed conflict between India and Pakistan since 1947? Yes The biggest problem we face is Islamic extremism In over one thousand years of history ISLAM has controlled nation after nation with conquest and conversion of inhabitants to Islam Most of Islamic countries in the Middle East are dictatorships upholding a very severe form of Islam Pakistan is one of the most severeIslamicregimes on the planet We must seek for interfaith dialogue between Hinduism and ISLAM looking to an overarching peace uniting both Religions by the essence of truth peace harmony good will love and compassion as the highest exposition of Allah,God,Brahma and the Divine field 2.Does peaceful settlement of this conflict not exist 73 years? Yes 3.Is repeal of article 370 of the Indian Constitution a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict? No 4.Are the armed clashes in Kashmir now stopped? No 5.Does Kashmir need a two-state peace project? Yes 6.Do you know examples of a joint peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict on the part of two states? No 7.Do you know examples of a peaceful solution to the Kashmir conflict of any state or NGO? No 8.Is there a peaceful solution to this conflict at all? Yes 9.Do you support the GHA peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir"? Yes 10.Is the GHA Peace Project "Gandhica - Kashmir" peaceful? Yes 11.Who are you - peacemaker? Yes 12.Who are you - militarist? No 13.Who are you - a friend of the GHA? Yes 14.Who are you - an enemy of the GHA? No 15.Does it make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? Yes 16.Does the GHA make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? Yes 17.Does India make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? Yes 18.Does it make sense for Pakistan to seek peace in Kashmir? Yes 19.Does the UN make sense to seek peace in Kashmir? Yes 20.Does it make sense for the people of Kashmir to seek peace in Kashmir? Yes 21.Do you want to associate with the search for peace in Kashmir?Yes 22.Do you intend to recommend others to abandon the search for peace in Kashmir?No Dr Michael Ellis President of The Club Of Budapest Australia https://www.clubofbudapestaustralia.com Board Member advisory seat IAEWP http://iaewp2u.blogspot.com/?m=1 GHA Ambassador of Peace and Disarmament from Harmony in Australia Personal page: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=760 Australia 16-08-19 Dear Dr Leo I agree with Dr Chandrasekhar that you are carrying on with your dangerous propoganda of interfering in Indian internal affairs . Kashmir is an integral part of India. PL stop this interference Ravi Bhatia India 16-08-19 Dear Dr. Leo No sir. I do hereby fully agree with Dr. Sanjay Tewari, Dr Surendra Pathak and Dr. Subhashrefrain from making any move or statement on this sensitive subject. I would not like to be associate with this issue. I say NO. Regards. Latif Kirmani India, 16-08-19
Mr. Chandrashekar from South Korea, You expose yourself as a militarist, hawk and secret police agent. You are unworthy to participate in the GHA peacemaking organization, therefore we exclude you from it and from its mailing list at your voluntary request. It’s very good that you yourself understood our incompatibility. The GHA does not argue with militarists, aggressive opinions and violent, police threats which are lower than our peacemaking dignity and do not deserve our attention and time. Therefore, I will not object to you and your Party of War, but I will only emphasize below that in your response exposes you and your Party of War as an ardent militarist, nationalist, aggressor and rapist, so that our assessment is a clear and evident truth, instead of your evil rhetoric and the hostile propaganda of your Party of War. 1. You and your party of war qualify our peacemaking project as a "dangerous precedent." For whom can peace be dangerous? onLY FOR MILITARIANS AND AGGRESSORS. This is your first self-exposure, Mr. Militarist! 2. Militarists and rapists have always made their violence and violation of human rights an “internal affair.” So the Nazis did, burning millions of Jews, Russians and other peoples in their gas ovens. So do modern aggressors and interventionists into which you yourself have written. You are afraid to make your violence open, because you know that the world will not support it, but only condemn it. Therefore, you cowardly hide your crimes before humanity under the guise of "internal affairs." 3. Naturally, you, as a militarist and your party of war, are seeking external support from other notorious militarists, primarily the United States and NATO. We know that militarism dominates the world, in all countries, more or less, therefore you will find support for world militarism hostile to the world, everywhere. 4. The militarists, whom some of the greats have well called "brass heads," lack intelligence in factual and theoretical evidence: "There is strength, no mind!" You, like all such militarists, were unable to answer 22 elementary GHA Questionnaire questions in our peacemaking project. You were scared of it and its questions. Because they strip you like militarists. 5. Deprived of intelligence and evidence, you are turning to your only "advantage" - to force, police, denunciations, slander and fakes against peacemakers. It has been like this for thousands of years, starting with Judas for 30 pieces of silver, and so it continues with the militarists. You are a traitor of peace! Therefore you are a militarist! Please, write to all secret police of all countries! Somewhere you will be paid $ 30 - the currency of militarists and all wars on Earth since the 20th century! Amen! Please, do not bother yourself with your response, because it is known to us and will remain unanswered. PS. Dear GHA members, please, exclude from your answers the email "Chandrashekar T S ," and others similar, who ask about it. A peacemaking organization needs to free itself from militarists and nationalists. We are waiting for your Questionnaire of peacemakers (attached) as it did Dr. Ellis from Australia, which the militarists are not capable to fill! Thanks for your understanding. Best wishes for peace from harmony worldwide and Kashmir, Leo, 16-08-19 Dear Dr Leo You are doing a dangerous precedent First of all I told you not to include me in the List but I am their My Clear Opinion to you on Kashmir is it is internal Affair of India even Russia supports it why you are saying Kashmir Conflict and making a group Please drop the idea immediately Second you are speaking same tone of Pakistan, ISI and you are falling in Trap Third I have no other way but to share to Indian Embassy in Russia or Russian Embassy in Delhi about your activities which can harm India Russia Relations From now on delete me communicating and I may have to share your Mails to Indian Home Ministry so that you are all in Grey List as you are acting against Indian National Security and Interest As in the list their are Indian People from Defence to Academics you are disrespecting everybody and compromising their careers Don’t do anything which harm India Russia Relations, even America supports India Position on Kashmir Sir understand Bye Thanks and Regards T.S.Chandrashekar M.AM.PhiL/(PhD SNU South Korea) 16-08-19 GHA «Gandhica – Kashmir”: full draft. +++ Your approval in 3 days. If "NO", then select one of the two types of “NO”: militaristic or peacemaking - see Epilogue Dear GHA members, friends, Firstly, we are happy to congratulate our Indian friends on India Independence Day, which Mahatma Gandhi achieved by non-violently, without a single shot, without a single victim and without a single drop of blood in 1947 as a result of his whole life, becoming the “FATHER OF THE NATION”. History nothing like this is known anymore. The GHA dedicated to him, as the greatest non-violent peacemaker of all time, the unique book "Gandhica". Secondly, we are happy to announce that the full text of the GHA 70th peace project “Gandhica-Kashmir” has been completed (12 pages) and is presented in the attachment and on the website here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 We invite you to actively discuss