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I heard this long ago …. not sure if true or fiction, but here it is:

In the 1960s.

A heated debate arranged at the U.N.O.

To ‘thrash out’ the Kashmir issue and to make a settlement.

The ambassador of Pakistan spoke first. It was a spirited four-hour argument vehemently claiming that India had no business to claim Kashmir as theirs, that it belonged to Pakistan. He came out with points 1 … 2 … 3 … 4… … … … … X…. His voice thundered – very few nations thought that the Indian ambassador would have anything stronger to say against these ‘strong, convincing’ points. The Indian ambassador who was to speak next had no chance against such a ‘clean’ claim.

The Indian ambassador, Mr Singh rose to his feet and congratulated his counterpart on his eloquence. Then he said, “I have very few words to speak, not a long discourse like my friend’s. But before that, I want to tell you all a story which I heard from my grandfather when I was only 8 years !…………. This name ‘Kashmir’ originated from the name of a great saint in the region, Kashyap Rishi. One day, this Kashyapa returned after his bath in the Indus and found that his clothes left on the bank of the river were missing! He looked around, but found no one.  His clothes had been stolen by a Pakistani! The saint . . . . .”

Before the Indian ambassador could say another word, the entire Pak delegation  was on their feet, protesting and screaming, “A lie..”, “A lie!”, and the Pak ambassador shouted, “It is impossible. We were NOT there THEN !!”

After order was restored by the UNO Chair, Mr U Thant, Mr Singh said, “That exactly is the point I wanted to raise before the Assembly. Friends, now, I find no need for even my short speech, and I rest my argument here. The Honorable Assembly can come to a conclusion from these last words of my counterpart. Thank you!”

………………………………………………………………………….. Is the ‘Ayodhya’ any different?