Everyone says something or other on Kosovo. No one seems to be concerned with the war in our neighborhood, At Kargil , Kashmir, the ordinary people suffer from this war, as ordinary people do in every war. It is these sufferings that matter, whatever, the considerations of the combatants are. The cry of our neighbours call for response. We give below a few extract from statements coming from both Indian and Pakistan sides, from the peoples organizations condemning the war and calling for both Indian and Pakistan troops to withdraw. Under these circumstances, the religious groups can do the following among other things.

Express solidarity with the people suffering from war, women and children in particular.

Write to the religious leaders of the two countries, to express solidarity and call on them to take part in bringing about peace and to give priority to human aspects of this war.

To write to the two governments to end fighting, withdraw troops and to negotiate peace

To hold vigils in their countries, in localities to draw attention to war and make the human suffering that is taking place visible

To make the media facilities available to each group to give publicity to human tragedy involve in the war.

To form Indo-Pakistan peace groups and solidarity groups, to work consistently on this issue

To encourage school going children to write to their counterparts in both countries to wish them peace and end to their suffering

Introduce into daily and weekly prayers, in public places as well as homes a reference to the victims of this war

To make even short statements and send to the media, as letters to the editor or other columns. Any letter send to this E-News Letter will be transmitted to relevant groups in India and Pakistan