and approve this project in 3 days, until August 18, inclusively, with your YES, NO, ABSTAINED. In view of the controversial situation in which this project arose, your NOs may have different structural qualities and values: either militaristic, if you deny it completely and do not offer anything peaceful, or peacemaking if you reject this project, but offer another, yours or any. Two structural qualities in this vote are explained in detail in the Epilogue. Another feature is a sociological questionnaire with 22 simple questions, which we ask you to fill out and send along with your final decision “YES,” “NO,” “Abstained.” It will help us better understand the context of the situation that has developed today in the GHA, in our two conflicting branches around the Kashmir Conflict. All analytical and organizational conclusions will follow after processing your questionnaires and your project evaluations. Many thanks for your responses. Best wishes for peace from harmony / nonviolence in Kashmir, DrLeoSemashko Russia 15-08-19 Yes, we should discuss the proposed project. Dr. Larik Pakistan 14-08-19 Dear friends, I do hereby fully agree with Dr. Sanjay Tewari to refrain from making any move or statement on this sensitive subject. I would not like to be associate with this issue. Regards. Surendra Pathak India 14-08-19 I do hereby fully agree with the message from Dr. Sanjay Tewari to refrain from making any move or statement on this sensitive subject. I would not like to be associate with this issue. Regards. Markandey Rai India 14-08-19
Dear Subhashji, greetings from Russia, Thank you for your response, but I am increasingly surprised at your misunderstanding of the violent and armed conflict in Kashmir, in which between 300,000 and 1 million (from various sources) civilians died. Why do you deny this obvious fact of violence? Why are you, if you are a peacemaker, and not a militarist, stubbornly refuse to seek peace in Kashmir? What will the GHA members, peacekeepers say to your stubborn NO? The militarists do not want a peaceful solution in Kashmir. So who are you: a peacemaker, or a militarist in the guise of a peacemaker? We see that you absolutely do not understand the situation in Kashmir and the GHA peace proposal/project for it. Here are three of your conflicting, false, and confused judgments. 1. You write that "this [Kashmir] problem is already solved by India". Where has it been ‘already resolved’ ??? If tension in Kashmir grows, if protests intensify in it, and both states (NUCLEAR!!!) states pull troops there and prepare for the FOURTH (if not fifth!) Indo-Pakistan war, in which they can use nuclear weapons, then where it “has already been resolved "??? Do you see these protests? Do you understand the resistance? Or close your eyes to all this? 2. The GHA sees this reality, does not hide from it like an ostrich, therefore, it proposes a peace treaty/project, which should and can only begin with the Goodwill Memorandum of the two countries. This is a peace treaty/project. You write about it: “This project is conflicts between the two countries.” This is a lie and falsification! It does not contain a single word in defense of violence and hostilities. Aren't you ashamed to slander and defame the GHA peace proposal as its President? Why are you so easily go to deception, without even bothering to wait for its full publication? Could you find patience and wisdom, at least “ABSTAIN” from evaluations and participation in this project, instead of stigmatizing it as your NO and calling it “conflict”? Everything went wrong in your head: the war in Kashmir became peace, and the GHA peace project became a “conflict”. Like Orwell when he writes about militarists and their propaganda. 3. Your final phrase completely confuses you and the reader: “I can only participate in Peace projects other than this project.” So, here you recognize the need for a peace project for Kashmir, but OTHER than the GHA peace project! So, you recognize our project as peaceful, not conflict, as in the previous sentence. Wonderful!!! So you acknowledge the violence in Kashmir! So you recognize for it a peace project! Wonderful!! But OTHER !! Wonderful!! So please, PROPOSE it! Formulate at least its key idea! But you cannot do this, because in your head you have porridge and the complete absence of any logic. You are confused in your thoughts. Let us HELP you put things in order in your head, as well as in the heads of many Indians and Pakistanis with a similar confused thinking position. For this purpose, as a professional sociologist, for start, I am sending you (and then all) a simple sociological questionnaire with 22 questions that require one of three elementary answers: YES, NO, DO NOT KNOW (in the attachment). When you send me this completed questionnaire, I will be able to establish the moment/point/judgment in your thinking with which you start to get confused in the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir conflict. Please send me your completed application without delay. It will help you and us all. Thanks. Friendly, Leo Semashko Russia 14-08-19 Dear Dr.LeoSemashko, Greetings from GHA India Re: Gandhica - Kashmir. Peace Memorandum of two Governments I cannot participate in Gandhica - Kashmir. Peace Project because I am Indian , I believe only in Peace not in conflicts & Violence. GHA Mission is Peace from Harmony not from conflicts & Violence. This project is conflicts between the two countries; I can only promote peace values. This is the internal matter of two countries, no third country can involve in this. In fact now this problem is already solved by India. Russia, British & USA all have endorsed it. Therefore I can only participate in Peace projects other than this project. Dr. Subhash Chandra President & Chairman Board 13-08-19 Yes, that is true. I agree in totality with Cdr Bhushan. As written earlier, even President Putin has endorsed the stand of the Government of India. So, GHA should not at all raise such objectionable issues. I presume no one from India will say YES to this very POOR and ILL Thought GHA Kashmir. Peace Dr Sanjay Tewari India 13-08-19 Greetings, I give below some points extracted from the attached letter dated 09 Aug 2019 of British M.P. Bob Blackman to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with respect to the recent (Aug 2019) Indian Parliament’s passage of the J&K reorganization Bill:- 1-The constitutional changes equalize the rights of all its citizens 2-They promote prosperity, security and attracting inward investment 3-They are in synchronisation with UK’s long-held position that Kashmir is strictly a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan 4-Unlike other countries in its neighbourhood, India has long-established tradition of respecting different faiths; and separation of Ladakh which has 70% Buddhist majority into a separate Union Territory shows respect and tolerance towards different traditions 5-Changes redress ethnic cleansing done (in 1990) at the hands of radical Islamists and militants through ordering Hindus (more than 300 thousands) to l [19H13 09Aug19 British MP Bob Balckman's letter dt 9Aug19 to UK Prime Minister Boris-page 1 of 2.jpeg] eave Kashmir, or convert to Islam or be killed. Note: Besides the foregoing, as in the column at the url: https://www.easterneye.biz/bob-blackman-jammu-and-kashmir-is-an-integral-part-of-india-removal-of-article-370-correct/?fbclid=IwAR3lMU0fVnOP31OqjZtTaa4ByX6bG9fW8QKQtAuErk95T3rNn1_vq5zVvsg Bob Blackman has stated that “….I therefore welcome the decision of the UN Security Council that this is an internal matter for India…..” and “…….some strands of UK Politics …. which were hitherto anti-Semitic have now turned anti-India and anti-Hindu…….” Thanks and regards Cdr Bhushan Dewan India 13-08-19 Разрешить многолетний конфликт между Индией и Пакистаном могут только противоборствующие стороны, которые должны решить, что им важнее, мирное сосуществование, понимание, либо война и насилие. Но любая попытка из вне, оказать помощь ради сохранения мирного сосуществования должна приветствоваться и заслуживать уважения, поэтому я говорю Да. ВераПопович, Россия 