kashmiryat

Kashmir: Making sense in chaos In Kashmir, every act of brutality, corruption, deceit and dishonesty is not only committed and glorified but also legitimised. One politician justifies killings and maiming of the people by claiming that the other politician, when in power did the same, or the worst. The politician accused of selling life, liberty, respect and dignity of a people to New Delhi for power and perks instead of making his position clear prefers to blame the accuser and his clan for doing the same and being equally close to corridors of power in Delhi. Whatever the allegations or counter allegations the fact remains that we tend to rationalize our wrongs on the basis that the other is worst or at least equally wrong although we fully understand that two wrongs cannot make a right. Mr. A’s acts of destruction, deceit and sell out will not give Mr. B any right to do the same.  We can fight with each other for what we believe in, however, when deceit and corruption beco...

Those who claim to be the duly elected representatives of people of J&K, in fact do not represent people of the State; what they actually represent is the Government of India in Kashmir. That is why when the situation goes bad they also either go in hibernation or take interestingly anti people stand and join hands with New Delhi. They don’t hesitate to blame their own people and Pakistan for their own wrongs because they know their limited role while representing India in Kashmir. Almost all of them also believe that the source of power lies in New Delhi and not with the people, who they claim to have voted for them. Under this arrogance and intoxication they sometimes even forget to pay the lip service and shed crocodile tears which they otherwise are masters’ in. the lip service which makes them look human is also used as a tool to fool.  If the situation worsens, which most of the times does, because of the repression and suppression, the power to manage Kashmir is surren...

I am a Kashmiri Muslim in search of my real identity. I have witnessed death and destruction for the last 20 years. I know how it feels when I see people around me being killed for none of their fault. I wonder why people kill other people? We can have differences of opinion and still be friends. We can operate from our respective stands and still make this world a better place to live. However, this does not necessarily happen. Our rights are infringed and freedom denied, when the powerful transgress their limits and when powerless are victimized, people wake up and try to change the system. They refuse to accept the arbitrary dictates of the people in authority. In the same way popular uprising for freedom started in Kashmir in 1989, I was a young boy of 16 years. I was told that we have different histories and we are not Indians. I started peeping through the window of history and tried to look into it in great detail. I found that Kashmir was sold to Gulab Singh a minister in...