Friday, September 27, 2019

PRESENT CONDITIONS IN KASHMIR

5th of August was a historic day when Indian Parliament abrogated Article 370 and Article 35A of Indian Constitution with a very comfortable majority. Indeed,  these two Articles which are supposed to give special powers to Jammu & Kashmir was used as a tool by the greedy political leaders of the State to play a double game and thrive on the riches poured out by both India and Pakistan.  The general condition of the Jammu & Kashmir population did not any better in the last 70 years.. On that same day,  apart from doing away with both the Articles, the Indian Parliament also split the State into two parts and seperated Ladakh from Jammu & Kashmir and rightly so.

Since then, no day goes where Kashmir is not in the news. The Force protection of the region, the development plan for both J & K and Ladakh, the euphotic rhetoric of Pakistan with threat of Nuclear use, the attempts to influence the foreign countries, Media, UN Human Rights ( they find issues where there is none like our Meteorology Department), and Indian Government made to defend with proofs and reasons.

There are some wise (wisecracks) and a section of Kashmir people who ask Indian Government whether it is not right to consult the Kashmiri people before such a drastic decision is taken. I have a question to them, did they question their so called leaders when they were playing dirty games between India and Pakistan?. They voted the corrupt people again and again. Why should they be consulted when they were not even mature enough to decide their own fate?.

There are about 20-25% of people in Kashmir Valley, that is 3% of the whole  J & K population who still exhibit a kind of indecisiveness of their illustrious leaders. These people are probably the decendants of Moghuls who have married among the populace that time and underwent a partial racial change. These people, being Muslims, have their heart in Pakistan and their mind wanting all the goodies of India such as liberty and freedom. While they want to enjoy the goodies of India they will lend unstinted support to Pakistan. Such peoples mindset cannot be changed. Indian Government must decide what to do with such people.

All Countries in that area, consisting of Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran and the region of POK are all unstable regions which present an unruly populace difficult to govern. Such a scenario existing in one corner of India is a challenge which India has to face and skillfully ward off any of their harmful effects. This is really necessary if the true identity and the divine nature of Kashmir land has to be preserved.

Apart from hearing the name of Kashmir,  none of the world countries would want to do anything to help India overcome its difficult situation. But blames may be heaped on India by some countries depending upon their strategic and opportunistic interests. We are doing the right thing in Kashmir presently and we must continue to protect our people and keep educating the world populace about the nefarious plans of rogue state of Pakistan. Other than this, for the present, there is no solution.

Pakistan itself, may be due to its own ill-advised policies is on the brink of disintegrating. India, while actively not participating in any of these, may highligh the plight of the situation in Pakistan to the world so that the true nature of Pakistan is known. To some extent we are succeeding and hope it is led to a logical conclusion.