13-08-19 I believe that undertaking a "Kashmir" project at this time is not useful, but we must keep our eyes open for useful actions as things develop. Kashmir is part of the break up the the British Empire, as areIsrael-Palestine, Burma, Sri Lanka all in 1947. Probably the end of Empire after the Second World War was necessary but too rapidly undertaken. However the French effort to retake control of IndoChina at the same time did not work out any better. There may be better ways of undertaking action on specific armed conflicts or acute tension areas. The Association of World Citizens proposes conflict resolution measures for some of the Middle East, North Africa conflics such as Sudan and Libya. Such proposals are in the mandate of the organization and so raises no hesitations on the part of members. Best wishes, Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens France, 13-08-19 I totally endorse Cdr Bhushan's NO to proposed Kashmir-conciliation project. Ashokchakravarthy Tholana India 13-08-19 [1] NO to proposed Kashmir-conciliation project; [2] GHA must take up Soviet reparation to Afghanistan for armed invasion in 1979 & violent armed occupation for 9-years; [3] GHA must take up violence against life through a campaign against meat-eating Dear Dr Leo, 1.This is to say my unconditional NO once again to your unfortunate proposal titled "GHA 70th Gandhica-Kashmir Project" by regrettably giving it the label of a "...70-year-conflict". I hope GHA will abstain from taking up this project, as:- a.Credibility of the organisation like GHA is more important than GHA taking up partisan, personal and untenable agendas. b.And also undemocratic, unjust & unprecedented provisions whereby abstainers are equated with a YES-vote to any proposal, are unwarranted. 2.I hope, instead of proposing to meddle in constitution-sanctioned actions of a peace-loving and tolerant country like India, which has historically given shelter to all races and all religious minorities, including Zoroastrians, Jews, Muslims, Christians, even though Hindus have been, and continue to be, killed & prosecuted by India’s neighbors ( please see the drastic reduction of Hindu population in Pakistan from about 30% in 1947 to 7-8% now; and from 28% to 3-4% in Bangladesh now), recommend that GHA, instead, take up the following campaigns:- a)Soviet reparation to Afghanistan for armed invasion in 1979 & violent armed occupation for almost 10-years, till 1989, or till 30-years-back b)Against meat-eating as it is violence-against-life and violence against sustainable environment. 3.GHA SHOULD TAKE UP REPARATIONS TO AFGHANISTAN IN LIEU OF SOVIET-PERPETRATED KILLING AND OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN TILL 30-YEARS-BACK, FROM 1979 TO 1989:- I request GHA takes up the case of reparations to Afghanistan on account of armed Soviet invasion on Afghanistan in 1979 followed by 9-year-long unwarranted Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, till 1989, [i.e. till just 30-years-back; not 70-years-back] . Please see the below quote from WIKIPEDIA:- QUOTE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War ) Eventually the Soviet government, under leader Leonid Brezhnev, decided to deploy the 40th Army on December 24, 1979. Arriving in the capital Kabul, they staged a coup, killing president Amin and installing Soviet loyalist Babrak Karmal from a rival faction. The deployment had been variously called an "invasion" (by Western media and the rebels) or a legitimate supporting intervention (by the Soviet Union and the Afghan government) on the basis of the Brezhnev Doctrine. UNQUOTE 4.GHA SHOULD TAKE UP CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEAT-EATING, AS IT IS NOT onLY VIOLENCE AGAINST LIFE BUT ALSO VIOLENCE AGAINST EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT:- Killing and eating an animal consumes 8-times the earth's vegetation and water than consuming a vegetarian diet. We all know that Gandhi ji's views are well-documented on this. Thanks Cdr Bhushan Dewan India 13-08-19 DEAR LEO I'm agree with PresidentSubhash Chandra and Indian friends, we work for PEACE, NOT KASMIR PEACE MEMORANDUM of two GOVERNMENT also yesterday RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE and SCIENCE invited me to next INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE of JOURNALISM, for the first time in ROME on 5 September 2019, in this occasion I have pleasured to introduce GANDHICA new book into Russian Institute in ROME theme: RUSSIA and EUROPA-journalism in modern era., naturally ITALIAN GOVERNMET is one partner of this important project my best congratulation to Gha President prof. SUBHASH CHANDRA for introduced a new book, this a way for increased cooperation and PEACE-EDUCATION in CHINA there are PEACE UNIVERSITY under directly CHiNA GOVERNMENT, since 2004 I introduced in RUSSIAN-UNESCO CONGRESS in S.PETERSBURG University, relation about activity of China Peace University, press on UNESCO book best wishes Rosa Dalmiglio Italy, 13-08-19 Dear Dr Leo and all Russia Backs India on Kashmir Issue The changes related to article 370 are within the framework of the Indian Constitution, says Russian foreign ministry. And this is what President Putin says. Kindly do not raise such issues. No one from India will ever say YES to your project. You have many other works to carry on Peace. Please concentrate there. My reply is a categirical NO, rather NEVER. Please abstain. Best Dr Sanjay Tewari GHA India 12-08-19 Dr.Leo Gandhica - Kashmir. Peace Memorandum of two Governments NO Please We cannot participate in any such issues of Kashmir because we work for PEACE only. Dr.Subhash Chandra President & Chairman Board. India 12-08-19
Yes, we should discuss the proposed project.
Dr. Larik Pakistan 14-08-19
Yes
Umer Zia Pakistan 12-08-19 NO. Thx Commander Bhushan Dewan India 12-08-19 Yes Umer Zia Pakistan 12-08-19 YES, OK! Guy CREQUIE France 12-08-19 Dear Leo: I say yes.
Best wishes, your Rudi from the House of Mir, Prof. Rudolf Siebert, USA 12-08-19 Gandhica - Kashmir. Peace Memorandum of two Governments Dear GHA members, friends, I am happy to propose for your discussion and approval by your YES or NO a new, GHA 70th Gandhica-Kashmir Project, the first, the defining part of which is presented in the attachment and here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 An attempt to put together this inveterate, more than 70-year conflict with millions of facts and opinions at once and in one piece failed. A person begins to sink in details, in which I almost drowned. Here it is necessary to separate an infinitely many facts/opinions/details from the determining structural principle. It consists of one fundamental condition - the goodwill of the parties to seek and work for peace instead of working for confrontation/war. I tried to express a political summary of the goodwill of the two countries and their leaders in a joint Memorandum of 4 simple but decisive points confirming this will. If they have such goodwill, then everything else will become a matter of technics and time. Therefore, I singled it out in the first act. What do you think of it and its components? Are they necessary and sufficient to start a peaceful solution? Can they pull the parties out of more than 70 years of war/enmity? The question of the beginning of the peace process is the key to any conflict. Without it, no peace movement, no peace process is possible. In 2-3 days I will send a detailed part of the project so that it can be discussed as a whole. This is Act 2. But it does not mean anything without Act 1. Therefore, let us first focus on the key condition, and then on the sum of the details. On the website project page, all your responses are also published. They will be published further in view of the extreme importance and complexity of the project, as well as each opinion on it. The GHA has extensive experience working with similar projects, which is determined by our Charter, our peacemaking mission recorded in it (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=249). In the future, we will touch on this experience in more detail for comparison.
