From Google,
I looked for the meaning of concentration camp: It is defined as: "a place
in which large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members
of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively
small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labour or to
await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several
hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe 1933–45,
among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
In view of
the definition for Concentration Camp, we the Kashmiri Pundits are members of
the persecuted minorities with inadequate facilities define Jagti as a Concentration
Camp.
Unlike the Nazi
Concentration Camps, Jagti Concentration Camp provides ready-made audience to
people with political aspirations. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah during pre-partition
days had ready-made audience at the busiest Lal Chowk and post partition,
Hazrat Bal. Mir Waiz has ready- made audience at Jamia Masjid. Likewise, Jagti-
the Concentration Camp provides ready-made audience to political aspirants.
Among
Kashmiris, there are enumerable philanthropists who are eager to help one
another without making their names public. I name them as Big Brothers. Orzu
Foundation is one such organization that supports quality education to one of
our daughters. Surprisingly Orzu Foundation members do not make their names
public. Prior to Jagti came into existence, some unknown people settled abroad wrote
to me that they would like to pay for the quality education to the children of
the Camp dwellers. I wrote to them not to pay to any individual or parents of
the wards, rather pay directly for their respective Schools their fees and the
bus fare. I contacted Camp commander Purkhoo camp a number of times for the
list of deserving students, with the name of their respective schools. All my
efforts turned futile. Again the abroad settlers expressed their desire to
support coaching of deserving students from camps. I wrote to them to pay
directly to the coaching centres and not to any individual. I managed their
telephonic contact with Dr.S N Pandita one of the professors at a leading
Coaching Centre. Concessional fees was also negotiated, but no one came forward
to avail of the benefit.
2009, I made
mention of the poor educational facilities and educational standard of the KP
students in the valley. They badly need attention from the dispersed community.
Let people
be sincere to cause without making it a show-piece for baking political chapattis.
Philanthropists
are above caste creed colour and religion. Last year one of my Muslim friends directly
contributed Rs.5000 to the bank account for the quality education of one of our
daughters and another Muslim friend paid Rs.1000 to an ailing Pundit in the
valley through me. Quality education of
three Sikh students was sponsored by Ishwar Ashram Trust, Bagwan Gopi Nath
Trust and Kahmir Pundit Sabha Amphala( During the days of Surgbashi T N Khosa
Sahab). Prof. B L Raina managed free coaching to one who did research on
cancer.
Bharat Mata ki Jai
concentration
Camp.
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