Bloody 1990 & now?.. ...total recall... *Lalit Ambardar | |
Muslims separatists and terrorist sympathizers shouting pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans in Srinagar, Kashmir | |
hose who believed that 'peace' had finally arrived in Kashmir appear to be shocked by the sudden turn of events in the valley. There are protests & protests. Slogans of 'Azadi' & 'Pakistan Jive Jive' are echoing in the streets & from the pulpits of mosques. Reminiscent of the days & nights of January 1990? Yes, that appears to be the impression being generated. Some are going even further, suggesting that the situation now, was even worse than it was in ninety. But is it actually so? Most of those who were witness to the gory events of that bloody January of 1990 would certainly differ on this. It is a well known case of selective dementia that the self declared Kashmir experts, some of the opinion makers, self declared mobile citizens & many in the media appear to be suffering from, with regards Kashmir. 1990 may have happened nineteen years ago. But Kashmiri Pandits still recall & remember every minute, every day & night of that black January. The 'boys' who had gone across to Pakistan had just returned back indoctrinated, trained & armed to the teeth. The mayhem had begun & the buzz was that the 'Azadi' was round the corner. Sensing that the things had become too hot for him, the then Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah choose to resign. He virtually abdicated his responsibilities & abandoned the state leaving the hapless Hindu Pandits at the mercy of the Kashmiri pan Islamist goons. Kalashnikov wielding Islamic zealots who wore shrouds symbolising martyrdom & holy inscription laden headbands menacingly paraded in the streets of Kashmir. There was no law & order, no administration. Demoralised local policemen were seen saluting openly these foreign returned armed locals. Pandits were issued warnings to quit Kashmir. The loud speakers of mosques blared threatening slogans like "we want Pakistan, without Pandit men but along with the Pandit women" & "raliv, galiv ya čaliv" meaning 'join, or perish or vanish'. Pandits were served notices accusing them of being 'Mukhbars'- the informers. Hit lists were pasted on the walls of the mosques. Women were kidnapped & murdered. Young & old Pandits were selectively targeted & killed in cold blood in broad day light in the streets of Kashmir. The message was clear. The beleaguered Hindu community was left with little choice. And finally the inevitable happened -the mass exodus of the Pandits from the valley. Kashmir, then, also witnessed perpetual strikes but no house hold complained of scarcity of supplies. Hindu Pandits were subjected to ethnic cleansing in the valley but no one talked of demographic change there. After having dumped Kashmiriyat a whole generation has been allowed to grow in the valley in total alienation with the local secular traditions & ethos. Cut to the present- 2008. Those self appointed Kashmiri Muslim leaders who shouted of economic blockade & scarcity of provisions in the TV studios looked so hale & hearty. Even that terror commander who founded the 'gun culture' in Kashmir & often masquerades as a Gandhian now to appease the compulsive peaceniks in Delhi, did not appear starved even after having been on a 'hunger strike" against the 'economic blockade' that never was. If at all there was any shortage felt it was for the green cloth that the protesting pan Islamists wrapped themselves with to flaunt their faith. No white shrouds this time. Even the slogans are rather mellowed down. 'Jeeve Pakistan' is 'in thing' presently. Pandits bashing does not figure in the slogans now. Only Panun Kashmir is targeted periodically by the frenzy mobs. There is an interesting development. A new slogan- "raghda"- "raghda" i.e. 'crushed'-'crushed' has been added to the neo Kashmiri Muslim culture & vocabulary. The crowds stamp the ground underneath their feet implying desecration of India. How ironic. The fact that those who want to secede do concede that the soil they stand on in Kashmir is Indian should motivate themselves to cross over to the designated 'land of the pure'. Yes, the huge crowds in the streets are quite visible & there is a lot of green colour splashed around. Not that it is difficult to amass credulous Kashmiris in great numbers in the name of Islam. Post Friday- congregation pan Islamic rhetoric by the moonlighting moolvi politicians & professional politicians alike routinely results in the highly charged crowds flooding the streets. The crowds appear even bigger when compressed in to the TV screens in the bed rooms & drawing rooms. And it is the effect of repeat run of the visuals of these crowds that has rattled some 'wise men & women' making them shout from the roof tops that the situation in Kashmir was serious. Of course, serious it is, it has been so since 1990 at least but it is not so alarming as to prompt the TV news studios & the news paper editorials to pronounce their final solution. Conspicuously, there are no guns visible for the