Best wishes for peace from harmony/non-violence in Kashmir,
Dr. Leo Semashko,
12-08-19
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Congratulations for presentation of GANDHICA sir. It will be appreciated implementation of its application in Kashmir as suggested.
With regards, Dr. Noor M larik,
Pakistan 12-08-19 *Eid Mubarak* May this day bring peace, prosperity and happiness for you, for your family, for the Muslim Ummah and for the entire Mankind. With Best Wishes Waheed Ahmad Advocate High Court Human Rights Consultant Chairman Child Rights Committee of Lahore Bar Association Chairman International Peace & Harmony Forum of Lahore High Court Bar Association (2019-20) Pakistan 12-08-19
GANDHICA: The first presentation Dear Subhashji, dear GHA members, friends, We are happy to congratulate our President, Dr. Chandra and all the coauthors with the first presentation of our unique peacemaking “Gandhica” in Delhi, at the Russian Center of Science and Culture (http://ind.rs.gov.ru/%20%20/about), to its Director Mr. Fedor Rozovsky on August 9. This presentation photo (above) was published on the Home page of the GHA “Peace from Harmony” website: https://peacefromharmony.org/#GPS-world-presentations. Detailed Report of Dr. Chandra about this event is published here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=689 . We highly appreciate and cordially thank him for the first, historical presentation of the book of “fundamentally new (non-violent) manner of thinking” (Einstein), which provides humanity in the 21st century with global peace and freedom from militarism and the threat of nuclear self-destruction. As you know, we plan a wide program of the Gandhica presentations in different languages until the end of this year, especially on International Peace Day on September 21, on Non-Violence Day on October 2 and others at the UN, UNESCO, International Forums of Interfaith Harmony in different countries and cities of the world etc. Many of you have expressed your desire to participate in them in that or other form. The requested copies of this book were sent to you at the beginning of August, so you will soon receive them and find your own forms of presentation, first of all, in educational institutions, from students in whom the future fate of non-violence depends. Please report all the events of this presentation along with your photos: all this information will be published on our website. Today, later, I will send you for discussion a draft of the GHA new peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir" with its first real application. Best wishes for peace from harmony / non-violence, Dr. Leo Semashko, 12-08-19 Dear Leo. Get well soon. We are with you and will look for your recovery. Thank you. Maitreyee Bardhan Roy India 10-08-19 Dear Dr Leo, Once again best wishes for a speedy recovery. In case you are working on "my "draft of the peacemaking project for the Kashmir conflict" Request peruse the following, some of which you may be knowing already, in any case:- 1] extract from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Pakistan [a]Declining overall share of Hinduism in Pakistan Year Percentage (%) 1901 40.00 1911 39.00 1921 37.90 1931 36.50 1941 35.60 1951 31.85 1961 21.60 1971 19.00 1981 17.20 1991 14.10 2001 05.35 2011 02.57 Current 01.6 Source: Census of India 1901–1941, Census of West Pakistan 1951–1961, UN Census 1974–2011, India Bureau of Statistics estimate 2015[citation needed] -................................................ [b] At the time of Pakistan's creation the 'hostage theory' had been espoused. According to this theory the Hindu minority in Pakistan was to be given a fair deal in Pakistan in order to ensure the protection of the Muslim minority in India.[35][36] However, Khawaja Nazimuddin, the 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan stated: "I do not agree that religion is a private affair of the individual nor do I agree that in an Islamic state every citizen has identical rights, no matter what his caste, creed or faith be".[37] 2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_of_Kashmiri_Hindus [a] The Hindus of the Kashmir Valley, were forced to flee the Kashmir valley as a result of being targeted by JKLF and Islamist insurgents during late 1989 and early 1990.[4][5] Of the approximately 300,000[6][7][8] to 600,000[9][10]Hindus living in the Kashmir Valley in 1990 only 2,000–3,000 remain there in 2016.[11] According to the Indian government, more than 62,000 families are registered as Kashmiri refugees including some Sikh families.[12] Most families were resettled in Jammu, National Capital Region surrounding Delhi and other neighbouring states.[13] -......................................... [b] The militancy in Kashmir had increased after the exodus. The militants had targeted the properties of Kashmiri Pandits after their exodus.[82][83] In 2009 Oregon Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to recognise 14 September 2007, as Martyrs Day to acknowledge ethnic cleansing and campaigns of terror inflicted on non-Muslim minorities of Jammu and Kashmir by militant seeking to establish an Islamic state.[84] 3] When the illegal-occupiers British left India in 1947, and as per the terms then prevailing, and through an Instrument of Accession,signed in 1947 by the then King Hari Singh, the then king of Jammu and kashmir, to accede to Indian Republic, then, how come Pakistani invaders occupied a huge chunk of Jammu and Kashmir land, which is since called POK= Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, and since then Pakistan is fuelling & funding Islam-based-insurgency among the Muslims in Kashmir valley to forcibly & illegally capture eventhe portion of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947 in actual control of India. Every country has a right of self-defence in the face of an armed assault on its sovereignty and to undo the forceful occupation of invaders [Pakistanis, in this case, since 1947]. Note - I don't want to make this copy to all, because, then it gives credence to the so-called project of Indo-pak conflict mediation thru GHA. Please note that it's India, which, in 1971-72 [ a war which I also served in], returned back to Pakistan, without any conditions or sanctions, their 90,000 Pakistani soldiers who were taken by Indian Forces, as POWs= Prisoners of War, during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971. And even in 1965 Indo-pak war sprung surreptitiously upon India by Pakistan entering from the Kutch-region [ part of Gujarat province ]of India, Indian forces beat the Pak-military attack, in the bargain capturing considerable Pak territory, almost upto Lahore, Aa major city of Pakistan; but still India, as a goodwill-gesture returned all those territories back to Pakistan at the behest of USSR-mediated post-war negotiations held in Tashkent. Even UN as a matter of policy does not venture into domestic affairs of any country, and Article 370 and its resultant fallout is indeed peaceful, and in the best interest of the common man in Jammu and Kashmir [ J&K] , but of course, the separatist politicians of J&K, don't want the issue to be resolved as their money -- both from Indian state, in the form of Development funds, and from Pakistan, in the form of illegal & underhand funds to ferment terrorism in J&K--- as well as their importance will diminish. Thx n regds Cdr Prof Bhushan Dewan India 09-08-19 Dear Colleagues, I am sick and prepare, as far as I can, my answer in the form of my draft of the peacemaking project for the Kashmir conflict. Could you kindly wait for my recovery and completion of my draft? Thanks for your courtesy. Regards, Leo 09-08-19 Greetings of the day, Sharing my trailing REMINDER mail of today/09 Aug 19 with all the esteemed colleagues, as by oversight, I omittedto cc that to all of us. Thx n regards Cdr Prof Bhushan Dewan India 09-08-19 REMINDER To, Dr Leo Hon. President- GHA Dear Dr Leo, Refer to my trailing mail of 07 Aug 19 on the above subject. Would appreciate your revert on point A and B in the mail. Till this revert from our esteemed President, may I request all members to withhold their inputs/views/interactions on the matter of Jammu and Kashmir developments. Humbly submit and request that we don't articulate our positions or counter responses to someone else's positions, as else it is unwittingly