Unravelling the causes of simmering Kashmir

Violence is a threat to peace in any part of the world. Development can never happen when violence is the order of the day. If we talk about Jammu and Kashmir, violence has become our habit. Every day ends with a violence of one kind or another.

The most common violence is in the backdrop of the simmering issue of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. It has been taking heavy toll on our lives. As a result, we, the inhabitants of Jammu and Kashmir, have lost the real meaning of life. For this situation, many causes are responsible. Let us try to know unravel some of them.

First was and is the hypocritical nature of our so-called leaders. They stabbed us in our backs. They befooled us on the pretext of democracy and greater autonomy. They made our lives hellish. We are gullible people who easily become prey to the charming words and never bother to ponder over the realities of things.

All the principles of the development were trampled upon by those persons who used to call themselves the custodians of those very principles. They deceived us in the broad daylight. Today, we are dying with each passing day due to the fraud and deceit at the time of Partition.

Second is the lack of education regarding the Kashmir issue. Almost everyone tells his or her own version of history that forces the reality to beat its head against the wall. It is not their fault because the Histories of Jammu and Kashmir in particular and the Subcontinent in general, are so distorted that it becomes impossible to know anything clearly. Moreover, we don’t have the environment where debates, research, critical thinking, etc., are allowed to flourish. Superstitions rule the roost. So, it paves the way for the environment where there are different kinds of rhetoric and the reality is shrouded under the layers of falsehood.

The result is that the majority of people lose touch with the truth and try their best to save themselves from the hectic research and cost of knowing. It helps the cause of a tormentor. He or she has to use very little force in deviating these gullible people from the ways of the truth.

Third is our education system. It has become defunct. It doesn’t prepare the students for the critical thinking. The products of the institutions in Jammu and Kashmir are donkeys, with no skill and the ways to adjust themselves in the society. The textbooks are wrong. The material goes against the basic principles of History, Political Science, Urdu, Science, Maths, GK, research, etc.

What can one expect in this situation? Deliberately and consciously, the truth is twisted. Students also swim in this river of lies and it becomes very difficult to teach them reality. They hardly believe the real truth when their minds are intoxicated with the falsest information. Its result is that the students lose the touch with the reality and slowly and steadily, they become puppets that are good for nothing.

Fourth is that the so-called organizations of peace and development. They have failed miserably in doing their jobs. They, from the very beginning, have not been able to provide justice. In fact, they themselves are hand in glove. They take active part in genocide. They make statements and weep artificial tears. If they had been serious enough, they would not have let the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to simmer. The destruction in Jammu and Kashmir should have awakened them from deep slumber.

Last is that the world at large needs this issue to simmer so that their nefarious designs are completed. They are not sensitive in solving this issue. They get a lot of benefit from this contentious issue. It acts as a buffer state for many countries. It is full of resources. The water resources of Jammu and Kashmir have the potential of producing 25,000 megawatts of electricity. However, it is the secondary question that India only gets 1,500 megawatts of power. Moreover, it has both geopolitics and geostrategic locations. It used to act as a channel for the Silk Road. The recent CPEC initiative is a good example of this.

So, no serious contender wants this issue to get resolved. They have no concern whether we live or not. But it should be kept in mind that we are the deciding party of this land. We will die but can’t let our land to be sold for some petty gains. Ours land is the land of brotherhood. It is the land of Pirs. Spiritualism flows in every corner of this land.

We earnestly want the so-called custodians of peace to solve this issue forever. It is a threat for the whole world. It can prove disastrous. Moreover, I want my Kashmiri brethren to pause for a moment and deliberate upon this fact that we lose human resources every day. What is the way out? Why can’t we solve this issue? Why can’t we become one in this regard?

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