time being at this stage, in the current agitation .Sure, these would emerge as & when envisaged. Repeated attempts to push in mercenaries from across the border may not be just a coincidence. A massive encounter with the terrorists at Machail in Kupwara sector near the LoC that began two days ago is still on as this article goes for publication. Present anarchic situation has emerged only due to the use of 'gun' over the years. And all the separatists across the board publicly acknowledge & appreciate the role of the 'gun'& the mercenaries. They know it well that Kashmir ceases to be an issue in absence of the Islamic fervour & the 'gun'. Sequence of events suggests a pattern. Uproar over a mere 100 acres of land at those uninhabitable heights for the development of facilities along the arduous Amarnath pilgrimage route was actually meant to embark on to a different agenda all together. Separatists have been candid in declaring that the land issue was past, the real issue being 'Azadi bara -e -Islam' (freedom through Islam).The rhetoric over blockade was used to justify the march to POK. Incidentally the exportable apple is usually ready only by the end of August month. And the issue of whole of Jammu & Kashmir was reduced to that of Kashmir only in one go following the separatists' sudden withdrawal of claim over Jammu province purportedly due to the unprecedented mass movement lead by SASS. Even the killing of the Huriyat leader Sheikh Aziz could have been part of the plan as there are speculations that he wasn't killed by the security forces' fire. In the wake of the ground realities prevailing in Jammu today where all political parties have lost relevance in the current nationalistic mass uprising, accusations against BJP by the main stream politicians, separatists as well as the Govt. for being responsible for the situation is also intriguing. Will BJP be made a scapegoat for something that is in the offing. .??? So is there a game plan that is being systematically implemented....Dixon plan or its modified version.. Gen. Mushraf's out of the box solution.. PDP's self rule..greater autonomy..regional autonomy etc. etc.? But why now when Kashmiri pan Islamists have bared themselves full on their own through their brazen exhibition of religion based extra territorial loyalties & rabid intolerance over legitimate transfer of a mere 100acres of land to their 'co - state subjects' ? Secessionists have already given up their claim on Jammu province publicly following the unexpected backlash there & Ladakh was never on the agenda because of the known anti Kashmiri Muslim hegemony sentiment prevailing there. Kashmiri Pandits in exile have never given up their legitimate claim over the land of their ancestors and the recent macabre events in the valley vindicate their stand as well as justify their demand for a separate centrally administered homeland in Kashmir valley. It is preposterous to promote the sinister idea of 'azadi' under these circumstances when there is already very little left for the separatists to please their masters abroad. And amassing of crowds in the streets even if by hooks or crooks, if accepted as a basis for granting the right to secede can only trigger similar demands in other parts of the country leading to the balkanisation that resurgent India can ill afford. Wake up India! | |
*Lalit Ambardar: A Building Design Consultant, presently based in Delhi. Has been a ‘programme coordinator’ for foreign TV & Radio bureaus. Regularly writes on 'Kashmir' in response columns of national dailies. Interests include acting & modelling. | |
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I saw Ne Lali Ambardar on India TV calling a spade a spade on ISLAMIC Terrorism. I would like 2 correspond with him one to one on a very vital aspect of Quran and Hadis which may establish illegitimacy of Muslims in Sub Continent. I have studied Islam for last 11 years very closely.People like me are ignored or not taken seriously. My E Mail ID is grpbhatnagar@hotmail.com and Mobile is + 918750488004 TWITTER: @grpbhatnagar
Added By Giriraj Parsad Bhatnagar
I saw Ne Lali Ambardar on India TV calling a spade a spade on ISLAMIC Terrorism. I would like 2 correspond with him one to one on a very vital aspect of Quran and Hadis which may establish illegitimacy of Muslims in Sub Continent. I have studied Islam for last 11 years very closely.People like me are ignored or not taken seriously. My E Mail ID is grpbhatnagar@hotmail.com and Mobile is + 918750488004 TWITTER: @grpbhatnagar
Added By Giriraj Parsad Bhatnagar
The prognosis of Kashmir malady is accurate.All those who matter need to consider and act in the national interest.
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This article on the prevalent situation in Kashmir is based on irrefutable facts and is eye opener for those who are the sympathisers of the Kashmiri muslim's demands. You have to see that you can not sacrifice national interests at the altar of "freedom to Kashmir". This is a wake up call for all of us.
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