going to keep the discussion alive on the issue, which must be avoided till an authentic guidance is received from the GHA Hon. President, on the process of how GHA is going to pick and choose issues for GHA's participation. A process-based working is important for the integrity and sustainability of a noted International body like GHA. Thanks and regards, Cdr Prof Bhushan Dewan Chair-GC Committee, GHA India 09-08-19 Dear Dr Leo I take it as personal hurt and humiliated that this Person Mr.Umer Zia who is with a set of Ideas imposed from Jihadiin My Sense is sending Me Mail No other person from Pakistan is behaving like him? We respect them as other Members. I have already informed that please delete me and do whatever you want I dont care but dont sending me mail has issues as we are respectable peace loving people with political responsibility it can hamper our life and career. Before ending the Mail I want to put the fact first. Kashmir is Area wise 15.73% with Sunni Muslim Population of6,907,622Hindus Buddhist are driven out with ethnic cleansing and religious bigotry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_of_Kashmiri_Hindus Jammu is Area wise 25.93% with Hindu Sikhs Muslim Jains Buddhist Populationof 5,350,811it is peaceful no issues. Ladakh is Area wise 58.33% it has Buddhist Majority and Shia muslims no issues and peaceful. In Jammu and Ladakh their is no problem and Ladakh Welcomed Union Territory Status. India wants Multi culture Multi ethnicity in it where we find peace and love. Pakistan and State sponsored Terrorism in KASHMIRFew Leaders who are separatists want separatism in Kashmir just because it is Muslim Majority with Sharia and ISIS Al Qaeda Taliban Trained ISI Modules. So our question is just because in Few Provinces Hindus are majority and in North East Christians are majority if we go on dividing then Nation is not their. Kashmir is Historically India Provience where Shaiva Siddantha to Sharada Peet is their. What we are doing more in Kashmir is we have started IIT's IIMS, Infrastructure Private Investments JOBS, DEVELOPMENT MODELS AND BROUGHT THEM TO MAINSTREAM? Majority of Muslims common people support India only few terroristswho are trained by ISI Pakistan want different. Kashmir Muslim area is alsopart of India see the PPT. I tell your personally from India in this group we are having some of the distinguished people who are former VC's Defence Personnel and esteemed people any members act should not disturb their good office and work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_and_state-sponsored_terrorism See My Own Article in https://www.organiser.org/Encyc/2019/3/6/A-Regional-Security-Menace.html Thanks and Regards T.S.Chandrashekar M.AM.PhiL/(PhD SNU South Korea) TV Panelist/Spokesman BJP Media Cell Karnataka, India 09-08-19 Hi, Everyone please watch the clip on #kashmir. This is why it is important to make a GHA forum on #kashmir https://www.facebook.com/894470331/posts/10161981269640332/ Umer Zia 09-08-19 In word, deed and spirit, I whole heartedly support, Commander Bhushan Devan Ashokchakravarthy Tholana India 07-08-19 Dr. Leo, Founder (2005) & Honorary President (2016), Global Harmony Association (GHA) Dr. Pravat Dhal,Cdr Bhushan Dewan, Brig. Kartar Singh, Sanjay Tewari, Ravi Bhatiaand all Peace Leaders Greetings from India GHA's Kashmir-conciliation project GHA is focused on Peace from Harmony – Culture of Peace , Love & Compassion not on Culture of Violence & hate. GHA objective is "Harmony throughdialogue, Respect & Cooperationamong different religions. Therefore, we do not accept & Support this Kashmir-conciliation project from India. Dr. Subhash Chandra, Conference Director President & Chairman Board GHA – Global Harmony Association, India GHA Ambassador of Peace and Disarmament Email: schandra101@gmail.com 07-08-19 Greetings, On the subject of proposed GHA's Kashmir-conciliation project. I would like to register my strong recommendation to GHA that we don't venture into this proposed 'GHA conciliation project on Kashmir'. I sincerely hope that GHA will heed this recommendation. CONCLUSION: A) Would await your response by return mail,so that i know where we as GHA stand vis-a-vis the alignment of this recommendation. B) Besides, would also appreciate your revert on a slightly larger issue, as follows:- Which clause of GHA's Articles of Association/or,say,GHA Constitution--- if there's one such Guiding document,by this or any other name-- specifies as to GHA, as a matter of policy, will engage or not engage with which all global issues,bilateral issues, or any issues of violence/potential violence in any foreign country, and what will be the process to determine this. Thanks and regards, Commander Bhushan Dewan(retd) India 07-08-19 Proposed GHA's Kashmir-conciliation project is totally untenable Dear Dr Leo... And particularly to all my GHA India Friends( Dr Subhash, Dr Markandey, Dr Pathak, Dr Pravat, Brig Kartar, Dr Ravi Bhatia, Dr Chandrashekhar, Cdr Bhushan...All from GHA India) Greetings!!! I strongly, and very justifiably oppose Dr Leo's statement "Umer’s remarkable proposal to create the GHA conciliation project on Kashmir". I beg to differ. The Kashmir issue stands resolved after passing in both the Houses of the Parliament of the biggest democracy of the globe. So, there stands NO dispute at all, and thus NO NEED for creating a project over this issue. How does Dr Leo find anything remarkable, is one big issue to be pondered over? As for my Indian friends, kindly take a note please. Any involvement in such type of an ill designed project will in all possibilities be treated as an illegal and anti national act, taking into consideration that the bill of Jammu Kashmir Ladakh is now Law. We may be legally prosecuted, in such a scenario. So, my request, kindly do not give an ear to any such rhetoric proposal. Best regards Dr Sanjay Tewari India 07-08-19
My Dear Dr Leo, Dr Subhash, Dr Pathak and all Peace loving friends at the GHA, Greetings. Today India passes the abolition of the controversial Section 370, which was an impediment towards the development and peace for our loving brothers and Sisters of Jammu and Kashmir. Our friends in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will now get justice. Thanks to the daring decision of our Hon'ble Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi Ji. Kudos to him!! Dear Dr Leo, I object to your statement religious antagonism of Islam and Hinduism in this region of India. Hinduism has been a religion of tolerance, and a way of life, for more than 5000 years now. This is the reason that India is home to various rel8gions, castes and creed. I hope you understand that Hinduism and Hindus are not at all fanatic. Regards Sanjay Tewari, PhD Managing Committee Member Indian Sociological Society, Secy General GHA India 06-08-19
Instead of hatred/enmity in the GHA there can be only peace/harmony in any matter Dear members of the GHATWO departments: GHA-Pakistan (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=847) and GHA-India (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=481), The GHA members of other departments regretfully watch your hostile statements against each other on the GHA - GLOBAL HARMONY ASSOCIATION (since 2005) platform, whose mission is PEACE from HARMONY and NOT HARM/WAR AND HATE FROM ANY NATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS REASONS. They have been killed Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 and continue to this day. This conflict does not do honor any of the parties, not a single GHA member taking part in it on any one side. GHA CAN'T and WILL NOT be participate in this hostility / hatred, WILL NOT support or condemn any of them. This is not our atmosphere; this is the atmosphere of militarists. We can onLY SEEK the path of COMPROMISE/PEACE/HARMONY/LOVE/JUSTICE/ GANDHIAN TRUTH. Are there true peacemakers from harmony among the members of the two warring branches of the GHA? If they exist and are able to publicly declare this, let us unite in the joint GHA “GANDIAN COMMISSION OF KASHMIR RECONCILIATION” (GCKR as part of the GHA Gandhi Committee, its second module “Interfaith Harmony” (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=853). Who is not able to go to peace, harmony and consent through this peace-loving way, let him free us from his strivings alien to us to incite hostility and hatred. If they do not heed this demand, we should simply boycott this "GHA WAR PARTY" and the opinions, statements and petitions of their HAWKS, as militaristic, excluding peace/harmony. Let us create this Commission to seek a compromise of Kashmir’s peace/harmony/non-violence and overcome its historical conflict rooted in the religious antagonism of Islam and Hinduism in this region of India. Let us find the truth of peace/harmony in it, instead of inciting hostility/hatred. To the greatest extent possible this reconciliation will be promoted by our planned “Spiritual Interfaith Gandhian Harmony/Non-Violence Forums” on September 21 and October 2 in India (Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta) and in Russia (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=863). This is for a start. Those who resist them, are silent and inactive in them that he/she betrays this path of peace/harmony and actually encourages hostility/hatred. Conflicts of hatred is the flip side of the indifference, inaction and silence of peace, its people. This is a long-known truth, confirmed by Kashmir again. As for those who do not want to participate in the search for interfaith peace/harmony, who ask to exclude them from this project for any reason, as Japanese Buddhists and others do, we exclude them from it. We ask each member of our network to exclude their names from your responses. (Note, I have excluded them from MY email now, so I ask you to answer to my this email.) This will be honest, fair and ensure the rights of all parties. Summary: WHO WANTS TO ENTER INTO THE GHA GCKR? = GANDIAN COMMISSION FOR KASHMIR RECONCILIATION? Please, announce himself to all so that everyone knew about it and that we can begin our work in the implementation of the Gandhian Testament in Gandhi World Year 2019 on the eve of its 150th anniversary. We will find this peaceful compromise Gandhian decision of Kashmir. We have no doubt about this with our good will and our unique non-violent thinking in our unprecedented interfaith harmonious “Gandhica” in honor of Gandhi: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=848. To whom this honor is exorbitant and inaccessible - it is not our fault. Here - "to each his own." Last thing. I can not free myself from intuition and the perception that this conflict of the two branches in the GHA is systematically fanned and generously financed by those who benefit from it, who want to discredit/denigrate with fakes the GHA, its deep peacefulness, its unprecedented peacekeeping Gandhica and everything related to it. It is not hard to guess who benefits from this, who needs war/death to get rich on them. But I have no facts about this, so I will not name its initiators so not to be mistaken in my accusations... Time will show them. Best wishes for peace from harmony/nonviolence. Dr. Leo Semashko, GHA Honorary President, 06-08-19 I suggest GHA should start another project regarding Kashmir issue. Umer Zia Pakistan 06-08-19 You always talk about peace and harmony, while your country is involved in killing humanity throughout Kashmir and you say it is political issue. Pakistan don't like live in such group. We hate such activities based on committing crimes and involved in terrorists’ activities. Zia ul Islam Pakistan 06-08-19 Mr.Umer, Please do not send me any such mail. GHA is a Peace platform. Let peace prevailed in the Kashmir! Pravat Kumar Dhal M.U., Bodhgaya India, 06-08-19 I support the request by Subhash and Surendra María Cristina Azcona Argentina 06-08-19 Mr.Umer, Please don't send me any mail. Remove me from mailing list. Dr. Subhash Chandra India, 06-08-19 GHA is focused in Harmony through dialogue among different religions and /or groups. There are rules about. Respect María Cristina Azcona GHA Vice-president, Argentina 06-08-19 What you are talking about? To kill the humanity is a political issue; no it is terrorism and a crime. We a shame on all of you. You are asking to expel from the group Pakistan has already decided to leave this group, which favour the POWERS killing humanity. Go to the hell. Zia ul Islam Pakistan 06-08-19 Shame Shame on peace forum spreading Hatred by Jihadi Umer Zia Re: Save Kashmir petition. Dear All, Good Morning. Who is this Umer Zia and why he has sent this mail "just signed the petition "Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: URGENT PETITION on THE UN KASHMIR REPORT" and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 150,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here: http://chng.it/7vzhSWzsSZUmer Zia+92-313-5275277" He does not have basic common sense this Forum is for Peace which we are associated since a decade though we do not contribute we follow all the activities going on. First Remove this Person from this Group as from India we have some of the most distinguished Professors Defense Personnel in the group. Dont encourage this type of Jihadi Elements and cross border terrorists shame on him. Thanks and Regards T.S.Chandrashekar M.AM.PhiL/(PhD SNU South Korea) TV Panelist/Spokesman BJP Media Cell Karnataka, India 06-08-19 I agree with Sanjay Tiwari. GHA is not a political Forum. Please don't do this here in this platform. Surendra Pathak India 06-08-19 Hi All Mr Umer Zia, kindly do not do all this here please. I suppose you are from Pakistan. Kindly donot put in these mailers. Thanks Dr Sanjay Tewari Secy Gen GHA India 06-08-19 Hey, I just signed the petition "Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: URGENT PETITION on THE UN KASHMIR REPORT" and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 150,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here: http://chng.it/7vzhSWzsSZ Umer Zia Pakistan 06-08-19 Dear Dr. Leo, I hope you would not mind it that in the present situation of Indian Terrorism in Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, we withdraw the Participation of Pakistan in this so-called peacemaking Gandhi publication. India is against peace as well as harmony.So, we again withdraw the paper from Pakistan protesting against anti-peace terrorist activities by the government of India. If you think in-depth as a human being you will definitely agree with our opinion. With best regards Zia-ul-Islam Pakistan 06-08-19 -------------------------------------------------------- ==========================================
Leo Semashko about the GHA situation in connection with the project "Gandhica - Kashmir"
GHA Updated Organization of Communications Dear GHA members, friends, peace defenders, In connection with the release of the GHA from militarists, enemies of peace and supporters of the nuclear weapons using in Kashmir, we must complete the organizational reform in the GHA. In this regard, we propose the following actions. 1. Those GHA members who said “NO” to the GHA peacemaking project in Kashmir (https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899) and did not leave the GHA (there are 9 left), due Dr. Ernesto Kahan addition of “non-using nuclear weapons in Kashmir”, which, as he correctly noted, “will be supported by all GHA members”, could publicly change their attitude to this project and choose “YES” or “Abstained” instead of “NO”.Because "NO" now means "YES" to the using nuclear weapons, which is intolerant of the GHA and incompatible with membership in the GHA. 2. The first criterion for membership in the GHA now, especially for GHA members from India and Pakistan, is recognition (YES) for the GHA peacemaking project "Gandhica - Kashmir" in its updated wording with the addition of Dr. Ernesto Kahan, with which any objection in GHA is incompatible. 3. Messrs. Bhushan, Sanjay, Chandrashekar, as instigators of a militaristic and nationalist campaign in the GHA against its peacemaking Kashmir project, who have proved themselves enemies of peace and GHA, fiercely defending the armed conflict in Kashmir, genocide (https://nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2019/genocide-watch-issues-a-genocide-alert-on-kashmir) and the use of nuclear weapons are now excluded from the GHA. Some of their supporters voluntarily retreated from GHA that we only welcome. But this team of militarists continues to exert fierce psychological pressure on the GHA members, intimidating them with all kinds of administrative, police and criminal threats. Therefore, we should: 1. Ignore any of their statements on our network (do not respond to them in any way), 2. Exclude emails of them and their supporters, who are requesting resignation of the GHA, from our mailing list. I did this in its update, by which I now send you this letter. Please use onLY THIS MAILING LIST in our communications. I also excluded all GHA network addresses from it, because it takes a long time to clear them of unwanted emails and for all opponents of the Kashmir peace project to appear. In addition, my wife and I are going on vacation from September 1 to September 16 (I will not be online). My assistant is ill. Therefore, we will be able to update the GHA network addresses only after September 16, possibly until September 20. In this regard, let's restrict ourselves to this time only with an updated mail list in this email. Thank you for your peacekeeping understanding and peacekeeping support. Best wishes for peace from harmony,
Dr. Leo Semashko,
23-08-19
Kashmir, nuclear war threat and the GHA 9 member’s position Dear GHA members, defenders of peace, not war! We, the GHA peacemakers, must be firm, principled and unshakable in our non-violent civil struggle for peace and against militarism, its any support and any justification. Otherwise, we are worthless and equal to zero in the global American militarist dictatorship, which eliminated all obstacles of the international law to an endless arms race, including nuclear, and therefore to the shameful destruction of humanity and the planet. In this militaristic dictate, the Kashmir armed conflict, lasting 73 years and devoid of any prospect of a peaceful settlement, is one of its fundamental pillars. How dangerous this conflict is for global peace and how close it has brought the two nuclear powers to a nuclear war, the triggers of which are cocked on both sides, show 6 articles of the Global Research “Kashmir Crisis” + Genocide in Kashmir, presented below and here: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=899 These materials convince with indisputable facts that the situation in Kashmir "in India - Pakistan is terribly dangerous" for the world as a whole, as the GHA Nobel laureates John Avery and Ernesto Kahan stated. They completely reject the false assessment: “The situation is not at all dangerous ... Kashmir is very peaceful” by the militarists Sanjay and Bhushan, who rejected the GHA’s peaceful Kashmir project and were expelled from the GHA. But there are still 9 people left in the GHA (Rosa Dalmiglio, Rene Wadlow, Maria Azcona, Pravat Dhal, Surendra Pathak, Subhash Chandra, Markandey Rey, Latif Kirmani and Ravi Bhatia) who agreed with the militarists Sanjay/Bhushan and voted AGAINST the GHA Kashmir peace project by supporting war, genocide and the use of nuclear weapons in Kashmir. They are trying to silence this "terrible situation", to drown and bury it in the interests of global militarism. However, militarism, as well as awl, cannot be concealed in a bag; the facts cited expose it. We, peacemakers, can forgive everything except militarism and the denial of peace anywhere, including Kashmir. We, the GHA invite you for the third, last time, having studied the proposed articles and facts, to make your voluntary choice: OR change your “NO” to the GHA Kashmir peace project, OR voluntarily leave the GHA during 3 days, until August 26 inclusively. None of your past merits can atone for your militaristic position on Kashmir today. NONE! We know that you have not read our project, ignored his discussion, but we hope that you will read the proposed articles and see for yourself the acute relevance of our project. But if you do not hear the voice of persuasion/facts, then we will be forced to take an administrative decision in accordance with our Charter and expel you from the GHA if you remain silent. Our invitation to make a choice is not psychological pressure, but the moral demand of the peacemakers and their conscience. This is the pressure of truth, which according to Gandhi “is God” and its facts and beliefs. Shame on the GHA will be tolerance for militarists within the GHA. As Ernesto Kahan said, "everyone in the GHA will support the non-use of nuclear weapons." If you do not support it, then you are NOT the GHA. This reminded you well of Guy Crequie from France below. We cannot and will not fall into militaristic shame because of you. Therefore, we will be freed from you-militarists in any case, either by voluntarily changing your position, or by expelling you from the GHA. There can be no compromises with militarists. Do not want to be in the GHA and support its peaceful Kashmir project - go to the militarist team Sanjay/Bhushan and Co. We are out of the way. Nobody in the GHA will cooperate with your "NO" world and the GHA peace project, first of all, I, as its responsible founder and Honorary President. If until August 26 you do not change your NO, then I close all contacts with you and exclude you from all mailing lists. With your "NO" - you are non grata persons in the GHA. Our association with any militarists in any form is IMPOSSIBLE! We hope that you understand us well and make you decision that is adequate to your convictions, and we will wait until August 26th only. Thanks for the responses. Dr. Leo Semashko,
GHA Founder and Honorary President,
24-03-19
Facts Global Research Centre for Research on Globalization The Geopolitics of the Kashmir Crisis August 23, 2019 https://mailchi.mp/eb55f6a127af/the-geopolitics-of-the-kashmir-crisis?e=7634b2334b Kashmir and the US-Russia Power Play in South Asia By Andrew Korybko Russia is reluctant to jeopardize its ultra-profitable arms relationship with India by strategically “balancing” South Asia, which is why the US decided to play this irreplaceable role instead by actively seeking to cut deals in both Afghanistan and Kashmir since Moscow lacks the political will to do so. Read more... https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-south-asian-balancer/5686954
Indian Assault on Kashmir in Third Week, Thousands Arrested
By Deepal Jayasekera and Keith Jones Cell phone and internet access continue to be denied to many of the region’s 13 million residents; and tens of thousands of Indian Army troops and paramilitaries remain deployed in J&K’s cities, towns and villages to intimidate the population and brutally suppress any and all signs of opposition to New Delhi’s August 5 constitutional coup. Read more... https://www.globalresearch.ca/indian-assault-kashmir-third-week-thousands-arrested/5686873
Kashmir and Palestine: Solidarity and Unity in Opposing Global Militarization
By Palestinian BDS National Committee Introducing through presidential decree legally dubious changes to the Indian constitution, the right-wing government in Delhi has further undermined the internationally-recognized rights of the people of Kashmir, particularly their right to democratically decide on their future, without their knowledge or consent. Read more... https://www.globalresearch.ca/kashmir-and-palestine-solidarity-and-unity-in-opposing-global-militarization/5686675 Hair-trigger Nuclear Alert over Kashmir By Eric Margolis Two of the world’s most important powers, India and Pakistan, are locked into an extremely dangerous confrontation over the bitterly disputed Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir. Both are nuclear armed. Read more... https://www.globalresearch.ca/hair-trigger-nuclear-alert-over-kashmir/5686209
India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War
By John Riddell On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. Read more... https://www.globalresearch.ca/indias-kashmir-crackdown-poses-risk-of-war/5686066
Hong Kong, Kashmir: A Tale of Two Occupations
By Pepe Escobar Curfew was imposed all across the Kashmir valley. Internet was cut off. All Kashmiri politicians were rounded up and arrested. In fact all Kashmiris – loyalists (to India), nationalists, secessionists, independentists, apolitical – were branded as The Enemy. Welcome to Indian “democracy” under the crypto-fascist Hindutva. Read more... https://www.globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-kashmir-tale-two-occupations/5685932 + Genocide in Kashmir: https://nation.com.pk/22-Aug-2019/genocide-watch-issues-a-genocide-alert-on-kashmir ---------------------------------------------------------------
| Can Track II Efforts Reduce China-India Frontier Tensions?
by Rene Wadlow
2020-07-02 | In a 24 June 2020 message to the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Mr Vladimir Novov, the Association of World Citizens expressed its active concern with the 15 June death of Indian and Chinese military in the Galwan River Valley in Ladakh on the India-China frontier and the possibility that the tensions will increase. While there have been brief discussions among Indian and Chinese authorities to prevent escalation, there have been no real negotiations. Negotiation is a basic political decision-making process, to facilitate compromise without loss of essential objectives. 
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said on 25 June that since early May, the Chinese have been amassing a large contingent of troops and arms along the Line of Actual Control ((LAC). Also, within India, there has been a good deal of media attention, highly critical of China, given to the events. In addition, there have been calls for a boycott of Chinese goods, and some Chinese products have been removed from Indian shops. Both Indian and Chinese spokespersons have made references to the 1962 war during which some 2,000 persons were killed.
The Association of World Citizens believes that there is a need for prompt measures as the India-China tensions add to existing tensions between the USA and China as well as boundary issues with Asian States in the South China Sea. There may be a role for "Track II" non-governmental efforts and exchanges. Track I is official government to government diplomacy among instructed representative of States, usually diplomats from the Foreign Ministry. However, governments have a range of officials on whom to call: intelligence agencies, the military, and "friends of the President" - trusted individuals within the executive entourage. Track II efforts are organized through non-governmental organizations and sometimes by academic institutions. Such efforts can entail informal, behind the scene communications that take place in the absence of formal communication channels. The term "Track II" was coined by the U.S. diplomat Joseph Montville in The Arrow and the Olive Branch:A Case for Track II Diplomacy. Track II efforts have grown as there is increasing recognition that there is a tragic disjunction between the United Nations tension-reduction mandate and its ability to intervene in conflicts when called upon. As Adam Curle, experienced in Quaker mediation efforts has written "In general governments achieve their results because they have power to influence events, including the ability to reward or to punish. Paradoxically , the strength of civilian peacemakers resides specifically in their lack of power. They are neither feared nor courted for what they can do. Instead, they are trusted and so may sometimes be enabled to play a part in peacemaking denied to most official diplomats." Those involved in Track II efforts must, nevertheless, have ready access to governmental decision-makers and Track I diplomats As the World Citizen and Quaker economist Kenneth Boulding in a little verse writes " When Track one will not do, We have to travel on Track Two
But for results to be abiding,
The Tracks must meet upon some siding". In the China-India frontier tensions, both sides must be convinced that there is a considerable sentiment for peace among their own supporters. In this conflict, which could slip into greater violence, there is an understandable tendency to look for short term answers. Yet there is also a need for some involved in Track II efforts to have an over-all integrated perspective for both short as well as long-term transformation. Thus, there needs to be a "pool" of people with experience, skills and the ability to move fast when the need or the opportunity is there? We are sure that there are groups in India and China which can rise to meet this challenge. Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens |
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Jammu and Kashmir: A year of uncertainty, regression of the rule of law, and economic decline
by Rene Wadlow
2020-08-15
On 5 August 2019, the Central Government of India put an end to article 370 of the Indian Constitution which provided autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir, an autonomy which dated from shortly after Independence.
Pre-Independence Kashmir was ultimately divided between India and Pakistan with part of Pakistani Kashmir later ceded to China and is callled Aksai Chin. The status and divisions of Jammu and Kashmir have been an issue of confrontation between India and Pakistan. (l)
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Within Indian Kashmir, there has been continuing unrest and violence due to armed insurgencies, groups working for greater autonomy or independence, and the presence of a large number of Indian troops. (2)
Jammu and Kashmir was for Jawaharlal Nehru a central element in building a "securlar and plural India" although in practice much of the politics in Jammu and Kashmir have focused on majority Muslim interests and minority Hindu concerns.
Regarding the root causes of militancy, one school of thought maintains that economic negligence contributed to the rise of extremism. Another school believes that the political suppression of the late 1980s forced the young to join extremist groups.
With the 5 August 2019 change of status, Jammu and Kashmir have become separate Indian states. Ladakh is now directly administered from New Delhi. Ladakh is an area of Tibetan culture with a largely Tibetan population. Ladakh has always been uneasy with being ruled by the Muslim majority of Jammu and Kashmir.
After 5 August, a large number of Kashmiri political figures were arrested. Some were put in prison, others under house arrest. Internet and telephone communications with the rest of India were cut. There have been reliable reports of torture on some of those arrested.
The situation in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh merits watching closely. Tensions among India, Pakistan and China can grow. The errosion of the rule of law is real and can continue to disintegrate. Negotiations in good faith are necessary, but there is no current framework for such negotiations among governments. There may be an avenue for Track II - non-governmental negotiations - such as those proposed by the Association of World Citizens. We need to be alert as to these possibilities.
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Notes
1) See Dennis Kux. India-Pakistan Negotiations. Is Past still Prologue?
(Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2006)
Josef Korbel.Danger in Kashmir (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966)
2) See Wajahat Habibullah. My Kashmir: Conflict and the Prospects for Enduring Peace (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2008)
Widmalm Stein. Kashmir in Comparative Perspective: Democracy and Violent Separation in India. (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2002)
Howard B. Schaffen. The Limits of Influence: America's Role in Kashmir (Washington, DC: Brookings Institue Press, 2009)
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Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens.
17-08-20
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